My name is ************* and I have an urgent report that needs to been heard. I have just seen, United 93 and the one thing that stuck out like a sore thumb was the misuse of the word God. The terrorists were proclaiming that it was for the name of God and interchangeably used Allah. This is one of the greatest misinterpretations of a documentary film that I have ever seen. Years later when future generations see the movie, United 93 the misunderstanding of the word God will be at its peak. That is not the same God that we serve, that is not the same God on the American dollar, which is not the same God in our nations history. Im asking that my voice be heard and for the American people to wake up to this event. This is a slap in the face for every fallen hero that died on 911 because of the misused verbal statement of God used in the movie. Besides the verbal confusion that was commented on in the movie, the movie is a good movie. Im asking that there should be a public apology made for the verbal misuse of God. I am asking that the movie be edited before it is sold to the public by removing the name of God from the terrorists verbal usage. God is a God of love and peace.
With great concern for this nation, under God
*************
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Get a dictionary and look up the word "god." Do you really believe you should be the only one to be able to use that word when it and it's many translations has been used to describe hundreds of different "beings." Further more do you really believe that just because you don't like how the character used the word, that in real life that sort of person would not do the same? Should we forgo all realism then because you're an ignorant fundie who doesn't understand that your view is not the only one or at the very least that yours shouldn't be treated as if it's the only one that matters?
Maybe next we can edit all racist characters in movies since THE CHARACTER is trying to act like a real live person and say the sort of things someone in THE CHARACTER'S situation would say.
If you read his second post it gets more idiotic with him trying to bring in the beliefs of the founding fathers into his little rant.
First of all if you read your history books you will know that their views on a higher power were (in general) different from your own. Second of all, the majority of your rant tries to say that America's god is your god because you say so and because it says so on our money. Yet the First Amendment says this; "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Which is debated constantly, especially when the wording on money comes up. So, your entire logic is contradictory and is just a bunch of lame brain excuses that you came up with in an attempt to support your closed minded views.
Again, if you don't like something a character says, get angry with the character and not the writers or the movie. If they can make you feel emotion they did their job. So, shut up and pick up a book as you very clearly need to learn more about the world before commenting on it.
A perfect example of the religious right's idea that they have a monopoly on god.
This is what the framers meant when they mentioned god. It is a generic term like deity. That's why people point out to you that the word's, 'Lord', 'saviour', 'jesus' or any of that shit is NOT in the original documents of the United States.
God means god. To you, god means lord and saviour. These are different as you are becoming aware of. Do you think that 'church' is only used in your denomination? Do you think you are the only one who, 'prays to god'? Folks of all religions do this. Besides, if you knew anything of the outside world, you would know that it wasn't the 'filmmakers' that did this so much as that's what they said! Much of the dialogue was taken from actual recordings, dipshit.
"the misunderstanding of the word God will be at its peak."
WTF? Do you have a window into the future? How the hell would you know that this would even happen, much less WHEN?
The only one that needs a slap in the face is you, but that is impossible with it rooted so deeply in your own ass.
The terrorists were proclaiming that it was for the name of God and interchangeably used Allah.
Yes, and?
This is one of the greatest misinterpretations of a documentary film that I have ever seen.
Indeed. You have misinterpreted that it was a documentary, when it is a dramatic thriller.
Years later when future generations see the movie, United 93 the misunderstanding of the word God will be at its peak.
I don't think we have to wait for that. You clearly misunderstand the word as much as anyone ever could.
That is not the same God that we serve,
This being the US, you mean the almighty dollar?
that is not the same God on the American dollar, which is not the same God in our nations history.
That much is true; the god on the american dollar is the judeo-christian god, and was added by MacCarthy and his cronies. The god in our nations history straight up doesn't exist. Well, none of them exist, but this one didn't have much in the way of people claiming otherwise until much later.
God is a God of love and peace.
What god do you worship? It's clearly not the god of the bible.
that is not the same God on the American dollar
Our atheistic Euro kicks your Religious US Dollar's ass.
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<Besides, if you knew anything of the outside world, you would know that it wasn't the 'filmmakers' that did this so much as that's what they said! Much of the dialogue was taken from actual recordings, dipshit.>
The filmmakers had the hijackers saying this in the movie because this is what the hijackers said on the planes when it happened. They were doing it because they felt like "God" told them to do it.
And to Oolon Coluphid; exactly.
It's a fucking movie, and was produced in (gasp) Hollywood. Using your logic, it's Satanic from the get go.
If your god is a god of love and peace, then you must have read a different bible than I did.
Wait a minute, I forgot, god only loves those who kneel and grovel at his feet, and all others are an "abomination". Feel the love.
How these people can claim to be so devout and so steeped in their faith, yet remain so utterly ignorant of their religion and its relationship with other world religions, just blows my mind. I knew better than this in my teens, and I hadn't even done any particular research on the subject.
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Allah = God = Khoda = Yahweh = Jehovah...
They're all the same fucking thing. I blame whoever decided not to translate the words properly and just import them into English because they thought there was some kinda difference.
I wasn't raised religiously so before I knew the myth of todays religions I read of the Greco/Roman "Gods" and Marvels "Gods" of Asgard so I knew this was a Title.
Zeus isn't the God, he's a God. He had children with Earth women, they were Demi-Gods.
Then things like Chariots of the Gods, Food of the Gods and others which didn't rile people up so much back then.
Your problem is the attempt of Christianity to co-opt the word which has worked so well in the Bible Belt you people think its His name. It's fucking not. And the Clergy of all denominations would clear this up if they weren't deceptive little weasels.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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