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For the Bible Tells Me So
Wednesday October 17, 7:00 p.m.
Cinema 21
Directed by Daniel Karslake
USA, 99 Minutes, In English
www.forthebibletellsmeso.org |
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Heartfelt and provocative...moving and rewardingly intimate.
For Christian audiences, the film will prove most valuable in
encouraging them to consider their beliefs in a spirit of serious
examination rather than mindless acceptance, and to recognize
how matters of faith can be easily co-opted by politics.”
– Justin
Chang, Variety
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Dan
Karslake’s provocative,
entertaining documentary
brilliantly reconciles
homosexuality and
Biblical scripture,
and in the process
reveals that Church-sanctioned
anti-gay bias is based
almost solely upon
a significant (and
often malicious) misinterpretation
of the Bible. As the
film notes, most Christians
live their lives today
without feeling obliged
to kill anyone who
works on the Sabbath
or eats shrimp (as
a literal reading
of scripture dictates).
Through
the
experiences
of
five
very
normal,
very
Christian,
very
American
families
—
including
those
of
former
House
Majority
Leader
Richard
Gephardt
and
Episcopalian
Bishop
Gene
Robinson
—
we
discover
how
insightful
people
of
faith
handle
the
realization
of
having
a
gay
child.
Informed
by
such
respected
voices
as
Bishop
Desmond
Tutu,
Harvard’s
Peter
Gomes,
Orthodox
Rabbi
Steve
Greenberg
and
Reverend
Jimmy
Creech,
For
the
Bible
Tells
Me
So
offers
healing,
clarity
and
understanding
to
anyone
caught
in
the
crosshairs
of
scripture
and
sexual
identity. |
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