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The Christian elephant in the room

posted 10 years ago by Here_kitty-kitty
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http://tinyurl.com/qeqleto

Braat's wife is quite lovely. She is also Christian, which may explain a great deal more about how they got together and why Braat marries her than the film lets on.

The way this film seems to downplay Braat's sense of being on a mission for Christ in India reminds me of the Intelligent Design movement, which is a Christian ideological movement cloaked in secularist rhetoric about doubt and skepticism.

Blood Brother conveys the impression of "stealth evangelism," but I have to admit it: if that's what it is (in part), it works.

I have posted Hoover's demurral in a separate thread.

[–] eo_guy 10 years ago

It appears the link you posted has been taken down.

[–] Here_kitty-kitty 10 years ago

It was just a broken link, but thanks for letting me know.

I fixed it.

[–] neuhierbln 9 years ago

There's an important answer to the "christian elephant in the room" by the filmmakers - it's good to see that they distance themselves from any affiliation to the evangelical church and/or missionary work through the film

http://www.bloodbrotherfilm.com/blog-post/open-letter-from-blood-brother-director-steve-hoover/

[–] brightwhitehorses 9 years ago

I absolutely love this documentary, thanks for the link but WOW that is a poorly written piece. There is a misspell in the first sentence, sheesh!