I feel like these films are on the rise because of internal fears within the Christian church of the rise of non church oriented faith, and non belief in general. In the face of the growing modern world, churches are injecting tons of money into these "keep the faith" type of venture to maintain retention. Remember the key of this movie is to "help" doubting young Christians who are on the fence. So you might think its preaching to the quire, but its preaching to the quire that's debating a move. Once they lose a christian its likely they will not only that person but all their offspring as well because once you realize its all bollix, you certainly are going to tell you kids and their kids that too who will then realize its all bollix or will be too busy enjoying life to bother even knowing what a church is (my kids).
Escape to the Movies: Heaven Is For Real - Doesn't Make Much Sense
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An interesting thing about near death experiences around the world. People of different faiths tend to have visions of the faith they already have. It's a bit odd that people use these experiences to argue their religion is true because they totally saw it, because it would serve as proof of pretty much every faith, even the ones they say aren't true.scw55 said:
And I agree with you, someone is probably far more likely to get a nice experience out of a friendly prayer group than they are this boring tripe. But, to each his own.
Jesus rides a rainbow horse?
I saw Amazing Spiderman 2 the other night. There were some nice scenes between Peter and his loved ones, the fights were good (no shaky cam, I sh*t you not) and the soundtrack was decent (Electros techno beat was badass and I won't hear other wise) but the film is trying waaaaaay to hard to set up future movies so things feel rushed and/or contrived for the sake of universe building and the bad guy designs are boring, like really dull. Electro wears a poxy wet suit, I know Spidys cast was a maybe a little too flamboyant for most people but if Marvel can pull off Thor than Sony has no excuse.
I saw Amazing Spiderman 2 the other night. There were some nice scenes between Peter and his loved ones, the fights were good (no shaky cam, I sh*t you not) and the soundtrack was decent (Electros techno beat was badass and I won't hear other wise) but the film is trying waaaaaay to hard to set up future movies so things feel rushed and/or contrived for the sake of universe building and the bad guy designs are boring, like really dull. Electro wears a poxy wet suit, I know Spidys cast was a maybe a little too flamboyant for most people but if Marvel can pull off Thor than Sony has no excuse.
What's with all the Christianity movies lately? Is Hollywood trying to dispel the (stupid) idea that they're all godless liberals?
Anyway, I'll pass. I stopped watching these kind of movies after seeing Fireproof, which after watching, I wanted to throw into the nearest fireplace...along with Kirk Cameron.
Anyway, I'll pass. I stopped watching these kind of movies after seeing Fireproof, which after watching, I wanted to throw into the nearest fireplace...along with Kirk Cameron.
Apperantly, this kid has never heard of paintball. Or first-person shooters. Or even laser tag.Scrumpmonkey said:
Brave horse...was that a movie about a My Lil Pony? heh (all this talk of rainbows and horses..)
They buy the stuff for the same reason that North Koreans have framed pictures of the various Kims on their walls: to demonstrate loyalty. Not being loyal; demonstrating loyalty. The goal is to reduce or eliminate suspicion of not hewing to the dominant ideology. And since this is religion, they are as much trying to fool themselves and God as much as their neighbors. Buying all this avowedly "Christian" stuff serves the same purpose as bleeding out a goat on an altar.jabrwock said:
After all, who would you believe is more Christian? Someone whose house is chock-a-block with crosses, books, figurines and who is never seen without one of several ornate crucifixes, or somebody living a very spartan lifestyle? Someone who is utterly orthodox as regards the various "stances" of the Church leadership and attends all the big events or someone who stays quietly at home and is mostly only interested in helping their neighbors?
I think that's pretty spot on. As time passes, people are becoming less religious, and that scares the holy shit out of bible slingers and anyone else who has a vested interest in maintaining a mythology monopoly.Rabidkitten said:
The internet - the greatest repository of human knowledge this world has ever seen - is single-handedly making religion even more redundant than it already was. I for one can't wait to see the state of the religion industry ten years from now.
Man, I haven't laughed this much during one of these episodes in... actually I think this one might be the funniest (not that funny is what you're usually aiming for). So many awesome one-liners and jokes in the first two minutes a lone.
"Braveheart, Braveheart Goes to Vietnam, and Bravehorse."
"Braveheart, Braveheart Goes to Vietnam, and Bravehorse."
I dreamt about heaven as well.
It consisted of the pearly gates sitting there, on and endless layer of clouds, slightly ajar.
On the other side was Jesus, just standing nose up to a brick wall just staring at it.
Then Scarlett Johansen showed up and we went on spy adventures in a mini-van.
It got kind of fuzzy after that but I remember just before I woke up I was sitting on the Enterprise bridge talking with Data about cats.
So basically, heaven is wonderful because Scarlett Johanson...
...and Data I guess.
I wonder what Bob'll think about Amazing Spiderman 2.
It consisted of the pearly gates sitting there, on and endless layer of clouds, slightly ajar.
On the other side was Jesus, just standing nose up to a brick wall just staring at it.
Then Scarlett Johansen showed up and we went on spy adventures in a mini-van.
It got kind of fuzzy after that but I remember just before I woke up I was sitting on the Enterprise bridge talking with Data about cats.
So basically, heaven is wonderful because Scarlett Johanson...
...and Data I guess.
I wonder what Bob'll think about Amazing Spiderman 2.
Weird that Bob is wasting his time (and ours) with these "fish in a barrel" reviews. What a shock, he didn't like a by the book faith based movie! Anyone surprised by this? I believe him the movie is lame, but why waste an episode of this show on stuff that his audience will likely never see and probably already knows is not good?
Also, any time you feel the need to go out of your way and say "i'm being sincere", it kinda means the opposite.
Also, any time you feel the need to go out of your way and say "i'm being sincere", it kinda means the opposite.
Sounds like the premium shit. Or I hope it was just from watching cartoons.The Gentleman said:
Speaking of, my jaw dropped at the picture of Lady Rainicorn from Adventure Time. Lord knows where Bob would go talking about THAT show.
I'm guessing it's because it's one of only a few films (or maybe it's the only film) that came out this week. I mean, I can't really think of any films that came out today off the top of my head...HBaskerville said:
Noah wasn't really a religious movie and I, an atheist, quite liked it.PsychedelicDiamond said:
Meh, the same could be said for the utterly boring White House Down. It's pretty much Heaven If For Real for far-left liberals, as it preaches to their choir just as hard and in much the same ham-fisted way. The only difference is the actors in HIFR will be blacklisted after this movie while the WHD actors will not.impocalyptic said:
