For The Bible Tells Me So

[metta]

Has anyone seen this documentary yet? Looks like it is getting some good ratings.

Revews: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/for_the_bible_tells_me_so/


Film Web Site: http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/ftbtms_home.html

Synopsis:

Can the love between two people ever be an abominaton? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival, 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.

 

[ElMmSM]

Dying to see it. Seems like a great documentary.

 

[Golliwog]

Thank you, Metta, for this useful information.

 

[Shepherd 2]

metta, thanks for telling everyone
about this film. If I had done it, I would be given my head on a
JUB platter. I could not agree more, and I hope some at this
site will at least look. If you do not like it, do not PM me.
Shep+

 

[JackFTwist]

It is playing at the Reel Pride Michigan film festival, sponsered by Triangle Association, next Sunday, October 14th at 11:30 am at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak

http://www.reelpridemichigan.org/h.html


http://www.reelpridemichigan.com/

 

[Croynan]

a most interesting posting. too bad the Republican Presidential candidates who are seeking the Conservative voters cannot be made to view what looks to be like a most interesting film.

i wonder if any of their attitudes and and actions in their campaigns would change.

eM.​

 

[Txgoodoldboy]

Wow, that looks interesting. Thanks for posting. I'll have to wait for the DVD.

 

[JackFTwist]

bump for the hell of it