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The review in the paper sounds like Saved is making fun of organized religion. Anyone seen it who can say for sure?
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Yes, they are panning organized religion. It was a funny movie. They were really making fun of extremist, not just organized religion. But as always we should take into account not all very religious people are like this and to each his own. It's just a movie.
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and speaking of movies i can't wait for napoleon dynamite to come out in all the theaters!
i can catch it in LA when i move, but i really wanted to see it with my brothers since the movie is so much like my brother mitch and his best friend peter.
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Actually the movie is for people from both ends of the religious spectrum. It ends with an actual positive Christian message. The movie is also valuble for exposing the sins of the great majority of the Evangelical Christian tradition.
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It seems to me that sins only need to be exposed to the sinner himself, and making fun of him first is not a good way to get him to open his heart to your message.
But, I don't know anything about this movie.
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i think that with macauley caulkin in it... it's got to be pretty cheesy. unless his acting has improved with his age.
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the previews gave me nasty flashbacks, but one of my friends gave it a review that makes me want to rent it anyway. i think i'll pass on the theater experience, though.
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did anybody that saw it get flashbacks of home alone? if not, maybe i'll see it... it does look kind of funny.
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quote:Yes, because we know that the evangelical Christians have absolutely no hubris whatsoever.
I think that pride is a sin, Dagonee.
Ryan and you (since you seem to agree with him) seem to be brushing a lot of people who spend a lot of time doing good works in this country with an incredibly broad brush. The movie's not parodying evangelicals so much as it's parodying the popular media's charicature of evangelical Christians.
Are you even aware that evangelical does not necessarily equal fundamentalist?
The term "evangelical" is used in a variety of ways, typically to refer to a range of Protestants. I will use the phrase more generally to designate any Christian, a person who has been baptized, who subscribes to two propositions: 1) salvation is found through faith in Jesus Christ, and 2) the Bible is the authoritative word of God in matters pertaining to Christian faith and theology. Evangelicals may affirm these beliefs even as they acknowledge abuses that have been rationalized in their name. For example, evangelicals have been criticized for excessively individualistic piety and ignoring issues of social justice. In particular, evangelicals are known not to be particularly concerned about ecology.
All right, so I fall into the prejudicial line of thought. I apologize.
But you know, now I'm going to have to expect the same level of fair-mindedness from you then! Do you has what it takes?
Man, who am I going to have left to play the bad guys?
quote:But you know, now I'm going to have to expect the same level of fair-mindedness from you then! Do you has what it takes?
I'd like to think I demonstrate that pretty consistently.
quote:Man, who am I going to have left to play the bad guys?
People who don't use their turn signals when turning into parking lots, making the person turning out of the parking lot miss a perfect chance to pull into traffic.
quote:i think that with macauley caulkin in it... it's got to be pretty cheesy. unless his acting has improved with his age.
actually i am really curious to see caulkin nowadays. i like kerin, but also have no desire to see Party Monster.
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Just so you know, I am an evangelical Christian. I think it's certainly a satire and taken to an extreme, but it does hit some very hard points.
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So this is supposed to be a Catholic school....but not Catholic? ARE there such things as Protestant schools?? I guess there are...but I've never heard of them.
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I have no desire whatsoever to see this movie. I have a feeling it would annoy me on every level - the filmmakers for making fun of (yet again) religion, the students in the movie for using religion as social currency, the reviewers for clapping at and applauding for only the religious movies that wink with "You and I both know these people are stupid", and ESPECIALLY the *SPOILERS* portrayal of the idiot girl who thinks manipulating someone's life is a good reason to and excuse for breaking a serious commandment.
The internet commentaries that condemn the movie for - no kidding - spreading an "anti-choice" message have already made my skin crawl. I'm avoiding the movie to keep from throwing things.
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I consider the people who stop me on the street or bother me at home in order to educate me as to why their religion is the best to be far more annoying than a movie I can easily avoid.
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