Lord Save Us From Your Followers, the Movie

Ok, first subject: The new movie, Lord, Save Us from Your Followers. I recently was encouraged by a fellow employee (who shall remain nameless) to go to see this new movie. I had only heard about it in passing, and my initial instinct was that the film was going to be the Left's newest effort to marginalize those of us on the Right.

Alright, so I haven't seen the movie yet, but I think I've already confirmed that the movie is exactly as what I originally suspected. To begin with, the filmaker included in his movie a scene where he goes to a gay pride parade, and sets up a booth for confession.

That's interesting. So, you set up a confessional booth at a gay pride event, and what do you expect gays to do? Confess? Well, of course not! And did you really believe that was the purpose of the confession booth? Come on, you got to be kidding me. The confessional was not meant for gays and lesbians, but was meant for the filmaker as a means of him confessing his sins against those homosexuals!!

You may be thinking to yourself, "Ok, so what's the problem here? Haven't homosexuals been offended by Christians for the hateful speech that they have engaged in when debating this issue?" Most certainly, but the real issue here is to ask, did the filmaker ever engage in such hateful speech, and if so, then he is proper and right to apologize to them. But the whole confessional booth thing is not a means of simply apologizing for HIS sins, but is a ploy to apologize for ALL CHRISTIANs who have sinned against homosexuals.

That kind of tactic is the same nonsense that has so angered conservatives against Obama when he as gone globetrotting and asking forgiveness for the sins of the United States. There's just something inherently wrong for someone to ask forgiveness for sins that they never committed, on behalf of individuals who may, or may not, be ready to apologize.

Ok, so on the off chance that you may have already seen this movie, I'd like to have your opinion on whether you think the movie is a means to marginalize those on the far right, or is it truly a work of mediation, intended to bring peace and civility to discourse between the two sides? What say YOU?

New Beginnings

Today I am trying to start a discussion with my friends and any others who wish to engage in the act of discovering truth. Now, notice that I stated "discovering truth", and not creating truth. There are many who might consider truth something to create for themselves. Therefore, you will see many people say, "That's YOUR truth, not mine" as if to say that truth can be manipulated or tweaked to fit your own style or philosophy.

So, we will be examining many issues from the perspective that truth can be discovered and then applied to each situation, resulting in a consistent application of truth to every aspect of our lives.

I think that this should be fun, and certainly not torturous, so my aim is to do this in a way that we can disagree without calling each other names. Please work with me toward that goal.

If the topic agrees or disagrees with you, please engage myself and others with the reasons that you do. Let's make this a true process of understanding and discovering truth.