God's Not Dead 2 is a thing

Azumarill · November 07, 2015, 04:20:15 AM

this time around a teacher quoted the bible during a class and is getting fired for it lol

R o c k e t · November 07, 2015, 04:34:42 AM

Yeah I already made a thread about this a while back

Azumarill · November 07, 2015, 04:42:26 AM

Quote from: Blurg on November 07, 2015, 04:34:42 AM

Yeah I already made a thread about this a while back

how do your fellow Xians feel about the first movie and the fact that there will be a sequel

big dog · November 07, 2015, 06:14:40 AM

Looks great!

BrenMan 94 · November 07, 2015, 08:57:25 AM

God's Not Dead 2: Ecclesiastical Boogaloo

Cheat · November 07, 2015, 09:27:05 AM

I ran into Blaze's family at the theater when I was going to see some other film and they seemed kind of embarrassed to be there to see the first one (as they should be). I don't expect this second film to be any better than the first.

Thun · November 07, 2015, 09:38:30 AM

This time, it's personal.

Sandtrap · November 07, 2015, 10:00:57 AM

Quote from: Cheat on November 07, 2015, 09:27:05 AM

I ran into Blaze's family at the theater when I was going to see some other film and they seemed kind of embarrassed to be there to see the first one (as they should be). I don't expect this second film to be any better than the first.

So, I never watched the movie. Can you give a brief summary of what it's about, or, in particular, why it's disliked?

Cindy · November 07, 2015, 10:10:12 AM

He's surely alive :^)

Luis · November 07, 2015, 10:11:44 AM

Why
The first one was shit

Cheat · November 07, 2015, 10:18:36 AM

Quote from: Sandtrap on November 07, 2015, 10:00:57 AM

Quote from: Cheat on November 07, 2015, 09:27:05 AM
I ran into Blaze's family at the theater when I was going to see some other film and they seemed kind of embarrassed to be there to see the first one (as they should be). I don't expect this second film to be any better than the first.

So, I never watched the movie. Can you give a brief summary of what it's about, or, in particular, why it's disliked?

It has been a while, but I'll try.

It presents the argument that God isn't real as a personal attack. It presents atheists as smug, dickish, and unhappy. Iirc it also makes the atheist side seem like they have the burden of proof.

It's not a logical movie at all; the whole film is basically a huge emotional appeal and they prove God is real by finding out that the teacher is actually just a Christian mad at God for his wife or something dying.

Cindy · November 07, 2015, 10:20:11 AM

Quote from: Sandtrap on November 07, 2015, 10:00:57 AM

Quote from: Cheat on November 07, 2015, 09:27:05 AM
I ran into Blaze's family at the theater when I was going to see some other film and they seemed kind of embarrassed to be there to see the first one (as they should be). I don't expect this second film to be any better than the first.

So, I never watched the movie. Can you give a brief summary of what it's about, or, in particular, why it's disliked?

Have you ever read the Albert Einstein copypasta? You know, the one where there's a professor talking about how evolution can't be real and then a genius student disproves him and the whole class stands up to clap, and then it ends with, "And the name of that student? Albert Einstein."

This movie is basically a two-hour version of that.

It's a fundamentalist Christian wet dream and it ticks off on all the right marks. I could go on for days about how stupid that movie is and the vast amount of strawmen they use. Nothing about Christian movies or anything of the sort is wrong, and the overall message of the movie is a good one from a Christian perspective (it's pretty typical - that God is great and will uplift your spirit into everlasting harmony - but a good one from a Christian perspective nonetheless) but literally every single other quality is ridiculous.

The student is, of course, a Mary Sue - this genius good little Christian boy who excels in all his classes and everything he does. His first day of college, one of his professors who's supposedly the resident "hardass" tells everyone in the class to write "God is dead" on a piece of paper or they will fail the course. Right off the bat we've got our evil strawman liberal atheist professor who wants nothing more than to steal the soul out of all the good little Christian boys going off to college. Main Character challenges him and they have a series of debates throughout the movie - all of which are laughably incorrect from a historical, scientific, AND religious perspective, because the student is not only a Christian but a virulent creationist and says that Charles Darwin said he was wrong before his death about his theory of evolution, which is just...not true. Of course this all ends with the MC "catching" the Professor in an argument by forcing him to say that he "hates god" and then rebuttles with "how can you hate something that doesn't exist?" While that's stupid in itself because I hate a ton of things that don't exist like Jar Jar Binks, it's also playing into the "everyone who's atheistic is just angry with god and not really an atheist" stigma that so many fundamentalists love to play up. The best part of the movie, though, is that, at the end, the evil liberal professor is going to a Christian Rock Concert to apologize to his fundie girlfriend and is run over by a car. A preacher (one of the side characters in the movie) finds him and gets him to convert as he's drowning in his own blood while his lungs fill with his fluids and people LITERALLY start clapping and saying "it's a miracle" on the sidelines TO SOME DUDE FUCKING DYING ALONE IN THE STREET.

Of course there's tons of other things wrong with the movie. The liberal hippie chick who hates Christians with a passion for some reason converts to Christianity because she has fucking cancer, the Islamic dad beats his daughter and kicks her out of the house for reading the bible DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE FUCKING BIBLE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE THREE HOLY BOOKS OF ISLAM, AND IT'D BE LIKE A FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIAN BEATING THEIR KID FOR READING THE OLD TESTAMENT because dae le islam is evil? And so, so much more.

But it was written by a bunch of guys who think gays are the devil and who are only rich because they shoot birds really well so, I mean, it's not that much of a surprise.

Cheat · November 07, 2015, 10:22:08 AM

What Cindy said.

Sandtrap · November 07, 2015, 10:25:34 AM

Quote from: Cheat on November 07, 2015, 10:18:36 AM

Quote from: Sandtrap on November 07, 2015, 10:00:57 AM
Quote from: Cheat on November 07, 2015, 09:27:05 AM
I ran into Blaze's family at the theater when I was going to see some other film and they seemed kind of embarrassed to be there to see the first one (as they should be). I don't expect this second film to be any better than the first.

So, I never watched the movie. Can you give a brief summary of what it's about, or, in particular, why it's disliked?
It has been a while, but I'll try.

It presents the argument that God isn't real as a personal attack. It presents atheists as smug, dickish, and unhappy. Iirc it also makes the atheist side seem like they have the burden of proof.

It's not a logical movie at all; the whole film is basically a huge emotional appeal and they prove God is real by finding out that the teacher is actually just a Christian mad at God for his wife or something dying.

Verbatim · November 07, 2015, 10:29:48 AM

I took a film class during my first semester of college, and on the first day, the professor, of course, had us all name our favorite movies along with our little introduction for the class. We had people saying shit like Charlie St. Cloud, Pitch Perfect (ugh), The Fault in Our Stars (UGH), and one girl even said God's Not Dead.

ironically, she ended up having the best taste in the class, having had the best reactions to all the best films we watched
go figure

MyNameIsCharlie · November 07, 2015, 10:31:24 AM

If God = Jesus

And Jesus bled when the Romans nailed him to the cross

So God bled

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

Therefore if there needs to be a sequel to God's Not Dead, we can prevent the trilogy.

Turkey · November 07, 2015, 10:33:34 AM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on November 07, 2015, 10:31:24 AM

If God = Jesus

And Jesus bled when the Romans nailed him to the cross

So God bled

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

Therefore if there needs to be a sequel to God's Not Dead, we can prevent the trilogy.

Jesus has like infinite respawns though.

Cindy · November 07, 2015, 10:37:20 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on November 07, 2015, 10:29:48 AM

I took a film class during my first semester of college, and on the first day, the professor, of course, had us all name our favorite movies along with our little introduction for the class. We had people saying shit like Charlie St. Cloud, Pitch Perfect (ugh), The Fault in Our Stars (UGH), and one girl even said God's Not Dead.

ironically, she ended up having the best taste in the class, having had the best reactions to all the best films we watched
go figure

Verb are you telling me that a movie where two kids get applauded for making out in the memorial house of a holocaust victim isn't the best movie ever?

Verbatim · November 07, 2015, 10:39:45 AM

Quote from: Cindo on November 07, 2015, 10:37:20 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on November 07, 2015, 10:29:48 AM
I took a film class during my first semester of college, and on the first day, the professor, of course, had us all name our favorite movies along with our little introduction for the class. We had people saying shit like Charlie St. Cloud, Pitch Perfect (ugh), The Fault in Our Stars (UGH), and one girl even said God's Not Dead.

ironically, she ended up having the best taste in the class, having had the best reactions to all the best films we watched
go figure
Verb are you telling me that a movie where two kids get applauded for making out in the memorial house of a holocaust victim isn't the best movie ever?

"IT'S A METAPHOR"

Cindy · November 07, 2015, 10:41:51 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on November 07, 2015, 10:39:45 AM

Quote from: Cindo on November 07, 2015, 10:37:20 AM
Quote from: Verbatim on November 07, 2015, 10:29:48 AM
I took a film class during my first semester of college, and on the first day, the professor, of course, had us all name our favorite movies along with our little introduction for the class. We had people saying shit like Charlie St. Cloud, Pitch Perfect (ugh), The Fault in Our Stars (UGH), and one girl even said God's Not Dead.

ironically, she ended up having the best taste in the class, having had the best reactions to all the best films we watched
go figure
Verb are you telling me that a movie where two kids get applauded for making out in the memorial house of a holocaust victim isn't the best movie ever?
"IT'S A METAPHOR"

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Hahahaha very funny Zonda · November 07, 2015, 11:11:37 AM

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Turkey · November 07, 2015, 11:30:12 AM

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Holy shit

Luis · November 07, 2015, 11:41:38 AM

Quote from: ねこ on November 07, 2015, 11:11:37 AM

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Thats so cringey

ಠ_ಠ · November 07, 2015, 12:14:10 PM

That trailer. What's up with the victim complexes so many Christians have these days? I mean, saying something like that in a college class won't get you fired unless it's completely irrelevant and inappropriate for the class (like say, you do it to try to convert people- that's not your fucking job as a professor). I've seen professors pose god as an example because it was done in a neutral manner. Big deal, it wasn't going to sway or push anyone to accept or reject religion.

Most of the time it's like "you're BULLYING me by not letting me say horrible things and discriminate against you also my views are the only right views because muh FREEDOM OF SPEECH" and that's not how a teacher should ever teach.

maverick · November 07, 2015, 01:11:08 PM

Quote from: just fuck my shit up on November 07, 2015, 12:14:10 PM

What's up with the victim complexes so many Christians have these days?

I have a theory that persecution complex is just a part of human nature.

Cindy · November 07, 2015, 01:13:12 PM

Quote from: just fuck my shit up on November 07, 2015, 12:14:10 PM

That trailer. What's up with the victim complexes so many Christians have these days? I mean, saying something like that in a college class won't get you fired unless it's completely irrelevant and inappropriate for the class (like say, you do it to try to convert people- that's not your fucking job as a professor). I've seen professors pose god as an example because it was done in a neutral manner. Big deal, it wasn't going to sway or push anyone to accept or reject religion.

Most of the time it's like "you're BULLYING me by not letting me say horrible things and discriminate against you also my views are the only right views because muh FREEDOM OF SPEECH" and that's not how a teacher should ever teach.

The best part is that the evil teacher from the first one could've been fired on the spot

Sandtrap · November 07, 2015, 01:20:16 PM

Quote from: Maverick on November 07, 2015, 01:11:08 PM

Quote from: just fuck my shit up on November 07, 2015, 12:14:10 PM
What's up with the victim complexes so many Christians have these days?
I have a theory that persecution complex is just a part of human nature.

Dindu' nothin': A Comprehensive Study on Human Nature

ಠ_ಠ · November 07, 2015, 01:46:27 PM

Quote from: Sandtrap on November 07, 2015, 01:20:16 PM

Quote from: Maverick on November 07, 2015, 01:11:08 PM
Quote from: just fuck my shit up on November 07, 2015, 12:14:10 PM
What's up with the victim complexes so many Christians have these days?
I have a theory that persecution complex is just a part of human nature.

Dindu' nothin': A Comprehensive Study on Human Nature

You'd think that since it's a college professor that they'd be more intelligent or something. But nah, this shit still happens even with people bearing PhD's.

R o c k e t · November 07, 2015, 02:49:38 PM

The Newsboys ruined this great song ;_______;

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