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		<title>Religulous</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I watched Religulous last night.  There are a couple of things I realized while watching it.  But before I get there, lets start with a few positives. This movie started some great conversations including: Aliens a possibility? Dinosaurs are in the Bible several others We also talked about salvation The only thing that affects [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I watched Religulous last night.  There are a couple of things I realized while watching it.  But before I get there, lets start with a few positives.</p>
<ol>
<li>This movie started some great conversations including:
<ul>
<li>Aliens a possibility?</li>
<li>Dinosaurs are in the Bible</li>
<li>several others</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>We also talked about salvation
<ul>
<li>The <strong>only</strong> thing that affects salvation is faith in Christ Jesus</li>
<li>The other stuff is there, and it&#8217;s fun to talk about, but not worth dividing or arguing over</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<p>So, obviously, now comes the not so positives I took from the movie</p>
<ol>
<li>With the exception of Bill rejecting Jesus, he mostly has things right</li>
<li>Most Christians are to religious, that Jesus gets left out of the picture
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<li>Not one of the Christians in the documentary mentioned anything about Jesus or God loving us</li>
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</li>
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<p>I want to take just a few minutes to express what Bill got right and what he got wrong (quotes taken off of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/" target="_blank">IMDB</a>).  My hope here is that you will see that Jesus is so much more than just some religion:</p>
<blockquote><p>Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don&#8217;t have all the answers to think that they do.</p></blockquote>
<p>- True, Jesus clearly said that only the Father has all the answers.  We don&#8217;t have all the answers, so why does religion say we do?</p>
<blockquote><p>Anyone who tells you that they know, they just know what happens when you die, I promise you, you don&#8217;t. How can I be so sure?</p></blockquote>
<p>- Interesting statement.  but more or less agree with it.  I don&#8217;t know what is going to happen to me when I die, but I have faith that Jesus will keep His promise.</p>
<blockquote><p>If you believe that the world is going to come to an end &#8211; and perhaps any day now &#8211; does it not drain one&#8217;s motivation to improve life on earth while we&#8217;re here?</p></blockquote>
<p>- I&#8217;m not sure what &#8220;improve life&#8221; means, but if it&#8217;s anything like get rich, live the american dream sort of idea, then yes it does, very much so.  I can&#8217;t wait to get to heaven.  What it doesn&#8217;t drain is my motivation to keep sharing the Gospel.  Quite the oposite in fact, because there are so many who havn&#8217;t heard it.  God Loves you!</p>
<blockquote><p>They just do it because they have always done it, and isn&#8217;t that religion for you.</p></blockquote>
<p>- Sounds like it to me.</p>
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