Comment Re:Christians don't act very Christ-like (Score 1) 233
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I did not judge the movie. I have not seen it. I simply said that the REVIEWER FELT that the film was not suitable for children. That he is capable of formulating this judgement is a testament to his VALUE SYSTEM (his morals). That he is willing to POST this judgement for all to see, is a testament to his willingness to defend his beliefs.
What I was stating is that I feel that there is a lot of comtemp for religion in general and christianity in particular in the postings here at Slashdot. However I also feel that those who are so comtemptous of religions have only their own opinions upon which to feed on. A sort of intellectual incest which generates very skewed views of the role of religion in a persons life. Some of these people however also suffer from a lack of exposure to ... suffering. Their only real complaint could be in the order of: "The server crashed last night!". This is a view of the world dangerously far away from reality. Billions of people who live on this earth don't do so in anticipation of the next kernel patch, or Quake3. Those billions wake up, try to find enough to survive and comtemplate what it all means. Religion tels them that yes they are important that God loves them, and that someday after all the suffering is overwith down here, there will be a better place for them. That gives them hope. And hope is a desperatly important thing to them, because in the abscence of hope there is only despair.
Michael J. Longval
mlongval@geocities.com
I did not judge the movie. I have not seen it. I simply said that the REVIEWER FELT that the film was not suitable for children. That he is capable of formulating this judgement is a testament to his VALUE SYSTEM (his morals). That he is willing to POST this judgement for all to see, is a testament to his willingness to defend his beliefs.
What I was stating is that I feel that there is a lot of comtemp for religion in general and christianity in particular in the postings here at Slashdot. However I also feel that those who are so comtemptous of religions have only their own opinions upon which to feed on. A sort of intellectual incest which generates very skewed views of the role of religion in a persons life. Some of these people however also suffer from a lack of exposure to
Michael J. Longval
mlongval@geocities.com
