So, I love Jesus...
...and this documentary, even though I've only seen roughly the last half hour of this movie. (Anyone know if I can find it online somewhere?) For the record, I've been a Roman Catholic my whole life, been in church since I can remember, was confirmed, and I go to confession once a week and take Holy Communion at Mass on Sunday. I also have a strong interest in science, and believe in the theory of evolution and the Big Bang theory to its fullest extent. Social welfare is pretty high in my political capfeathers, and I support a woman's right to choose. (When I was younger, my mother put it into pretty humorous terms: "The only people who have a right to an opinion on abortion are those who were born with a uterus and the Pope.")
I suppose that all this disqualifies me as being "Evangelic", but puts me into an interesting position: a liberal Christian. (What a concept!)
From my understanding of this film, it was supposed to expose to the rest of the world American Evangelic practices, in the form of entertaining church services, Battle Cry Campaigns, and the megachurch.
Yes, Alexandra Pelosi had an agenda: to expose the stupidity and hypocrisy of Evangelicals in modern time (and anyone who says that A.P. wanted to construe all Christians are stupid, please stick your head in a deep fryer [balls too, if you've got 'em]). These churches preach love, acceptance, and forgiveness, but damn homosexuals, liberals, Roman Catholics (in the past, but I'm certain that there's a church somewhere in the United States that calls on the good ole Klan to hang us satanic papists), Jews, blacks, latinos...in effect, anyone different. Therein lies the hypocrisy: total acceptance, eh? Man love offends them so much, but they can't see past their Borg-like hive mind philosophy to see the important part: love!
"We are the Evangelics. Lower your IQs and surrender your beliefs. We will remove your biologic and cultural distinctiveness and take you into our own. Resistance is futile."
The Battle Cry Campaign, aimed at ensnaring teens with lights, rock music, and Psalms, has claimed that in a decade, Christianity will be in decline in the United States. What's gonna happen, Cryers? Are the liberals and the Muslims and the non-believers planning to construct a biologic weapon that targets people with faith? Oh no! Let me get in my grandfather's bomb shelter and hide my Bible!
Now tell me, is exposing the faults of a group so wrong, folks? Look at Upton Sinclair in The Jungle (damn, no italics. That makes me angry. You won't like me when I'm angry.), kids. He exposed the sheer nastiness of the meatpacking industry and, in effect, had the Pure Food and Drug Act passed, which evolved into the Food and Drug Administration, which at least makes it so that you and I can eat a nice, clean steak at night while we watch the war on TV.
What I'm saying is, in basicality and after several badly constructed pop culture references, that as people, on the whole, we need to accept diversity. Liberals (and I've seen a few anti-God posts on this board) need to stop being so uppity and embrace Christians as good people. Christians, you people need to stop calling American fatwahs on anybody who disagrees with you. God loves them too, and Jerry Falwell has very little insight into the everchanging mind of God. (I only use these two groups not because I'm prejudiced, but because they seem to be the two groups at odds on these issues.)
When God gives you lemons, you FIND A NEW GOD!