what a great movie. watch this movie.

i just came back from a showing of for the bible tells me so . it's amazing. you hear all the religious babble from both sides, the verses, the retorts, but the movie presented the facts in such a way that wasn't pretentious or entitled. i wasn't in a sermon, but it was honest and heartfelt. i felt it began to repair the rift that comes with being religious and gay. if for anything, watch it for the first 5 minutes of the film. seriously.

in the movie, there is an image of a man holding a sign that says god hate fags outside a church when new hampshire consecrated the first gay bishop in 93. i had such a strong reaction to this. it just makes me so incredibly angry, which is a shame because the message i got from the film was love, love, love. great message, but i can't embrace the message, especially toward ignorant people who do ignorant things. i can't move past it, embody jesus to teach or be patient with them. i simply cannot and will not.

i think one the best lines in the film was one a reverend said (something to effect of) maybe there was a reason why only a select group of people should be able read the bible because the general public will make a mess of it and misinterpret it. that line really resonates with me. i realize and appreciate that an endorsement of this statement is classist, and privileged and everything else that i'm generally against, but i right now, i'm stuck and can't move beyond that, but i applaud those who can and do and make movies about it.