On Oct 7, 10:09 am, Kimmy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Didn't one of the truckers say he was a satanic preacher before > embracing the lord
Kimmy, The trucker went on to qualify what he meant by being a satanic preacher by sawing that he was a drug dealer and a pimp. There are plenty of fundamentalist Christians who were previously using drugs. As far as average religious people go, the Catholic (I think he was a priest or in an order) he was talking with Bill Maher was a representative of liberal Christianity. Maher got along just fine with him. I would have like to see Maher let Francis Collins express his views more, Maher kept cutting him off. Here's my main point though; a few years ago a CNN poll showed that 17 percent of all Americans believe in the Rapture theology known as Dispensationalism. There beliefs are strange, but so what, I believe in some strange things myself. There is one difference though, these Rapture fanatics vote for candidates who make policies that push the world towards war. For them it is a good thing for the Mideast to be in turmoil; they think it means that they are going to be raptured at any time. Meanwhile many of the more moderate Christians refuse to stand up to these people. Most of the moderates don't even known that the whole rapture theology is completely fabricated; it has no basis in scripture unless one stretches and twist the Bible far beyond what is reasonable. I believe that some of the more moderate Christains will be embarassed by the Christians in Religulous, and start to take back their religion. Although I don't agree with moderate Christianity, I don't think that it is dangerous and I have nothing against it. However, these are the people (the moderates) who need to stand up to the fringe. If they don't the fringe will eventually be the manistream and Maher's could easily come true. On Oct 7, 10:09 am, Kimmy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Didn't one of the truckers say he was a satanic preacher before > embracing the lord. Is that what's passes for average? I don't know of > any truck driving ex-satanic preachers...maybe I need to get out > more. > > I am now ready to be slammed for this post...:) > > Kimmy > > On Oct 7, 6:49 am, "Liz Purkrabek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I thought the show represented the average person quite well. I've known > > people like the truckers and most of my neighbors are more hard line than > > the amusement park Christians. > > > liz > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kimmy > > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:02 AM > > To: Memphis Freethought Alliance > > Subject: Re: Some don't like Religulous > > > Jason, > > At the end every film I go to everyone stands up...TO LEAVE !! > > The film is ok. It makes some points (I guess). The average religious > > person wasn't portrayed in the film and I can just see the majority of > > the religious sect rolling their eyes and dismissing the film. I > > wouldn't really blame them. You can't take on main stream religion by > > focusing on the zealots who think they are Christ and smoke pot. The > > Onion's AV Club( which I totally respect) gave it a D+. I give it a > > C. It's a good for an hour's worth of conversation at Bosco's, but not > > much else. > > > I am now ready to be slammed for this post....:) > > > Kimmy > > > On Oct 6, 5:41 pm, "Jason (Memphis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > At the Friday and the Sunday viewing of "Religulous" in Memphis, the > > > audience stood up and applauded the film at the end. > > > > Jason > > > > On Oct 6, 12:17 pm, "Angelia Stinnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Regardless if they like it or not, the fact that they are seeing it is > > the > > > > point. There will be a lot more people seeing it on video > > rentals....less > > > > likely to be seen going into a theater that way. The more people give a > > view > > > > of the absurdity of religion, the better. > > > > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Should anyone be surprised that a movie mocking religulous views > > > > > would upset many amont the the 84% of religulous people in this > > > > > country? > > > > > > I thought the film was great. I plan to buy it when it comes out > > > > > on Dvd. > > > > > > On Oct 5, 9:57 am, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi y'all - > > > >http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=16263&t=%27Religulous%2...- > > >Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
