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I find it funny......

posted 14 years ago by GMCKINST-1
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that a number people on this board seem to have a problem with a CHRISTian angle on a CHRISTmas movie. Whether or not it is as good as the original is of no consequence to me. I find it to be a very heartwarming movie, that has become a staple of my families movie watching lineup for the holidays. Try to enjoy it on its own merits.

And if you find it offensive for its CHRISTian angle, please feel free to not watch. That of course is your constitutional right, to watch or not to watch. The constitution gives you the right to worship or NOT to worship. Freedom of religon is not the same as freedom from religon. The term "Seperation of Church and State" does not appear in the Constitution but in a letter by Jefferson. And the Establishment Clause that is so often bandied about is not what some think it means. It means the government can not establish a state religon. The 2nd part of that statement is often left out. "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GOD BLESS

THANK YOU

[–] teefus87 14 years ago

I am not Christan or religious in any way but i do find it amusing when people complain about the Christan angle in the movie duh it a Christmas movie you can get more Christan than Xmas.

Mr. Shue, let me be your Britney

[–] kennyalancramer 14 years ago

I fail to see where this film ever, EVER turns overly "preachy" in regards to any particular religious faith... even the films conclusion with the "in God we trust" judicial solution... many people on here on the progressive side of the isle (and I personally am as liberal as the come) seem to be reading things into that speech that simply are NOT there...

a) The judge never talks about "the founding fathers" in reference to the word "in God we trust" as has been suggested

b) He never says "that there IS a God" rather he says "there is no way to prove or disprove the existence of God" and by extension there is no way to prove or disprove the existence of Santa Claus

c.) No one ever, EVER comes on to the camera and says something like, "Believe in Jesus or go to Hell" (I would have been offended if that were the case)... in fact nothing is ever mentioned about Jesus... (and I am not complaining don't get me wrong)

I am a very, VERY strong supporter of the principle of Separation of Church and State and of the first amendment rights of the constitution... and while I have wondered about the wisdom of printing "in God we trust" on our currency, at the moment (and more importantly at the time this film was produced), those words are in fact printed on our one dollar bills... Therefore, while the judicial decision reached in this film is fairly unlikely to occur in real life, the arguments presented in the fictional world are based on real things...