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A very sad missed opportunity

posted 8 years ago by needlenthread
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I watched in shock at the "Holier than thou" attitudes of the boyfriends mother, friends and family toward this young woman as she was trying to learn more about Christianity. She professed in the movie that she was a believer in God and had been to Sunday school but had not recently. His family treated her like dirt. There she was, attending his church, trying to learn more about Christianity. What a GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY for him and his family to wrap her in Christian love and teachings. Instead, they judged her and pushed her away. Christian people that I have known in my life jump at the chance to show Christian love and kindness to those who reach out. Not every Christian is at the same place in their walk with Christ, that is understood by most of us.

[–] Joshmcswain 8 years ago

Agreed

[–] phoebe723 8 years ago

Yeah, this movie infuriated me in many ways. Intolerance and being judgemental is not very Christian

[–] HollyGoLightly2013 (331) 7 years ago

Unfortunately there really are "Christian" people who act like that, and I felt the movie portrayed that realistically. From the moment Paul first brought her to Bible study you could tell that his friends' friendliness was forced and disingenuous. They were dismissive of her, because they all wanted Paul to end up with Kelly. That's also why his mom took an instant disliking to Gwyneth. What I thought was really mean was when the three ladies got up and dressed Gwyneth's first morning in Mexico and didn't even bother waking her up or anything.
Gwyneth addressed later with Paul the fact that he was only with Kelly, because he felt pressure by everyone else.