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ANGELIC
SYMBOLS
Subject: prophecy
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002
From: Dawn
Dear Sir,
I have been doing research on the fate of the Nephilim, the lives of the
Gibborim, the destruction of Atlantis, and how God and Angels fit into
all of this. At the moment I am studying the Kabbala and Angelic script,
however I am drawing a blank when it comes to finding the symbols for
the angels names. I have found the symbols for the four Arch Angels, all
of which match the symbols displayed in the Prophecy trilogy, but I can
not find any others. If you or anyone else happens to know of a website,
or book that has this information in it i would truly appreciate your
contacting me.
Thank you kindly
Sincerely,
Dawn
Response:
I have not a clue, sorry. -David
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SEARCH?
Subject: No Subject
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002
From: Joy
Hello,
Love "Hollywoodjesus" but need some help. How to I search for a particular
movie title? I'm unable to find anything on "Ghost World".
Thanks,
JoY
Response:
No search, sorry. And No ghost world -David
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EYE
CATCHING 12 MONKEYS
Subject: 12 monkey
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002
From: ?
ive seen 12 monkeys 1
time then parts of another. the second time i saw it i notice there are
pictures of Nas illmatic cd cover just after the seen with the bum fortune
teller and also a picture of biggie smalls notorious big on the walls of
the streets. Why was this in the movie or was it? Most of all I noticed
in the scene where he ties up the people in store searching for the army
of 12 monkeys if you look in the top left corner where there is a red writing
or something red while hes moving the file cabinet there appears to be some
sort of hanging or floating doll clown. look hard. Explain this to me. Why
in the cover of the movie is the eye red??? |
HARRY
POTTER AND ALL THAT IS EVIL..
Subject: Harry Potter
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002
From: john
Dear David.
According to the bible, wizardry and whichcraft and anything simulare is
bad. not only bad, but real bad. But that makes me wounder, what is this
"polecy" based on? Jesus walked on water, cured the cripled, and even awakend
the DEAD! These actions are described as mirecals in the bible. So why is
it a mortal sin for a man, any man, to try to awaken sutch powers whitin
himself so that he can help his loved ones? I'm pretty sure that you have
been in a situasion where you have prayed and prayed for hours, asking God
to take care or save the life of someone you love who has a desise or in
some other way is in dire straits. Now, what I would like to know is, if
I may ask, what EXACTLY makes you a good man when you use a cross and the
name of Jesus as a symbol in order to do this, but if I choose to do the
same, only whit a bag of oceansalt and my own name/ansectors name instead
of a cross and the name of jesus, I'm the most horrible and evil person
on earth, and I should be burned alive in good, old Dark-age fasion? |
REALLY
OPENED MY EYES
Subject: Jesus Mini Series
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002
From: Elizabeth
I watched the CBS broadcast of Jesus and it really turned my life around.
While I was already a believer in Jesus , this movie really opened my eyes
as to how much pain Jesus endured with the crucifiction, how so many turned
against him, and really made me understand how so many of us have really
forgotten the true word of Christ. And how alot of people in the world today
have simply forgotten how to love one another even our enemies. So I would
like to say thank you CBS and the crew of the movie you have trully renewed
my faith STRONGLY. And I really liked the edited version of Jesus in our
time...we could only dream to be so lucky.
Elizabeth
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INFO
ABOUT THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS
Subject: Stigmata
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002
From: ?
I was reading your bulliten
board and wanted to provide a source for the English text of the Gospel
of Thomas. As I'm sure you know, the gospel is published in numerous books
of early Christian texts, but there is an especially good collection from
Bart Ehrman (I believe that I've spelled his name correctly) which includes
a copy of Thomas' gospel. When I first saw the movie (Stigmata) in the theaters,
I loved it right up until the very end when they implied that the gospel
imagined in the movie is, in fact, the Gospel of Thomas. Clearly, there
are some very important factual differences. I was studying theology at
the time of its release and the first thing I did after I saw it was to
go home and reread the gospel very carefully. The number one difference
that people seem to ignore is the Gospel of Thomas was not, in fact, written
in Aramaic. I mean, aside from the clearly gnostic overtones and heretical
statements about women/salvation etc., some fairly basic facts have been
changed. Clearly the Gospel of Thomas was not written by Jesus Himself if
it is not in Aramaic. It is also written in the third person (Jesus said
"...) and why would Jesus have begun his own gospel with the words "Jesus
said" ? I think that people don't realize there were any more than just
the three versions of the gospel story at the time of canonization. It's
much easier to believe that the ones we have are the only ones there ever
were. I seem to have gone off on somewhat of a tangent, but I'm sure you're
used to that by now. In short, I wish the filmmakers hadn't tried to make
the movie a religious statement with buzzwords like "heresy" and "refusal
to aknowledge" and simply let the film stand on its own as a piece of art.
I hope that this reference helps (it really is a wonderful collection from
a brilliant theologian). Thanks for your time, |
CHARIOTS
OF FIRE?
Subject: Chariots of Fire?
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002
From: Craig"
I was looking at your contents and I was surprised to not find Chariots
of Fire on your table of contents as a reviewed movie. I believe it to be
the greatest "Christian" film of all-time.
Please consider it. Would
be glad to help out in anyway..
Love your website! I
linked off the church's website where I work and worship..
Craig |
INTERNATIONAL
VERSION
Subject: "Jesus"
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002
From: Chevy
Is the international
version (uncut) of Jesus mini series with Jeremy Sisto, available to buy
yet? If so where? I have the version that runs 174 min., but it doesnt
have the original ending, or God speaking at Jesus's baptism.....
Please, can you let me know?
Thanks ~
Response:
It is not out yet, nor will it ever be. -David
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JAY
Subject: Crazy Bueatiful
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002
From: Jessica
Jay i thought was a really
good actor for this film. I have actually coned my spanish teacher in to
letting my class watch it. When i first saw the movie i thought Jay was
perfect for the part. I loved his amibtion on life and how he wanted it
to be like, and yes i can't forget to say that i loved his smile and his
dark eyes. Jessica
JAY
Subject: Crazy Bueatiful
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002
From: "Lydia
I think you need more
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MATRIX
AS QUMRANIC TEXT
Subject: Matrix
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002
From: Samuel
This is late coming,
I know. But I'm still dealing with the ramifications of The Matrix as a
religous movie, and I've only recently found your site. (I thought I was
a nut for seeing relgion in film!)
There has been an on-going
debate concerning who, exactly, is the Christ figure in The Matrix. I'm
currently working on a paper over exactly this subject. I'd like to point
out an idea I working with for the paper, namely that both Neo AND Morpheus
are the messiah figures in the film.
First let me designate
a difference between ideas of messiah and Christ. Messianism, not matter
how loosely borrowed by the Christian West, is a decidedly Jewish concept;
the Greek translation Christos is not simply a rewording--it involves a
transition of ideas from Jewish to Hellenistic Western thought. But I won't
go into that in too great a detail. The point is, I am dealing with the
messiah imagery in The Matrix; that is, I believe the savior figures in
this film are not a redemptive Western Christ but a Jewish warrior king,
a figure who will fight. The Jesus parallels are primarily for the comfort
of the Christian-dominated Western audience the film was written for.
That said, I've been
looking at Jewish concepts of the messiah through their history, and I've
discovered an idea that works beautifully as a synthesis of the arguments
over whether Neo or Morpheus was the true messiah figure in the film. In
the Qumranic texts (i.e. the Dead Sea Scrolls) written just prior to Jesus's
life, the concept of messiah is split between the ancient Davidic warrior
(Neo) and the newer cry for spiritual guidance in the form of a priestly
messiah (Morpheus). Both were necessary to the salvation/liberation of Zion,
and so both are necessary to the defeat of and regaining of control over
the Matrix. It is, perhaps, no accident that both Neo and Morpheus seem
to represent the messiah; neither is it accident that Morpheus is the philosopher/spiritual
guide for Neo while Neo is the one (the One?) who can take the beatings
from and physically defeat the agents.
I'm still hashing out
the details, of course, and this is all only interpretation. While the writers/directors
of the film are certainly brilliant, I would never commit the intentional
fallacy of assuming they planned all this in the contruction of their film.
Still, the idea fascinates me, and I thought I's share my views with your
audience.
Thanks for the web site.
Incidentally, as much as you appear to know about other faiths, I wonder
if you might open a posting like Hollywood Buddha, or Hollywood Taoist,
or Hollywood Black Elk, something like that. I would love to explore the
eastern metaphysical and Buddhist/Hindu concepts in The Matrix in more detail,
because certainly they are there Peace...
Sam :) |
BROOKLYN
BABYLON REVIEW
Subject: Brooklyn_Babylon
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002
From: Gettye Israel
As a Black woman- who
is also a Hebrew- I was totally insulted by the premise of this purported
movie. This was nothing more than Hollywood's continual perpetuation of
the "Negro" man in pursuit of the white female, and religion was just an
added twist.
Yet, we are suppose to
think this movie was progressive and challenging. Why is it considered progressive
for a black male and white female to be intimately involved? This is the
same old tired image of inter-racial relationships being depicted in film,
television, advertisments, and too often in real life. There was nothing
unique in this story, nothing we haven't seen many times before.
When will the Black female
ever be the subject of an inter-racial relationship? Why is it that white
men are absolutely never shown pursuing Black women or expressing the slightest
interest in them? White men control all the major institutions in the Western
world, namely the U.S.; however, he is consistently shown with the white
woman. The white male is never depicted intimately with the Black female
because Hollywood does not want to disrespect and insult it white female
market. However, it has no regards for Black women's feelings.
This pitiful portrayal
of inter-racial "love" props up the white female as a model of femininity
and sensuality. In other words, a man, particularly a Black man, will give
up family, friends, finance and even his life in the pursuit of a white
woman.
Finally, Sheba was a
woman of African descent; she was not a pale face European.
Tariq Trotter wears locks and professes to be African-centered but obviously
he is a liar and a perpetrator.
Gettye Israel
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HARRY
POTTER, EVIL!
Subject: Harry Potter
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002
From: Rae
Hi, my name is rae and
i disagree with what you posted about how Harry Potter is evil. The author,
JKR even says that she made up 98% of the things in those books. If you
Christians want your kids to stop reading the books, fine! BUT YOU HAVE
NO RIGHT TO TRY AND FORCE OTHER PEOPLE TO STOP READING THESE BOOKS! You
trying to make people stop reading the series is like trying to ban the
religion of budism or some thing to that effect. IT IS A FREE COUNTRY AND
WE CAN READ WHAT WE WANT!!!! Enough book burnings! Harry Potter is not evil!
The books are about a boy fighting for good and overcomeing evil. So please,
I speak for my best friends who are in 6 grade as well, please stop enfoceing
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QUESTIONS
Subject: Questions
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002
From: Russ Noland
Just a few quick ones.
Any chance your material is going to be topicalized at some point so that
we can go through and look at a topic and find material to go with it?
That would be so very very excellent! ORRR...a search engine added to
your site? I love your work, but sometimes when I'm looking for a film
clip it's hard to find it at your site because there's just no topical
index or search engine.
Just a couple of thoughts.
Thanks for all your hard work and God bless,
Russ Noland, Pastor
Casa Linda UMC
Dallas, Texas
Response:
Someday I will get a search engine in place. -David
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MY
COMMENTS
Subject: Save_The_Last_Dance
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002
From: Jordan
I came across this page
on accident, but it caght my eye, so I felt the need to stop by and post
my comments. I don't know where you guys got God from! The movie has nothing
to do with God in the inner-city. The movie shows strength of character,
and portrays the lives of several different people. Not once do we see one
of them pray or ask for God's help. Now, as someone who lives in the "ghetto",
I take offense to how you describe the whole situation. The 'hood is a very
misunderstood place, and nobody can explain or understand it until they
live in the 'hood, and they spend a few days in the life I've lived since
I was born. All this "white girl meets black boy" isn't really true. You
know, it is 2002, and yet you guys act like white gurl meets black boy has
never occured before! I happened to be an Asian, Latina, Caucasian, and
Black mix, with my mother being 1/4 Venezuelan, 1/4 Costa Rican, 1/4 Mexican,
and 1/4 Fillipina, while my father was 1/4 Black, and 3/4 Caucasian. Growing
up, when i dated black or Hispanic men, nobody gave me any grief, and it
was no big deal. Interracial dating/marriage has been going on for years,
yet since thsi movie came out, everyone acts as though it's the newest thing
to ever happen, and it gets everyone thinking. But, I just want to thank
you for sharing your views on this whole movie, and it's always nice to
hear what other people think, and also very refreshing. Good luck with your
page, and with your life in general! Feel free to contact me, My e-mail
is
eastsideballa12@hotmail.com,
or BabeeBoo12@blackplanet.com.
Get at me! Here's my picture, just so you have an idea of what such a racially
mixed girl looks like!
Take care Jordan |
GOOD
MOVIE
Subject: Godzilla_98
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002
From: Dawn
I love this movie! the
actors were good, the special effects were awesome and the new godzilla
was the best looking godzilla ever! As for godzilla being evil, what a joke!
He was just a normal animal living it's life, it did not intend to wreak
havoc or harm mankind. I am a christian and I for one am a very big fan
godzilla, old and new alike. you comparing godzilla with a dragon from the
Bible is a BIG FAT UGLY JOKE!!! |
BROOKLYN
BABYLON PRAYING
Subject: Brooklyn_Babylon
Date: 22 Feb 2002
From: "DeSade"
for god to stop this
movie and smite it's creators. just becuse you make a political statment
doe not give you the right to make a horrible movie. |
MONTE
CRISTO?
Subject: Movie review
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002
From: John
Have you reviewed the count of Monte Cristo? I would really appreciate your
thoughts on it. John Geiter |
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A RETROSPECT
Subject: Last
Temptation of Christ
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002
From: Justin
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I just recently viewed this film and I really did not understand why everyone
considered it blasphemous. The movie never claimed to be anything but
a work of fiction. It never once said "this is the truth about Christ"
or anything of that sort. And yet all the "christians" said it was evil
and anyone who watched it was going to hell. My first question would be
how do you go to hell just for watching a movie? I always thought that
you went to hell if you did not accept Christ, but I guess I am not a
theology scholar, so what would I know. Upon my viewing of this film I
did realize there were some errors, but not any errors involving Jesus
as a homosexual. (Who came up with that idea anyways?) I liked the "what
if" ideas the film gave. I liked how it portrayed Jesus struggling with
his calling and trying to understand it. I think it really showed the
human side of Christ in a new light. Of course it was not entirely accurate,
but then again it never claimed to be. The ending scene on the cross really
gave a triumphant ending , and showed how Christ was willing to die for
us. It made me see His love for me. The "last temptation" scenes were
fun to watch, because I think it showed that Christ perhaps could have
lead a normal life with marriage and family,but yet at such a great cost!
The film also portrayed Satan very well. We saw a Satan ,not as an evil,scary
looking being, but as an innocent looking child. I think that really shows
the idea of the "angel of light" very well. Overall I liked the movie,
I did however have a few problems with it. I did not like the John the
Baptist scene, the whole dancing naked women thing was a little too weird
for me. Maybe someone could help me understand that one?? Also I think
maybe the film portrayed Jesus as maybe being too human. It seemed at
some points of the film it showed Christ as having no idea what was going
on as far as His ministry was concerned. But maybe I looked at it wrong,
I am very open to other opinions. (as I hope you can tell) I do challenge
christians to watch this movie, and watch it with an open mind. I have
seen many posts about this movie, and have seen many people who have no
idea of what they are talking about. Hence back to the whole gay Jesus
thing. I would really like to know why people believe everything they
hear. On a side note to those who post to this site rebuking everyone
and trying to hurt David's ministry: Grow up. What does arguing and sending
hate mail solve? What does it do to our witness? I have seen many people
post on this site who admit they are unsaved. What kind of message are
we sending to them when we argue and pick fights? I think maybe some soul
searching is in order. Paul said all things are permissable ,but not all
things are profitable. Argueing is of course permissable, but it gets
us nowhere. Lets learn to love. Thats what Jesus would say to us. Feel
free to contact me (in love) if you have any thoughts. Thank you David
for such a wonderful site, may God continue to bless your ministry. Please
post my email address.
Forever His Servant.......justin
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THOUGHTS
ON JESUS AS GOD
Subject: Mithras
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002
From: Greg
I can agree with the
idea that it was unclear what the status was. As you quote in John 1:1 "In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God." It is clearly stated or at the very least implied that Jesus and God
are the same. There are a number of other verses which share this idea.
Namely:
Jn.1:14
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us."
Jn.8:58
"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was,
I am."
Jn.10:30-31
"I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him."
Jn.10:38-39
"The Father is in me, and I in him. Therefore they sought again to take
him."
Jn.20:28
"And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God."
Even outside the book
of John, there are similar statements:
Col.2:8-9
"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after
the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily."
Titus 2:13
"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ."
Phil.2:6
" Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with
God."
Heb.1:8
"But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre
of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom."
Rev.1:17
"Fear not; I am the first and the last."
Rev.22:13
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."
However these versus
could definitely cause one to wonder whether or not Jesus is the same as
God
Jn.8:40
"But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I
have heard of God."
Jn.14:28
"My Father is greater than I."
Acts 17:31
"Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in
righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance
unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead."
1 Cor.11:3
"The head of Christ is God."
Col.3:1
"Christ sitteth on the right hand of God."
Talk about sitting beside
yourself! I guess if anyone can pull that off...
1 Tim.2:5
"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus."
Any thoughts?
-Greg
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THIS
WAS SOOOO GOOD!!
Subject: Joan
Of Arc TV
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002
From: Jordan
I Really liked this movie
and I definetly disagree with Joyce who wrote "THE WIMP" article. This movie
took a lot of time to create and comparing with the other Joan of Arc movies,
this is the best. I don't care what anyone else says because she played
a great leadership role and was very fit for the character. Besides, Joyce,
how would you know. You would've had to go back in time to know what shhe
was REALLY like. So for what we know of her now she did GREAT!! With great
religion and a good message I rate this a * * * * * out of five stars.
Jordan
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PROOF
OF LIFE
Subject: Proof_of_Life
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002
From: Catherine/Randall
There is a song sung
at the end of the movie, Proof of Life, and the artist sounds so familiar.
It is the song when Russel Crowe is staring off into the distance after
Meg Ryan leaves with her husband. Something about "You can be my queen and
I will be your king" Do you know the title of the song and the artist?
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OLD
LEGEND WITH A NEW TWIST
Subject: Dracula_2000
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002
From: Mark
An ex-pastor of mine
once told me, "You're too wordly for Christians and too Christian for the
world." For a long time, I felt caught between the two, until I finally
pulled myself out of the snare of legalism and realized that so many things
conservative believers say are sinful really are not sinful at all, but
simply matters of personal choice, like the whole "meat offered unto idols"
dilemma the Apostle Paul talked about.
This concept applies
to movies, and in particular, DRACULA 2000. The Christianity in this film
is not only blatant, but rather powerful as well. Sure, I'm a horror movie
fan, so I enjoyed watching the spurting blood, the decapitations, the grisly
kills...but I'm also a Christian, and I enjoyed the theme of redemption
and forgiveness, which, naysayers be damned, this film is all about. After
all, in the end, Judas Iscariot a.k.a. Dracula realizes that the only way
to obtain peace is to turn to the One he betrayed. Is that evil? I think
not, and I don't believe that God is offended by a film like this (or most
films, for that matter).
But if you find the violence,
sexuality, and violence of a film like this to be offensive, then fine,
don't watch it. But just because you don't want to eat meat "offered unto
idols" doesn't make it wrong for me to sit down at the table and chow down.
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LOVELIEST
PORTRAYALS OF A PASTOR
Subject: Italian
for Beginners
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002
From: Susan
Dear David:
Thanks for your thoughtful web site. If you haven't seen it yet, please
see the Danish film, Italian for Beginners. It has one of the loveliest
portrayals of a pastor that I have seen in a long time.
Shalom,
Susan
Hospital Chaplain
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REVIEWS
I'D LIKE TO SEE
Subject: Reviews
I'd like to see.
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002
From: Esther Nash
Dear David:
The "Hollywood Jesus" site is great! Lots of places to go, lots of things
to see! The excitement of Hollywood is there -- and so are sane and ethical
reviews, too!
I have looked for some
movies I'd like to see reviewed -- but, in your wonderfully long, and comprehensive
list, I don't see these particular movies. It's important to have older
movies, too, I think, becasue they are out on Video Casette and DVD.
Perhaps a new feature
of "Hollywood Jesus" could be where people request movies they'd like to
see reviewed. Then, the most popular requested movies COULD be reviewed.
My own list, at present,
consists of these movies:
FOCUS
Roman Holiday
Europa, Europa
Gosford Park (Spelling may be wrong here)
Alien Nation
If I think of any more,
I'll send another E-mail, for your consideration.
Thanks again for a geat
site!!!!!!! I hope you will consider both reviewing my choices, above, and
also starting a "wish list" of movies those who visit the site wish to see
reviewed.
Sincerely,
Esther Nash
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NARROWNESS
Subject: Plesantville
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002
From: "corey sax"
David,
After watching Pleasentville, I searched the net for any sites related to
the movie and stumbled across "hollywood jesus.com". I read your intereptation
of the film and was sadly disapointed in the narrowness of your scope of
understanding the message of the director.
In the movie after david
and his sister feel alienated by a problem ridden world, they use TV as
an escape from truth. They become powerless in the mindset they adopt, thus
limiting the scope of their intellegence and giving others the authority
to decide how they should view reality and react to it, until they go to
pleasentville and learn how to create (rearranging things we see in reality).
Leaving the mythical garden of eden is not "the fall of man" but instead
the opening of mans eyes to the fact that nature cannot be created or destroyed
(The axiom that existence exists ie the law of identity). Man's volition
is to percieve or evade reality.
In the movie david and
his sister learn this, they start to perceive reality, discovering the properties
of the metaphyiscally given. Only through this knowledge can man survive;
by rearranging the things he sees in nature to fit his needs. Creation does
not imply the power to bring something into existence from nothingness,
but an arragement of natural elements that has never been before.
To evade these priniples
is to engage in a futile extempt to negate existance; David and his sister
in the 90's feel that some other force created the world, its problems,
and the people in it. They discover their identity through understanding
that they can change the things in the world to suit their needs.
Your idea of the world
being evil, and that people are sinners goes against reality. The idea that
we cannot change ourselves, but that the metaphyical can be changed by some
magical force ie god is flawed. In reality it is the metaphysical that cannot
be changed and you and I that can. If men are sinners then reason cannot
exist, but if reason does not exist then hoe do you know men are sinners.
Religion denies the metaphysical and the logical in place for menial fanatasy.
"Think it over. Consider
the subject, check your premises, check past history and find out whether
it is true that man can never be free. It isn't because man has been free.
Find out what made it possible. See for yourself. And then if you are
rationally convinced, we can save the world together. We still have time.
Let your mind and love of existence decide."
Thank you
Corey Sax
Response:
There is evil in the world, consider 9/11. And no one is perfect, we all
error (sin). So, it stands to "reason" the humans are sinners.
And God
does change things. That is reality. -David
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RETURN
TO PARADISE?
Subject: ReturnToParadise
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002
From: Maia
I have only just seen
this movie so am probably a bit late for the bulletin board!! But I just
had to say this is one of the most offensive and racist movies I have ever
seen. What a heap of rubbish. The classic American theme of "any justice
outside our own is inferior" was pathetic - from a country that commits
some of the worst atrocities and still enforces the death penalty. The Malaysians
were portrayed as a bunch of ignorant, unfeeling animals which is simply
untrue and unfair. As for Lewis the poor nature-loving, God-fearing boy
sentenced to death by the ruthless Malaysians - you didn't even see enough
of his character to be able to form any opinion on him. The clever twist
of the moral dilemma?? Sheriff's character was an oafish dullard who didn't
seem to have any morality till he got laid by the lawyer/sister/joke of
a character Beth.
I could rant for pages
on this appalling excuse for a film but won't waste anymore of anyone's
time. Quite simply the worst movie I have EVER seen. An absolute disgrace.
I noticed that it wasn't filmed anyway on location in Malaysia. I certainly
wouldn't have let them anywhere near the place if I had been the relevant
authorities.
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EXTREM
DAYZ
Subject: Extreme_Days
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002
From: Devon
I am a grade 11 student
in Canada. I am also on my youth leadership. I would recomend this movie
to anyone and everyone. I don't care if you believe in God or not this movie
is amazing. It goes through real life situations and the message is awesome.
I can't recomend this enough. If you have non-christian friends and you
guys want to watch a fun and energetic movie then get this. I think it is
a great way to show that God and Christ aren't all stuffy and up tight.
I think Jesus most definatly plays extreme sports. Because of when he lived
he was most definatly considered extreme for the new truths he brought to
his people. Those truths were to extreme for some and they rejected it.
Anyways that is what I have to say. God Bless everyone. And never think
God doesn't like us to have fun. ^_^
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RELIGIOUS
MOVIE FRAILTY
Subject: Frailty
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002
From: John Honno
Hi David,
Love the site. It is my favorite source for movies! But I haven't seen anything
on my favorite actor's new movie, Matthew McConaughey(a fellow Texan), in
Frailty also starring Bill Paxton. I ran across this film in a Matthew Fan
Club and found the website for the film www.frailtythefilm.com
and also know that it comes out April 5th. But other than the fact that
the tagline says "In God's Hands" I don't know much more than that. Any
more info would be deeply appreciated as I pride myself being on the "in"
with Matthew's films, especially considering the content I assume is in
the film, I'll continually check back at hollywoodjesus.
Thanks,
John Honno
johonno@hotmail.com
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CLARIFICATION
Subject: Images_and_Post_Modern
clarification
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002
From: Sandy
I have just discovered
your sight and need some clarification of terms, please. What do these terms
refer to: Boomer Family-Life
'Jesus-Life.'
You also referred to
your "recent radical shift". What was you stand before and now that you
have shifted?
Just curious, Sandy
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DID
NOT GET AWARD
Subject: The_Hurricane
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002
From: Carl
Its strange that Denzel
Washington, didn't get the award for his part in this film, I saw it because
I am a Denzel fan but he out did himself in this role,. .Something is wrong
with the people who vote who the best actor is because he proved in this
role that he is the BEST.....oh well, I guess the old saying is true.......The
best man, doesn't always win.. and that is really sad....but, we the people
who go to movies know he should have won ,....it just proves once again
that the people who get to vote are all air heads....I hope you print this
but if you dont,...its ok,.....I will still remain a Denzel fan and hope
some day those air heads open their eyes.......As Denzel once said........He
did the work, He should have the prize.......We love him with or without
the award, but fair is fair everywhere except in Hollywood. You are an eternal
living being ( consciousness ) created in unconditional Love by God,.You
are a spirit living in a body, a being of light, you are a being of energy
and energy never die's--it just changes form.......
Carl--- remoteangel@msn.com
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REAL
VIDEO COMMENT
Subject: A_Beautiful_Mind Date:
Tue, 19 Feb 2002
From: J P
First off, David, thank
you for running an amazing website. I truly enjoy the perspectives that
your site offers on both pop and arthouse flicks.
With regards to "A Beautiful
Mind", I think that consumers of the media tend to forget that the movie
they are viewing is not reality, merely one person's preferred view of reality,
at best. The movie cannot be seen with the idea that it is a documentary
of John Nash's life, nor should it be. While they may find the glorifying
of a man's life apocraphyl, I think they would be better served if they
looked at the story being presented as just that: a story, rather than comparing
and contrasting it to factual events.
I very much resonate with Ms. Wierstra's comments. The most refreshing thing
about the movie was seeing a spouse who stood by their counterpart through
all of it, "for better or for worse". Too often we see marriages splitting
up due to stress of one form or another, and we excuse it as being acceptable
due to X, Y, or Z. If A Beautiful Mind presented an unreal, fantastical
view of the truth, is there really a better fantasy than Unceasing Love?
As to your use of RealVideo
for commentary, my own access to internet limits me to not having audio
ability (work or library). Your comments are insightful and interesting,
I would hate to not be able to enjoy your site due to my internet limitations.
Perhaps a transcript could be provided, or perhaps limiting the RealVid
choices to being supplimentary, rather than a replacement, for you usual
reviews?
Thanks again for running an interesting and wonderful site,
JP
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STUPID
WICCA
Subject: trators
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002
From: DBZ
HOW DARE YOU LET A STUPID
WICCA POST A MESSAGE ON YOUR SITE. AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHT AS A CHRISTIAN
TO STAND UP FOR OUR ETERNAL ENEMIES (wicca, satanists,neo-pagans,ect.....
) IT WOULD BE LIKE A MUSLIM STANDING UP FOR A JEW OR DR DOOM AIDING THE
FANTASTIC 4. WHAT MY POINT IS......THE DEVIL IS A LIER AND WOULD DO ANYTHING
TO GET YOU TO TRUST IN ONE OF HIS RELIGIONS...NUFF SAID
PS. YOUR SITE IS RETARTED
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SEE
FEW LINES IN MESSAGE
Subject:
I_agree_-Newsletter_32
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002
From: dr arvind
Dr Arvind vaish MBBS,HPPSC
near iti Nahan HImachal India 173001
Oh God,
dip all human in the sea of feeling as of well-being of sex.
Let them to feel joy, having no time to nag, to kill and to pain each other
Oh God,
create a village, a town, a city,a nation or planet like earth having human,
free from all diseases, by knowledge,love and science
Oh God,
let people to find each type of sensation by their own soul creating always
painless feeling by own central nervous system.
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MOST
EXCELLENT FILM
Subject: Rush_Hour_2
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002
From: Chris
Rush Hour 2 has to be
the most excellent film i have ever watched!! A must see for all of those
who haven't! Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan do an excellent job in this film.
Also with the most gorgeous woman on earth Ziyi Zhang who plays the evil
Hu Li. I wont give too much away but "Carter" is always getting "Lee" into
mischief!!!!
Thanx
Chris
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I
AM A WICCAN
Subject: A comment
to all people who have dissed wicca, pagenisum, spellcraft and such... Blair_Witch_2
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002
From: Blue Dragon
to all you "one god'
people calling wiccans, pagens, ect. evil, I have one thing to say to you
" blow me". people like you give us bad names. If you would just take the
time to research tis stuff, you will see that all your little stario-typical
belifs are all smashed in to the ground. Go and check your sorces before
bashing other religions. If you can actually hold an intellangent conversation
on this subject, e-mail me at vampiricwicca@yahoo.com
(the name is derived from my two favorite things, vampires and wicca)
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COMMENT
Subject: count
of monte cristo review?!
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002
From: Justin
David, where is your
Count of Monte Cristo review?! i just saw that movie and it was great! God
is a major theme in the movie and I thought it was well done. A must see!
justin
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CLASSICS?
Subject: "Classic"
Movies
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002
From: Susan Allen
My youth groups enjoy
watching "classic" movies like Monty Python and the Holy Grail and several
of the James Bond movies (usually from the Sean Connery era.) I think you
should put some of these movies on your website. I would enjoy hearing what
your reviewers would have to say about them! Thanks! (By the way, I think
your site is wonderful!)
Susan Allen
Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministries
Bethel United Church of Christ
sallen@bethelucc.org
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