ninja_lord666 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 You missed what I was saying completely. Or maybe I just "said" it wrong.I think it's wrong for the CHURCH to boycott this movie because they don't like what they THINK it teaches people.It's a movie. Simple as that.It's like the church is saying that the only right thing, is GOD.And that's not right.Anyone can boycott anything they want for any reason, and the church does think God is the ultimate truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaanicOne Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 The real problem here is just intolerance in general - and in this case, religion provides the channel for it to be expressed. Basically, one set of people are being intolerant towards another by actively and maliciously (banning the books from the schools it runs) attacking their beliefs - which in this case happens to be atheism. The exact same situation could be copied out with different camps of scientists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja_lord666 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 The real problem here is just intolerance in general - and in this case, religion provides the channel for it to be expressed. Basically, one set of people are being intolerant towards another by actively and maliciously (banning the books from the schools it runs) attacking their beliefs - which in this case happens to be atheism. The exact same situation could be copied out with different camps of scientists.I agree, Christians are simply being intolerant, but they have that right. Christian schools are private, thus they can ban whatever books they wish. Of course I believe that they're all a bunch of morons for denying the truth that is science, but I won't argue their right to express their hatred to me.Besides, It's not like boycotting the movie is going to do anything. What, are they going to un-release it just because a bunch of bible thumping bigots don't agree with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Careful here. I assume, ninja, that you mean ANY religion has its small group of religious book thumping bigots. Don't single out one religion to make a point, it's both misleading and sounds intolerant in its turn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja_lord666 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Careful here. I assume, ninja, that you mean ANY religion has its small group of religious book thumping bigots. Don't single out one religion to make a point, it's both misleading and sounds intolerant in its turn!That was just one example pertaining to the topic at hand. Of course every side, every view point has it's intolerances. It's just that whether or not...say...Hinduists are intolerant had no relation to what we were talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Personally I don't find it suprising that religious people that focus on other people's interpretations of a book full of metaphors disapprove of other books no matter what they say. I'm sure these are the same sort of people that disapprove of the big bang theory being taught in schools. Back when I used to go to Sunday school I used to argue quite rigorously that telling people not to read books like Harry Potter or play games like D&D because they might lead to a "dark path" was ridiculous. Surely the way you grow stronger in your faith is to do what you feel you might enjoy without compromising the integrity of your beliefs and relationship with your deity? While actively seeking temptation isn't a clever idea, actively removing yourself from contemporary society just seems utterly daft in preparing young people for living a religious life in reality, that is, the world outside of the "padded-wall" boundries of the church community. Now, while my argument might seem flawed because I no longer call myself a christian (but still say I am religious) and thus, from some Christian's POV I gave in to real-world temptations; I can assure people that it wasn't petty external influences like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, D&D etc. that made me lose my faith. Instead a deep personal look into my own thoughts (rather than the thoughts of others) and the realisation that, while I cannot prove or disprove the existance of a deity, existance really means nothing. Instead the issue revolves around whether people agree with the supposed teachings of the deity; and I don't. I have no faith in a 2,000 year old book that has been manipulated countless times through history for the personal benefit of other humans. But hey, I'm still open to obvious divine intervention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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