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October 2003 | Halloween Issue
The Undead vs. the Unborn
Have you noticed the similarities between the undead and the unborn? I watched the George Romero trilogy and also horror movies featuring the unborn - It's Alive, The Unborn, The Unborn II, The Fly, and Alien Resurrection. These two opposing ends of life offer both hope and horror. But one offers more to the conservative Christian than the other, promising a reprieve from personal responsibility.
Tony Perkins, washed up Louisiana politician, now leads the The Family Research Council.
In response to last summer's Lawrence v. Texas decision the FRC and Dobson's other organization, Focus on the Family, are both lobbying for a constitutional amendment defining marriage.
Other Horror Links
Overcome Masturbation
Honest! This is a real product and you can get it now at MissPoppy.com. Two HandzOff Anti-Masturbatory Gum chews offer 4 to 6 hours of relief. You may chew up to 120 pieces daily as needed. Sold in a six pack for $6.95. Share them with your friends.
Mother Teresa breath mist available in "monastery mint" for $3.95.
Second Coming
"Queer as Folk" author Russell T. Davies has written Second Coming, produced by BBC and directed by Adrian Shergold. Set in Manchester, England Christopher Eccleston ("28 Days Later" and "The Others") stars as a worldly and somewhat hapless son of God waiting for humans to write the Third Testament. Don't miss what LA Times reviewer Mark Sachs called either "an intriguing philosophical exercise" or a "blasphemous assault on organized religion." I loved it.
Hell House | A Documentary Film
George Ratcliff lets Christians do what Christians do best, speak for (or against) themselves, in his new Hell House | A Documentary Film. The picture of objectivity, Ratcliff spends days following the staff of Trinity Church as they produce Hell House XIII. Watch two Christians argue about the color of a Satanic pentagram that we discover has been mistakenly drawn as a star of David.
Luther | Rebel, Genius, Liberator
Joseph Fiennes stars as Martin Luther in a recently released movie directed by Eric Till (lots of TV and some Lifetime-type movies). Beautiful, but badly edited, the movie chronicles the personal tortures of the father of the Protestant Reformation. Partially funded by a Lutheran organization Luther is portrayed as charismatic and sympathetic. The film is true to the violence of the peasant revolts but passes on Luther's later anti-Semitism. Peter Ustinov shines as Friedrich the Wise. All in all, worth the price of a ticket.
Please forward this newsletter to your friends and family, and to all the holier-than-thou pains in the ass that could benefit from a little humor and perspective.
For Christ's sake,
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