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I am filled with Christs love
Tonight I finished watching Saved! (2004,PG-13) (ScreenIt! Review). From the ScreenIt! Review:
After becoming pregnant following her attempts to cure her boyfriend of his homosexuality, a teen finds her fundamentalist beliefs tested.
My favorite scene was when Hillary Faye yells "I am filled with Christ's love" while throwing her Bible at Mary and striking her in the back. What a great metaphor for how Christians often throw the Bible at other sinners without love while at the same time implicitly claiming to be filled with Christ's love. Another interesting tidbit from Wikipedia:
During a scene where Cassandra fakes speaking in tongues, the original script called for Hilary Faye and Mary to speak in tongues as well. In the commentary, Moore reveals that the woman who was training her and Eva Amurri to speak tongues gave them phrases to repeat, including "she bought a Hyundai" and "untie my bowtie."
And what Mary said looking at her newborn baby:
Life is too amazing to be this random and meaningless consequence of the universe. There had to be a God out there or something. Something inside. You just had to feel it...and when you think about it, what would Jesus do? I don't know, we'll be trying to figure it out together.
And The Replacements' songs at the prom. I give it 4 out of 5.
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re: I am filled with Christs love
I've been meaning to watch this for a couple of years and still haven't gotten around to it. I may have to soon.
re: I am filled with Christs love
Never saw it, not because I was offended at the content, but because it looked like a typical teen movie. I was humored by the reaction of the "Christian" community, who seemed offended by it. You speak the truth when you talk about the way Christians deal with sinners, not with compassion, but with anger and hatred. Its a shame.