I still think the only film about faith that should be shown around the country is Bad Lieutenant.
# posted by William @ 4/11/2007 8:16 AM  

 
Why does the GodTube player look like HAL9000?...
# posted by Anonymous @ 4/11/2007 1:02 PM  

 
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
— The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

What part of "the free exercise thereof;" doesn't the anti-Christian bigot get?
# posted by LiveFreeOrDie @ 4/11/2007 8:02 PM  

 
"What part of "the free exercise thereof;" doesn't the anti-Christian bigot get?"

The part that goes: "...or abridging the freedom of speech..."

The Christian has every right to express himself, as does the rational secularist.
# posted by Anonymous @ 4/11/2007 10:02 PM  

 
A gentle reminder to the "rational secularists" among us that the semi-colon following "the free exercise of religion" is a furtherance of the idea that the free exercise of religion includes freedom of religious speech. Certainly the framers of the constitution did not have in mind the protection of the profane and the seditious. Keep in mind that history and common sense repeatedly prove that in those places where "rational secularists" rule and the belief that the power of the secular state supercedes faith you will surely find the mass graves of those who's only crime was the utterance of the words, "I believe in a higher power than the state." Just a reality check for you.
# posted by LiveFreeOrDie @ 4/11/2007 10:28 PM  

 
So it was the rational secularists who performed the Crusades? Or performed ethnic cleansing in Kosovo? Or rammed jets into the World Trade Center?

I'm not sure what you find profane in the discussion taking place here, so that's a bit like trying to cross-examine a witness when the direct questioning never brought the subject up.

The Constitution is not a religious document. It is not the word of God. It was a compromised draft written by the best minds of their time -- over 200 years ago. Written by men who were denying the ordained crown of England. They didn't have electricity. Didn't have combustible engines. Nuclear weapons. Evolution. Penicillin. Life expectancy was 35. It was a well-intentioned document of its time.

And it gives you the right to practice your religion, as it gives others the right to not believe in it. No more, no less.

God Bless Kurt Vonnegut.
# posted by Anonymous @ 4/12/2007 1:42 AM  

 
The bottom line here is that while initially sort of amusing as a novelty, basically this video was pretty boring.

Also I find it interesting that the people who made this video, and also, we must assume, the people who are the target audience for the video, think that non-fundamentalist Christians go around putting down religious people. I personally have never experienced such a thing except, I must confess, coming from fundamentalist Christians themselves. It's sad that they want to exploit some kind of self perceived victimhood. To quote the bard: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
# posted by Anonymous @ 4/12/2007 4:07 AM  

 
this video is awesome....the woman doing the intro to the song is a superstah! as for the debate over freedom of religion, expression,etc., what the hell does this have to do with godtube? the site is presumably not run by the govt. so the whole thing is a non-starter.
# posted by Anonymous @ 4/12/2007 1:29 PM  

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