Churches buying 'Passion' DVD in bulk

From Yahoo! News:

Churches are being offered bulk discounts on The Passion of the Christ DVD in hopes that the second-biggest movie of 2004 will top DVD sales charts.

The Passion arrives on DVD Aug. 31, but pre-sales of the R-rated story of the final days of Jesus are 20% ahead of projections.

Hear that? It's the sound of Mel Gibson's bank account opening up for another major deposit.

The DVD has no extras, just improved video and sound.

Damn, and I was hoping to see the footage of the guy playing Jesus getting struck by lightning during the scene when they are raising the cross.