Any of you fundementalists ever see the film, "Saved"? It's like looking in a mirror, right?
Doesn't Christianity preach, "Love thy neighbor"? Shouldn't this include everyone, not just people who have the same rigid religious standards and beliefs as you?
2007-07-09 08:07:27 · 8 answers · asked by Who's sarcastic? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not a troll. YOU'RE the troll. :P
2007-07-09 08:14:29 · update #1
Um, I wasn't talking to normal everyday Christians...I did use the word Fundamentalists, didn't I?
2007-07-09 09:00:10 · update #2
I love the part when Hillary Faye tries to perform the exorcism on Mary and throws a Bible at her back as she yells "I am FILLED with G-d's love." Mary turns around and picks up the Bible and says, "This is not a weapon...you idiot!"
Picture perfect.
2007-07-09 09:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think "Saved" attacked Christianity -- I thought the lead character showed more Christianity in her actions and behavior than Hilary Faye (and Hilary Faye cracks me up to NO END), and that that was the point -- that the people being judged the most harshly were, in a way, the most Christlike.
Satire is not always an attack -- if it was an attack on anything, it was the unChristian behavior perpetrated in the name of Christianity. Look at the preacher versus his son, the Skater for Christ -- the latter had more understanding of the teachings of Jesus than the former.
2007-07-09 15:17:12 · answer #2 · answered by parcequilfaut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it was not like looking in a mirror. As a Christian, I see many problems and flaws in the church. There are flaws in every institution, because people are imperfect and sometimes represent their beliefs or organizations poorly. There is no perfect church because there are no perfect people.
Christianity does preach love thy neighbor, and I think if you looked at individual people rather than "the church," or worse, a satirical movie, you'd see that most Christians DO love people, even when it's difficult to.
I think it's really unfair of you to lump us all in one group and assume we're all like that. Non-Christians often talk about how "the church" judes them, how all Christians are self-righteous bigots who don't tolerate anyone else, and yet there they are, judging us based on people like James Dobson and Pat Robertson.
Pat Robertson does not speak for me.
2007-07-09 15:28:57 · answer #3 · answered by by grace alone 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh please. This is the most ludicrous post I have seen all day.
The writers of Saved will admit that it's a satire made to attack Christianity.
I don't know anyone personally who is like any of the people in Saved. Wow...this makes you look like a troll.
*edit*
Ah yes, at least someone who knows the difference between normal Christians and fundamentalists. I was over the top because people on this site use fundamental Christians as anyone who is a Christian, not those who are legalistic.
Apologies.
2007-07-09 15:12:51 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. A 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, I saw the movie "Saved". And no, it was not like looking in a mirror. How many Christians do you know?
And you are right, the parable of the Good Samaritan was supposed to illustrate the fact that your "neighbor" that you are supposed to love as yourself is the person that you like the least.
2007-07-09 15:14:35 · answer #5 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I loved this movie! My BFF went to a Baptist school, and it was like watching her school. You must have missed the ending of the movie right?
2007-07-09 15:14:55 · answer #6 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wish every fundamentalist would see this movie...there are a lot of correlations that most all could see
2007-07-09 15:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by G.C. 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Are you angry? No, I see high school when I watch 'Saved', I went to a Christian high school...I was the outcast girl...
2007-07-09 15:10:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋