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muriel_volestrangler

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8. Everything a thinking person needs to know about 'Left Behind'
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 04:34 PM
Sep 2014

whether it's the book series, the previous film series, or the Cage remake.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/category/left-behind/

In about 500 easy to read blog posts. In those, you will discover the blogger, Fred Clark, is an excellent all-round person (I'm an atheist, he's a Christian, and I love his writing about religion), and a good critic, and the authors of the books, Tim La Haye and Jerry Jenkins, are awful excuses for sentient beings, with no empathy, ability to imagine how people feel (eg they cannot see that the immediate disappearance of every child in the world under 12 would leave people feeling pretty unhappy), and anti-semitic, too.

No film based on their work will persuade any atheist. Or person from another religion. It's like saying that listening to Rush Limbaugh will persuade Democrats that the thinking, caring people are all Republicans. You have to be a True Believer with the brain the size of a peanut to be a Limbaugh or Left Behind fan.

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I don't want friends who can be swayed by a Nick Cage movie NightWatcher Sep 2014 #1
I saw the trailer and my reaction was "this can't be real can it?". Initech Sep 2014 #16
Trailer here... hunter Sep 2014 #41
I've seen some truley bizzare movies in my day davidpdx Sep 2014 #44
I have had Christians try to convert me in many ways. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #2
If you don't convert, we'll make you watch Con Air... NightWatcher Sep 2014 #4
Puht tha bunneh baack in tha bawks Scootaloo Sep 2014 #31
He is a snazzy dresser too NightWatcher Sep 2014 #40
WOW! Politicalboi Sep 2014 #3
Oh brother. beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #5
Nicholas Cage plays Nicholas Cage in every movie. JaneyVee Sep 2014 #6
Just like John Wayne did. hifiguy Sep 2014 #10
Nicolas Cage's career convinced me there is no god Tom Ripley Sep 2014 #7
Good one! nt Logical Sep 2014 #28
Everything a thinking person needs to know about 'Left Behind' muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #8
jmowreader Urges Atheists to Convert Fundamentalist Friends With Godzilla Movie jmowreader Sep 2014 #9
People have been waiting for Jesus hifiguy Sep 2014 #11
He's certainly LATE Warpy Sep 2014 #24
Fear doesn't work on us the way it does on these fundie nutbags dorkzilla Sep 2014 #12
If all the fundymentalpatients get ruptured, err, hifiguy Sep 2014 #19
...and travel money too. Contrary1 Sep 2014 #34
So that means I will always be able to get a First Class upgrade when I fly???? dorkzilla Sep 2014 #38
I generally like Nicholas Cage, but if Duck Dumbass is recommending it, Thor_MN Sep 2014 #13
The good news for those unable to attend the initial showing! edgineered Sep 2014 #14
Nicolas Cage swayed me away from the movie theater several times. Lint Head Sep 2014 #15
See, here’s the plan: muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #17
That should be a silicone wristband...... LongTomH Sep 2014 #33
I don't take advice from a right-wing fake hillbilly who wears the U.S. flag as a sweat-mop. Paladin Sep 2014 #18
sign me up JohLast Sep 2014 #22
If I'm going to see this with friends, it's to laugh at this shit heap. geomon666 Sep 2014 #20
You mean...all the worst of the right wing haters will just....vanish? alphafemale Sep 2014 #21
How many Christians have actually clydefrand Sep 2014 #23
college religion courses can be quite interesting. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #35
I always tell people who believe in God....... Logical Sep 2014 #25
. . . "the soon return of Jesus"? hatrack Sep 2014 #26
We'll if JWs are right Peregrine Sep 2014 #27
The odds seem mighty slim... delete_bush Sep 2014 #39
Athiests as well as non-fundamentalists do NOT live in fear (of the myth) Dawson Leery Sep 2014 #29
After the Rapture Delmette Sep 2014 #30
ATHEISTS TAKE HEED! Hell may not be real but NIC CAGE IS! Jokerman Sep 2014 #32
Cage must've really be desperate for work. GoCubsGo Sep 2014 #36
I enjoyed the book series for the drek it is. nt DRoseDARs Sep 2014 #37
What if rapture happens the day the movie opens? trumad Sep 2014 #42
Wait, are talking the Nicolas Cage who did yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #43
They can do a double billing with his version of The Wicker Man AnnieBW Sep 2014 #45
Now I wish I had some Xian friends that might take me to dinner and a movie... Kalidurga Sep 2014 #46
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