Posted on 12/27/2015 7:25:08 PM PST by presidio9
The Christmas Eve showing of “It’s a Wonderful Life†may be intended to make you believe in the importance of even an ordinary person’s life, but underneath that, what are the film’s secret hidden messages, the ones that become apparent only after two or three eggnogs? Let’s mull over some of the wackier possibilities.
It’s a salute to atheism. It’s “the least religious but most humanist film you could ever see,†said David Wilson in The Guardian, because it suggests people should fix their problems on Earth rather than waiting for God to help out. Regarding Jimmy Stewart’s character George Bailey, Wilson notes: “Even if he does at one point pray to God, [Bailey] is not religious at all, but simply a man trying to find transcendence in the routine of his life and in his duties to his family, friends and community . . . [director] Frank Capra . . . had a lifelong apathy towards his Catholic upbringing, and
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It’s Commie propaganda. A 1947 memo by the FBI containing interviews with Hollywood types, which became of interest to the House Un-American Activities Committee, stated, “With regard to the picture ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, [REDACTED] stated in substance that the film represented a rather obvious attempt to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a ‘scrooge-type’ so that he would be the most hated man in the picture.†This, according to these sources, is a common trick used by Communists. The pressure eased up when a witness liked by the HUAC, ex-Communist screenwriter John Charles Moffitt, testified
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You think there is a specific place in the word that says that angels are not dead humans?
LOLOL!!!
I’d forgotten about that ‘lost ending’. Thanks much for posting :)
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No, it is a fact.
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As I said, you are not familiar with the word.
I agree. I live in a small town as well and these things happen all the time.
Wonderful Life is my favorite Christmas movie. I hate to see it analyzed to death. It’s just a great uplifting story.
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This thread is not the place to post hundreds of pages of the Bible.
Not to mention the teacher George screamed at over the telephone.
After her husband punched George in the face at the bar, the husband mentioned that his wife ‘cried for over an hour!’
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They happen in large towns too.
It’s the inspiration for the song “Next Stop Pottersville.’
Finder’s keepers is a creed of thieves. Potter knew who it belonged to, and obviously knew it wasn’t his. He was a thief.
That’s true. There are good people every where.
I love the movie and this article is just flat out funny! In case you didn’t have time to actually read the article and have only read the posts here is the first paragraph:
“The Christmas Eve showing of It’s a Wonderful Life may be intended to make you believe in the importance of even an ordinary persons life, but underneath that, what are the films secret hidden messages, the ones that become apparent only after two or three eggnogs? Lets mull over some of the wackier possibilities.”
GET IT? See the words “two or three eggnogs” Clark? It is your first hint that this is humor. Your second hint, Cousin Eddie, is: “....the wackier possibilities.”.
But then some of you think Grandma Got Runover by Reindeer is truly tragic.
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What you are missing is that there isn’t any place that says they are.
Angels are huge reptile-like warriors that exist in the realm of the Father, the spiritual realm. They are individually created beings, not biologically created like life on Earth.
That is why they are called “sons of God” in Genesis.
Every individual special creation is a “son of God.”
We will become sons of God too when we receive our incorruptible spiritual body at the First Resurrection. (if we are a part of that resurrection).
Check out 1corinthians ch 15.
My reply was meant to be at large and not to the poster. Sorry!
But Potter had to be a miserable, crippled old man whom everybody hated. George was so loved, his many friends and relatives happily rallied to come up with money to get him out of a jam. So it doesn't matter that the mean old miser got to keep the cash, George had the wonderful life.
Read the article or my earlier post. Yes the author is kidding.
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