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Religions > Atheism |
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"L. Raymond" |
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19 Dec 2006 10:17:19 AM |
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Black Christmas |
I wondered how long it would take for a Christian group to make the
news with an objection to "Black Christmas", a slasher movie being
released in the US on Christmas. This is the first reaction I've read.
There does seem to be a problem, though. I had always thought that
Easter was the most sacred holiday, with Christmas coming next.
Christian Groups Fume Over Christmas Horror Film
Christian groups have slammed the remake of cult 1974 movie Black
Christmas, because they find the horror movie "offensive." The Glen
Morgan-directed film stars Oliver Hudson, Katie Cassidy, Lacey Chabert
and Michelle Trachtenberg and centers on a group of US college students
who battle a slasher over the Christmas holidays. The movie will be
released on Christmas Day in US cinemas, much to the horror of Christian
groups. Mathew Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, says,
"To have a movie that emphasizes murder and mayhem at Christmas, a time
of celebration and joy around the world seems to be ill founded."
Jennifer Giroux, co-founder of Operation Just Say Merry Christmas, adds,
"The use of religious music 'Silent Night' and the nativity set on the
front porch in one scene are insensitive to Christians. It's not enough
to ignore and omit Christmas, but now it has to be offended, insulted
and desecrated. Our most sacred holiday, actually a holy day, is being
assaulted."
http://imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-12-18/#3
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L. Raymond
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Black Christmas |
25 Dec 2006 06:58:33 PM |
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:17:19 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote in alt.atheism
I wondered how long it would take for a Christian group to make the
news with an objection to "Black Christmas", a slasher movie being
released in the US on Christmas. This is the first reaction I've read.
There does seem to be a problem, though. I had always thought that
Easter was the most sacred holiday, with Christmas coming next.
Christian Groups Fume Over Christmas Horror Film
Christian groups have slammed the remake of cult 1974 movie Black
Christmas, because they find the horror movie "offensive." The Glen
Morgan-directed film stars Oliver Hudson, Katie Cassidy, Lacey Chabert
and Michelle Trachtenberg and centers on a group of US college students
who battle a slasher over the Christmas holidays. The movie will be
released on Christmas Day in US cinemas, much to the horror of Christian
groups. Mathew Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, says,
"To have a movie that emphasizes murder and mayhem at Christmas, a time
of celebration and joy around the world seems to be ill founded."
Jennifer Giroux, co-founder of Operation Just Say Merry Christmas, adds,
"The use of religious music 'Silent Night' and the nativity set on the
front porch in one scene are insensitive to Christians. It's not enough
to ignore and omit Christmas, but now it has to be offended, insulted
and desecrated. Our most sacred holiday, actually a holy day, is being
assaulted."
http://imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-12-18/#3
It's Jesus' WillŪ for them. They're supposed to suck and swallow.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Black Christmas |
19 Dec 2006 10:55:32 PM |
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:17:19 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
Christian groups have slammed the remake of cult 1974 movie Black
Christmas, because they find the horror movie "offensive."
I guess none of them are intelligent enough to figure out that if you
don't like a movie, the perfect solution is just to not see it.
Mathew Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, says,
<snip>
"It's not enough
to ignore and omit Christmas, but now it has to be offended, insulted
and desecrated. Our most sacred holiday, actually a holy day, is being
assaulted."
Censorship? No thanks. I consider Bibles offensive - will you stop
reading yours?
--
rukbat at optonline dot net
"In matters of faith never trust your own judgment, but always humbly
submit to the decisions of the Holy Church."
(page 77, _A Full Catechism of the Catholic Religion_, Fr. Joseph De
Harbe, S.J.)
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Black Christmas |
20 Dec 2006 12:45:19 AM |
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In article <nlfho2573g2m5fjptssfvkvmi4cgasaftc@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:17:19 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
Christian groups have slammed the remake of cult 1974 movie Black
Christmas, because they find the horror movie "offensive."
I guess none of them are intelligent enough to figure out that if you
don't like a movie, the perfect solution is just to not see it.
Which is my solution since I don't like 'slasher' movies.
Mathew Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, says,
<snip>
"It's not enough
to ignore and omit Christmas, but now it has to be offended, insulted
and desecrated. Our most sacred holiday, actually a holy day, is being
assaulted."
Censorship? No thanks. I consider Bibles offensive - will you stop
reading yours?
It shouldn't be censored, but I would definitely give it a NC-17 rating
for sex and violence. Not suitable for children and other sentient
beings.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Black Christmas |
20 Dec 2006 07:35:07 AM |
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:45:19 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <nlfho2573g2m5fjptssfvkvmi4cgasaftc@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
Censorship? No thanks. I consider Bibles offensive - will you stop
reading yours?
It shouldn't be censored, but I would definitely give it a NC-17 rating
for sex and violence. Not suitable for children and other sentient
beings.
Or even the hopelessly brainwashed.
--
rukbat at optonline dot net
"Christians, it is needless to say, utterly detest each other. They slander each
other constantly with the vilest forms of abuse and cannot come to any sort of
agreement in their teachings. Each sect brands its own, fills the head of its own
with deceitful nonsense, and makes perfect little pigs of those it wins over to its
side."
- Celsus On the True Doctrine, translated by R. Joseph Hoffman, Oxford University Press, 1987
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Black Christmas |
21 Dec 2006 12:09:15 AM |
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In article <iveio2dlitbg62e7jmo5o4fboqh7jlqk3l@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:45:19 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <nlfho2573g2m5fjptssfvkvmi4cgasaftc@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
Censorship? No thanks. I consider Bibles offensive - will you stop
reading yours?
It shouldn't be censored, but I would definitely give it a NC-17 rating
for sex and violence. Not suitable for children and other sentient
beings.
Or even the hopelessly brainwashed.
Especially not the brainwashed until they have been deprogrammed.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "BanderStern" |
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| Title: Re: Black Christmas |
19 Dec 2006 08:37:22 PM |
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:17:19 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
Our most sacred holiday, actually a holy day, is being
assaulted."
When did Easter get knocked out of the top spot?
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| User: "Dubh Ghall" |
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| Title: Re: Black Christmas |
20 Dec 2006 01:18:08 PM |
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:17:19 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
Our most sacred holiday, actually a holy day, is being
assaulted."
Just because you hang your hat on the stand, don't make the stand, yours.
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