Posted on 01/24/2014 11:21:50 AM PST by Kaslin
If it makes one church extend their hospitality and outreach to women facing an untimely or difficult pregnancy, it's worth it.
Portraying the truth in a powerful way ---- is always worth it.
Isaiah 55:11
My word be that goes forth from my mouth, shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Have you seen Juno? It actually received good reviews, which is surprising as it is pro-life.
FYI..if you've forgotten, ( or never knew)
here's the song , with lyrics
I don’t think Juno was pro life as much as it thought of teenage pregnancy as a funny joke-vagely remember it. “Bella” was much better.
Hmmm....maybe the membership of “Friends of Abe” has been growing lately?
I know I was surprised to see Hunger Games hit the big screen with the message mostly intact (so far anyway—one episode to go yet) given its obvious slant against a tyrannical, centralized, government and its emphasis on individual liberty.
I still think Hunger Games is quietly creating a legion of young people who are going to be skeptical of DC much earlier in their lives than would have been the case otherwise. This is why the NSA snooping scandal cut so deep into the youth support for Obama I suspect.
We may not be able to stop all abortions, but we can stop some of them. Even if we just stop 50 abortions a year at the local late-term abortuary, by talking to and offering help to the girls and women who are on their way there, it’s something; it’s fifty more babies who are not torn, burned, and stabbed to death. Fifty lives at this clinic alone are worth something. Every life is worth something to God. Every woman who is dissuaded from murdering her child is saved from the subsequent guilt and misery.
Yes, I think movies like this can help. They help change the culture a little at a time.
Conservatives I know all come away from Hunger Games realizing how much the capitol city reminds them of DC/hollywood. I don't think liberals connect the dots at all. As you said, hopefully the younger generation can use this as a reference point to identify the problems we face.
Looks like it may be worth seeing.
Glad I found this article. Several days ago, I saw just the top part of a still ad for this movie and I thought it was an ad for a remastered version of the Stones movie. Because of my beliefs, I looked no further at the advert and in fact, was a little peeved that the movie would be foisted on yet another generation.
I’m glad that it is a positive story of a young woman seeking to have her baby instead of killing it.
The scriptwriter (Diablo Cody) and the gal who played the lead (Ellen Page) went out of their way to say in interviews that they're pro-"choice", which made it possible for huge numbers of reviewers to say it was a sharp movie about a strong heroine who is independent, intelligent, self-directed, spunky, and walks out of an abortion clinic in order to sisterhood-is-powerful, I-am-woman-hear-me-roar, have the baby.
It puts a non-stereotypical spin on it, which means its seen and taken to heart by a 10x bugger audience than it otherwise would have had.
Yes, "Bella" was great and I loved it. But "Juno" made the point to a different audience, and in a savvier way.
I hope "Gimme Shelter" continues reaching audiences other than the Teen Christian Clubs. It puts the "reach" into "outreach."
Very exciting.
>>As you said, hopefully the younger generation can use this (Hunger Games) as a reference point to identify the problems we face.<<
Well, it wouldn’t hurt if a few conservative politicians started to draw the obvious connections for them, in ads, speeches, etc. I can just imagine the opportunity Ronald Reagan would see here. Unfortunately, I don’t see any of our current crop of politicians either seeing it, or using it effectively.
I have, however, noticed that some liberal politicians have tried to latch onto a sort of Hunger Games analogy occasionally, perhaps in an effort to throw conservative ones off the scent?
Anyway, conservatives and libertarians are missing the boat if they continue to ignore Hunger Games. I’d bet that well over half the people in this country between the ages of 14 and 24 have read the books, or seen the movies (two so far), or both. I’m still amazed Hollywood produced the movies. As I said at the outset, perhaps the Friends of Abe are multiplying?
To find locations for the movie, see their website:
http://gimmeshelterthemovie.com/#
I’m willing to travel 50 miles.
“..I quit paying any attention to the Kommie “critics” ages ago and read only viewer critiques.”
Me too!
It’s been reported that real people have stayed in the theater to talk about the movie, and especially young people, were crying.
Of course, Norma was not seeking an abortion, she moved from being a part of the pro-abortion movement to making penance for being the Roe of Roe v. Wade
I have met her personally several times since then (Norma). She remembered me at the last occasion in 2005.
The aspect of the book (Won by Love) that mirrors Gimme Shelter is that the world outside of Prolife folks can be very ugly. This is in contrast to how prolifers treat people.
Why do I say this? The first time I met Norma McCorvey she came up to me and hugged me. I was in the Operation Rescue office in Dallas that was side by side with the abortion clinic that Norma was working in. I came to the office because I had written a prolife song to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic... Not to meet Norma... It was someone in the office (Rhonda -- a key person in the book Won by Love) who told that it was Norma McCorvey who had just hugged me...
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