Posted on 01/31/2006 7:17:45 AM PST by dson7_ck1249
OOOooyeah, especially after the Alito confirmation ceremony :)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1568198/posts
LOL, too funny!
The movie sucked, it is a bomb no matter how the left spins it, and it is a movie about gay SHEEP HERDERS, not cowboys.
But hey, we can't expect the left to know the difference between sheepers and cowboys now, can we?
No movie is going to cause me to gain sympathy for the gay community anymore than I might have for self-inflicting drug users.
No tricks here, this is just the first I've been able to come back and check.
The bottom line is, I'm not defending homosexuality, I've yet to see the movie and I just thought the review was interesting because it wasn't like any of the other reviews I've read.
I haven't left, I just don't have the time that many of you clearly have to spend all day on this site.
Usually we post news that either a reflection of our point of view, or totally opposite with dorogatory comments. By you posting this article that sugar coats the movie with a generalization of God. Totaly contraversial, and to top it off, you never responded to validate your stance.
I don't spend all day on FR, just my lunch break... which has a tendancy to extend itself when the postings get good.
Welcome to FreeRepublic
noted...
Although, I didn't think that the article sugercoated the movie with a generalization of God. The author was fairly specific as to point out not only his own struggle, but I felt like the author was certainly pointing out the gravity of the sin of homosexuality and fighting to overcome it. The author clearly thinks that homosexuality is a sin, which is why he takes it seriously. As he says, temptation is the exploitation of a real need...the need for intimacy and friendship is real, but the manifestation of it in homosexual lifestyles is wrong!
What I felt like the bottom line was...was that God is not interested in abandoning those who are living lives of sin, but rather that He is willing and able to help these men break free of homosexuality because it is indeed sin! The author is testifying to the powerful nature of God because the author himself was once in the grips of homosexuality but is no longer..thanks to God.
I didn't think the editorial glorified homosexuality at all, nor did it condone it as acceptable before God. It just pointed out the fact that even though it's a sin, it's not one that is big enough to stop God.
hollyweird isn't telling you to feel more compassion, God is. To be against homosexuality does not necessitate hatred towards homosexuals. That was the point of the article.
i'm not sure what you're talking about. Should I wait longer to post anything? Is there a time limit?
from your response "I heard"...i take it that you haven't actually seen the movie either, which doesn't exactly give your opinion of the movie legitimacy.
Agreed.
The author's point is that God is powerful enought to break those chains of bondage, as the author points out that God has done in his life! So yes, they must admit that they are sinning, but then what? God is the one that frees them, and that's the point!
I don't know how you would get the idea from the article that either I or the author don't think homosexuality is a sin. Clearly it is...but who is the one that is able to break us free from sin? It's God, isn't it? But the way society/media portrays homosexuality, it's almost as if homosexuals are beyond help. But that's clearly not true, as the author himself testifies to from his own life. God is big enough to free homosexuals from their bondage.
what movie isn't propaganda? How are you defining it? If propaganda is just the manifestation of one's personal views in some sort of publicly consumed medium...then I'm not sure that any movie escapes that definition. Of course it's propaganda, that's not the issue, the issue is..what is the message behind that propaganda? The author's point, and mine, is that perhaps that message isn't what everyone seems to think it is.
The author is precisely one of those that have been delivered from the sin of homosexuality (as you aptly point out in your reply)...
what's a troll?
I've gotten a lot of interesting and thought-provoking replies..considering that discourse is the purpose of this forum, I'm not sure how this was a wasted post.
i never went anywhere, but thanks for the welcome.
What does IOW mean?
I'm not shoving their lifestyle in your face, I posted an article that was interesting and then I told you what I thought the point was. Neither the article, nor I, advocate the homosexual lifestyle...sounds like you just read the first paragraph of the article and drew your own conclusions.
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