Unbearably awful Christian presuppositionalism aside, I had to at least give this one a 2 for some interesting use of metaphor (falling elevator, train tracks as allegories to Hell.). I feel like the actors did the best job they could; their performances were generally passable, and probably the best that could be expected given the script they had to work with and the stiff caricatures of political positions they were meant to portray. That said, the entire movie was a glorified framing device for Ray Comfort's prefilmed man-on-the-street interviews. Not even God's Not Dead was THIS masturbatory. A collection of tired clichés and preaching to the choir that has nothing to offer to anyone not already in the same camp as Comfort himself.
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Fascinating and extremely convoluted propaganda piece
LuvSopr24 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
There's a certain line of thinking that would tell you serious debates over homosexuality, or marriage equality, are a thing of the past. The fact that Living Waters, who made Audacity, have close ties to the current speaker of the US House will tell you otherwise.
I'm not going to act like I was extremely offended by this film. Of course I do not agree with the message itself (renounce homosexuality or burn in hell), but I've seen much more openly homophobic material not just in Christian films, but in mainstream works, and any day that I go on social media. The token gay characters are mostly sympathetic, with the least sympathetic (who is, as is the tradition with stereotypes, a white, effeminate male), being framed as being so defensive due to hostile treatment from Christians in the past. The very few Christian films that have gay characters often just paint them as damned, say they were either abused as children or abuse children themselves, but it's not quite that simple here. And frankly, I was just interested in seeing more Christian films with gay characters at all, having grown up just seeing them as sad stories on the 700 Club or Jack Van Impe.
There are a number of positives in the film. Peter manages to thread the line between the goofy comic relief and the uber-sincere conversion tracts, thanks to the work from Travis Owens. I have no idea if the people in the film agreed with the message or just wanted a check, but the acting is better than I often would expect from these types of productions.
One of the biggest issues, and I'm not trying to sit here asking for representation in Christian gay healing films, I promise, is that we do not actually get to see the gay characters from their own point of view. The most overt story in the film that is advertised as being about how to talk to gay people ends up cheating - when Peter preaches the Good Word to Robert (the more docile half of the gay couple), it's drowned out by some tedious emo rock song. A film about giving the Gospel to the gay or gay-friendly world should have given that moment. And as they part ways, you find yourself wondering if Robert will stay with his boyfriend, or choose celibacy, or try to "go straight." This path not shown ends up being more interesting than the end of the film.
Diana, the main female and quasi-love interest, is revealed as formerly being in a lesbian relationship at movie's end, but we don't get to go on that journey with her. They do have a scene at dinner together early in the movie, but little to nothing in her interaction with this other woman suggests they are or were a couple. And again, the film avoids a genuinely compelling issue they could have had - how would Peter have reacted to her being a lesbian or bisexual while he preaches to her and is clearly attracted to her? Would he see himself as being a sinner and preying on her doubts because of his own interest? As they don't address this (he never even knows she is into women), the message of the film ends up being if you have enough faith, you can turn a woman straight. Maybe they should have approached Ben Affleck for the part.
There are a number of twists in the film that are just confounding. Peter has a dream where his rushing for a delivery and refusing to be honest with a lesbian couple leads them to die in an elevator crash. That's one way to give motivation, I guess, but before that point, there is a scene where Diana berates him over being homophobic because she has a lesbian sister. After he wakes up, he goes to talk with her, and this all turns out to have been a dream as well. It's very confusing. Why not have Diana, in the dream, tell Peter that she is gay? Wouldn't that make more sense with her story arc?
We also hear about her sick brother, whose health leads her to leave her date with Peter at his friend's standup set. This coincides with Peter's big break, and undercuts the faith-based message of the film, as he doesn't seem all that bothered by a woman he cares about having to leave due to her dying brother. This sequence is especially odd because instead of seeing her with her dying brother, we get one last lesson that has little to do with the rest of the film - her car breaks down and a man she thinks is a thug breaks into her car and saves her from being hit by an oncoming car. We then have a friend of his blasting her in a news interview for being judgmental, which seems a bit much, given that she was alone at night, out of gas, going through a spiritual crisis, and preparing for her brother's death.
We don't even hear what happens to her brother. Maybe Peter visited him once.
The film, either as entertainment or propaganda, would have benefited with a much more streamlined script, and about ten minutes sliced off - namely, the generic standup from Peter's friend (although Ben Price is an amiable, charismatic presence), and in particular, the preaching-man-on-the-street segments from Ray Comfort. Clearly these were the main points of the film, but they come across as smug and overly simplistic (although Comfort is more gracious toward his interview subjects than the Jay Leno/Jimmy Kimmel versions of this used to be), and just leave you feeling a bit annoyed. I did like his interview with one woman who essentially takes the interview from him, surprising him with the reveal that he has been talking to a lesbian all along. You get the sense even he ended up respecting her.
I'm not going to act like I was extremely offended by this film. Of course I do not agree with the message itself (renounce homosexuality or burn in hell), but I've seen much more openly homophobic material not just in Christian films, but in mainstream works, and any day that I go on social media. The token gay characters are mostly sympathetic, with the least sympathetic (who is, as is the tradition with stereotypes, a white, effeminate male), being framed as being so defensive due to hostile treatment from Christians in the past. The very few Christian films that have gay characters often just paint them as damned, say they were either abused as children or abuse children themselves, but it's not quite that simple here. And frankly, I was just interested in seeing more Christian films with gay characters at all, having grown up just seeing them as sad stories on the 700 Club or Jack Van Impe.
There are a number of positives in the film. Peter manages to thread the line between the goofy comic relief and the uber-sincere conversion tracts, thanks to the work from Travis Owens. I have no idea if the people in the film agreed with the message or just wanted a check, but the acting is better than I often would expect from these types of productions.
One of the biggest issues, and I'm not trying to sit here asking for representation in Christian gay healing films, I promise, is that we do not actually get to see the gay characters from their own point of view. The most overt story in the film that is advertised as being about how to talk to gay people ends up cheating - when Peter preaches the Good Word to Robert (the more docile half of the gay couple), it's drowned out by some tedious emo rock song. A film about giving the Gospel to the gay or gay-friendly world should have given that moment. And as they part ways, you find yourself wondering if Robert will stay with his boyfriend, or choose celibacy, or try to "go straight." This path not shown ends up being more interesting than the end of the film.
Diana, the main female and quasi-love interest, is revealed as formerly being in a lesbian relationship at movie's end, but we don't get to go on that journey with her. They do have a scene at dinner together early in the movie, but little to nothing in her interaction with this other woman suggests they are or were a couple. And again, the film avoids a genuinely compelling issue they could have had - how would Peter have reacted to her being a lesbian or bisexual while he preaches to her and is clearly attracted to her? Would he see himself as being a sinner and preying on her doubts because of his own interest? As they don't address this (he never even knows she is into women), the message of the film ends up being if you have enough faith, you can turn a woman straight. Maybe they should have approached Ben Affleck for the part.
There are a number of twists in the film that are just confounding. Peter has a dream where his rushing for a delivery and refusing to be honest with a lesbian couple leads them to die in an elevator crash. That's one way to give motivation, I guess, but before that point, there is a scene where Diana berates him over being homophobic because she has a lesbian sister. After he wakes up, he goes to talk with her, and this all turns out to have been a dream as well. It's very confusing. Why not have Diana, in the dream, tell Peter that she is gay? Wouldn't that make more sense with her story arc?
We also hear about her sick brother, whose health leads her to leave her date with Peter at his friend's standup set. This coincides with Peter's big break, and undercuts the faith-based message of the film, as he doesn't seem all that bothered by a woman he cares about having to leave due to her dying brother. This sequence is especially odd because instead of seeing her with her dying brother, we get one last lesson that has little to do with the rest of the film - her car breaks down and a man she thinks is a thug breaks into her car and saves her from being hit by an oncoming car. We then have a friend of his blasting her in a news interview for being judgmental, which seems a bit much, given that she was alone at night, out of gas, going through a spiritual crisis, and preparing for her brother's death.
We don't even hear what happens to her brother. Maybe Peter visited him once.
The film, either as entertainment or propaganda, would have benefited with a much more streamlined script, and about ten minutes sliced off - namely, the generic standup from Peter's friend (although Ben Price is an amiable, charismatic presence), and in particular, the preaching-man-on-the-street segments from Ray Comfort. Clearly these were the main points of the film, but they come across as smug and overly simplistic (although Comfort is more gracious toward his interview subjects than the Jay Leno/Jimmy Kimmel versions of this used to be), and just leave you feeling a bit annoyed. I did like his interview with one woman who essentially takes the interview from him, surprising him with the reveal that he has been talking to a lesbian all along. You get the sense even he ended up respecting her.
Nothing Says "I don't respect you" like giving a copy of this to a gay person.
kathy-285-73400024 August 2015
Ray Comfort's Audacity released this week for free on YouTube. Comfort created the hour-long film as a tool to create "peace between the church and the LGBT community" to let gays know that "Christians don't hate homosexuals. We love them. We care about them in this life and the next."
Patheos blogger Camille Berdjick presents an accurate (and quite amusing) run down of Audacity's storyline which is worth the read and saves me time recounting the awkward plot.
Footage from Comfort's vaultful of Living Water's street evangelism recordings is interspersed throughout Audacity's protagonist Peter's struggle to act with audacity (fearless daring and boldness) in telling the gay people around him what God "says" about homosexuality.
Comfort's evangelism techniques have long annoyed me. Audacity by Ray Comfort
He uses questions that net "yes" or "no" responses while slowly and methodically reeling people into his predictable net where the final answer is of Comfort's making.
Audacity's gay characters are portrayed as shallow. The commitment to their partners is quickly undermined by Comfort-style simplistic evangelistic challenges. Surely, we are lead to believe, there is no emotional depth and covenantal relationship between same-sex couples. It's all about sex. It's always been about sex for gay couples, while the more honorable status of commitment is reserved for straight couples.
As strange as that may seem to many who have witnessed the companionship of their gay couple friends, this "it's all about sex" concept has deep roots in the belief system of many conservative Christians. Heck, until I began hanging out with gay and lesbian couples, I believed it too.
Audacity by Ray ComfortComfort reinforces the myth in his surface portrayals of gay couples. The bar scene is flat-out weird. Does anyone really believe that a couple will spontaneously end their relationship when presented with Comfort-style witnessing and a Christian tract?
One of the partners in the bar scene asks Peter, "How come the word homosexuality hasn't been in the Bible until a few decades ago?"
Peter responds, "So, it is true that the word homosexuality wasn't in there because the word hadn't been invented yet. It was coined somewhere around 1900. But the original Greek word that was in there, that is the exact equivalent to the modern word homosexuality."
That was the line that blew all my brain fuses.
Okay, Peter/Ray, first which of the two Greek words often translated as homosexual is it that you are referring to? Malakoi or arsenokoitai(s)?
I have done an extensive blog post on these two words, but briefly, malakoi most often means having the Walking the Bridgeless Canyon by Kathy Baldockdisposition and/or traits of a woman – for a man in the ancient world, nothing was worse than being treated like or thought of socially as a woman. Malakoi also means taking the sexual role of a woman as the one who is penetrated during sex. Arsenokoitai is a tougher word to translate. It most likely refers to a man who has sex with a boy or younger male in situations of power differentials, and/or with the likely exchange of money.
Neither of these words ever referred to women in sexual acts with women. That alone should discount inclusion of lesbians from the "exact equivalent" of the Greek words.
Some Comfort-style Christians may think giving Audacity to a gay person is a loving, compassionate, or healing gesture.
No.
In Audacity, homosexuality is viewed as a behavior, not an orientation. EVERY professional medical and mental health organization in the U.S. asserts that homosexuality is a normal variation of human sexuality, though certainly less prevalent than heterosexuality, still, it is a normal, expected variation. These professional organizations also all agree that attempting to change a person's natural orientation is damaging. Equating orientation to a "behavior," as Comfort does, is to dishonor the dignity of another human being as they are created by God. Dishonoring people is not the first step to loving interactions; surely we can agree on that.
Comfort hopes we will embrace his uninformed illusions about orientation and overlook the social and medical histories of how we have come to understand the shifting roles of men and women since ancient times while also ignoring the progression of human sexuality over the past century.
Audacity by Ray Comfort seems convinced his simple and completely inaccurate statements spoken to shallow LGBT characters in a cheesy storyline is compelling enough to warrant handing the DVD out to "friends, family, neighborhood, outside your local high school, at your university – when you check out at a store or when you leave a generous tip at a restaurant." Bought in quantity, you can destroy relationships and drive people from God for the low price of $1 per DVD.
By passing along the YouTube link or handing out Audacity, you can completely alienate every gay recipient you know along with allies who have had the audacity to do relationship with LGBT people and Christians and the boldness and daring to participate in ignorance-ending research. If you hated God's Not Dead for its bad acting, weak character portrayals of all folks who are not "sold-out" Christians, and trite attempts of evangelism, you will likely hate Audacity even more.
And, for the love of God, really for the love of God, do not give Audacity to a gay person you love. Nothing says "I have no respect for you" like being given a copy of Audacity.
Patheos blogger Camille Berdjick presents an accurate (and quite amusing) run down of Audacity's storyline which is worth the read and saves me time recounting the awkward plot.
Footage from Comfort's vaultful of Living Water's street evangelism recordings is interspersed throughout Audacity's protagonist Peter's struggle to act with audacity (fearless daring and boldness) in telling the gay people around him what God "says" about homosexuality.
Comfort's evangelism techniques have long annoyed me. Audacity by Ray Comfort
He uses questions that net "yes" or "no" responses while slowly and methodically reeling people into his predictable net where the final answer is of Comfort's making.
Audacity's gay characters are portrayed as shallow. The commitment to their partners is quickly undermined by Comfort-style simplistic evangelistic challenges. Surely, we are lead to believe, there is no emotional depth and covenantal relationship between same-sex couples. It's all about sex. It's always been about sex for gay couples, while the more honorable status of commitment is reserved for straight couples.
As strange as that may seem to many who have witnessed the companionship of their gay couple friends, this "it's all about sex" concept has deep roots in the belief system of many conservative Christians. Heck, until I began hanging out with gay and lesbian couples, I believed it too.
Audacity by Ray ComfortComfort reinforces the myth in his surface portrayals of gay couples. The bar scene is flat-out weird. Does anyone really believe that a couple will spontaneously end their relationship when presented with Comfort-style witnessing and a Christian tract?
One of the partners in the bar scene asks Peter, "How come the word homosexuality hasn't been in the Bible until a few decades ago?"
Peter responds, "So, it is true that the word homosexuality wasn't in there because the word hadn't been invented yet. It was coined somewhere around 1900. But the original Greek word that was in there, that is the exact equivalent to the modern word homosexuality."
That was the line that blew all my brain fuses.
Okay, Peter/Ray, first which of the two Greek words often translated as homosexual is it that you are referring to? Malakoi or arsenokoitai(s)?
I have done an extensive blog post on these two words, but briefly, malakoi most often means having the Walking the Bridgeless Canyon by Kathy Baldockdisposition and/or traits of a woman – for a man in the ancient world, nothing was worse than being treated like or thought of socially as a woman. Malakoi also means taking the sexual role of a woman as the one who is penetrated during sex. Arsenokoitai is a tougher word to translate. It most likely refers to a man who has sex with a boy or younger male in situations of power differentials, and/or with the likely exchange of money.
Neither of these words ever referred to women in sexual acts with women. That alone should discount inclusion of lesbians from the "exact equivalent" of the Greek words.
Some Comfort-style Christians may think giving Audacity to a gay person is a loving, compassionate, or healing gesture.
No.
In Audacity, homosexuality is viewed as a behavior, not an orientation. EVERY professional medical and mental health organization in the U.S. asserts that homosexuality is a normal variation of human sexuality, though certainly less prevalent than heterosexuality, still, it is a normal, expected variation. These professional organizations also all agree that attempting to change a person's natural orientation is damaging. Equating orientation to a "behavior," as Comfort does, is to dishonor the dignity of another human being as they are created by God. Dishonoring people is not the first step to loving interactions; surely we can agree on that.
Comfort hopes we will embrace his uninformed illusions about orientation and overlook the social and medical histories of how we have come to understand the shifting roles of men and women since ancient times while also ignoring the progression of human sexuality over the past century.
Audacity by Ray Comfort seems convinced his simple and completely inaccurate statements spoken to shallow LGBT characters in a cheesy storyline is compelling enough to warrant handing the DVD out to "friends, family, neighborhood, outside your local high school, at your university – when you check out at a store or when you leave a generous tip at a restaurant." Bought in quantity, you can destroy relationships and drive people from God for the low price of $1 per DVD.
By passing along the YouTube link or handing out Audacity, you can completely alienate every gay recipient you know along with allies who have had the audacity to do relationship with LGBT people and Christians and the boldness and daring to participate in ignorance-ending research. If you hated God's Not Dead for its bad acting, weak character portrayals of all folks who are not "sold-out" Christians, and trite attempts of evangelism, you will likely hate Audacity even more.
And, for the love of God, really for the love of God, do not give Audacity to a gay person you love. Nothing says "I have no respect for you" like being given a copy of Audacity.
Cringeworthy at best (plotline spoilers, a quote)
nateheida10 July 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Ray has always been somewhat of an odd character in my books... and here he is again, doing something quite profound: trying to spread a tired old ideology. Gays can choose to change their sexual orientation, all's they need is a little bit of good 'ol Jesus. The script was tired, and the characters are one-dimensional. the film/cinematography was not good at all. Ray doesn't mind cutting the 5 minute conversations he has with randos into 1000 pieces, but I guess he(and his director) don't mind waiting ten seconds while their protagonist is patting his backpack on a chair. Just sloppy.
There are some "facts" strewn about this 50-ish minute preaching session, and a lot of them are.. well, blatantly false. 10 minutes on google would have solved a lot of ray's problems here, but I won't spoil them for anyone.
I've always been disappointed with Ray and associate's media, because it's all so simple minded. What they don't realize is that the Christianity they practice has only been around 100 years. There is much more to Christianity than what is shown here, and it's a shame they don't portray a more sophisticated version of it. We already know the "convert or burn, but I love you" story. give us something grounded in reality. DO NOT buy this movie, it is NOT worth $20. I must also say, that is a lot of money to ask for when you're selling a not- for- profit, crowdfunded short film. almost unheard of for a person to pay that much for a movie online... It's not hard to know who(or what) Ray serves.
One line that sums this movie up is when the protagonist asks a colleague what they think of gay marriage. They say it's all well and good, what do you think? and the protagonist says "I think it's a bit more complicated than that". or, translated from "loving Christian" to reality, "Some people don't deserve rights".
There are some "facts" strewn about this 50-ish minute preaching session, and a lot of them are.. well, blatantly false. 10 minutes on google would have solved a lot of ray's problems here, but I won't spoil them for anyone.
I've always been disappointed with Ray and associate's media, because it's all so simple minded. What they don't realize is that the Christianity they practice has only been around 100 years. There is much more to Christianity than what is shown here, and it's a shame they don't portray a more sophisticated version of it. We already know the "convert or burn, but I love you" story. give us something grounded in reality. DO NOT buy this movie, it is NOT worth $20. I must also say, that is a lot of money to ask for when you're selling a not- for- profit, crowdfunded short film. almost unheard of for a person to pay that much for a movie online... It's not hard to know who(or what) Ray serves.
One line that sums this movie up is when the protagonist asks a colleague what they think of gay marriage. They say it's all well and good, what do you think? and the protagonist says "I think it's a bit more complicated than that". or, translated from "loving Christian" to reality, "Some people don't deserve rights".
Awful, heavy-handed film designed to gratify the ideological vanity of fundamentalists
alanbaoart11 July 2015
Before Ray Comfort tweeted his fundamentalist base to flood this IMDb page with positive reviews, "Audacity" was getting consistent 1-star ratings.
As someone without an agenda, I'm going to have to double down on the 1-star rating. The writing and plot is god-awful, with an obnoxiously shrill ideological ax being ground all throughout. The film is cluttered with self-righteous preaching, and the characters are one-dimensional caricatures designed to reinforce one chauvinistic idea: Christian are good, and gays go to hell. Nuance does not exist in Mr. Comfort's black-and-white world. Christians will always be good and noble by virtue of their faith alone; and gays will only ever exist as Angry Gay Caricatures awaiting salvation from their Christian benefactors, without any deeper character traits beyond their Anger and their Gayness.
To add insult to this injuriously terrible film, Ray Comfort couldn't help but use it as a vehicle to gratify his own ego: a large chunk of Audacity's run-time consists of poorly-edited street footage of Comfort "witnessing" to hapless passers-by - which the main character cites as Christian wisdom to show the Angry Gay Caricatures the error of their ways.
There is no doubt that Audacity was made for the ideological gratification of a very specific, fundamentalist base - a base that will sing its praises regardless of actual cinematic merit. But for those who are not already part of that chest-thumping choir, this film will fill you with equal parts sickness and sadness, before being forgotten as insignificant tripe after a good night's sleep.
As someone without an agenda, I'm going to have to double down on the 1-star rating. The writing and plot is god-awful, with an obnoxiously shrill ideological ax being ground all throughout. The film is cluttered with self-righteous preaching, and the characters are one-dimensional caricatures designed to reinforce one chauvinistic idea: Christian are good, and gays go to hell. Nuance does not exist in Mr. Comfort's black-and-white world. Christians will always be good and noble by virtue of their faith alone; and gays will only ever exist as Angry Gay Caricatures awaiting salvation from their Christian benefactors, without any deeper character traits beyond their Anger and their Gayness.
To add insult to this injuriously terrible film, Ray Comfort couldn't help but use it as a vehicle to gratify his own ego: a large chunk of Audacity's run-time consists of poorly-edited street footage of Comfort "witnessing" to hapless passers-by - which the main character cites as Christian wisdom to show the Angry Gay Caricatures the error of their ways.
There is no doubt that Audacity was made for the ideological gratification of a very specific, fundamentalist base - a base that will sing its praises regardless of actual cinematic merit. But for those who are not already part of that chest-thumping choir, this film will fill you with equal parts sickness and sadness, before being forgotten as insignificant tripe after a good night's sleep.
rehash of decades worth of nonsense that's been proved wrong
mileobrien15 January 2016
When will stuff of this nature end? It's a pretty proved fact that homosexuals did not choose their desires. I'm waiting for the next film that comes out showing how the Earth is the center of the universe. Or that gravity is really just God's heavy hand keeping us from kindly floating off into space. I don't believe the movie makers made a real attempt to communicate with homosexuals they actually know to find out their conditions for gender preference. Love and despising really do not go hand in hand in an effective manner. It's not worked before and in the 21st century it's more likely to be either outright ignored or cause damage withing a family.
Prepare to feel sorry for the actors whose career just nose-dived into the fictional Hell Fundies champion.
truancyofficerpyro11 July 2015
Most of the top star reviews are from Comfort's Facebook page, rallying supporters to tout the movie as the next best thing since gasoline. Do not be fooled, and find something better and less nausea inducing. Of course, if you happen to share the bigoted views of this trash production, you'll suck down this bucket of chum like it's bacon sundae night at Dairy Queen. Honestly, I had more fun watching Plan 9 from Outer Space, or even Psychos in Love. Those were terrible. I think I will use my copy to cause that awkward moment that makes unwelcome guests finally leave. Maybe Banana Man will have better luck with his next dumpster-dive into the film industry. Probably not.
Ray Comfort vs the evil homosexuals.
NoWireHangers3 July 2015
"Audacity" is the latest project from Ray Comfort (aka "the banana man"). This time Comfort and his friends have raised their ambitions (after movies like "180", "Evolution vs God" and "Noah") and actually made a movie (although less than feature length) with a story and real actors (actors we've never heard about before and whose careers are probably dead after this film).
But, as usual in a Ray Comfort movie, the big hero is Ray Comfort playing himself. We get lots of footage of his trademark street interviews. This time the topic is homosexuality, and Comfort uses his brilliant intellect to convince his interviewees (all intelligent interviewees are, as always, left on the cutting room floor) that homosexuality is evil. Because the Bible says so. Meanwhile, we have the story of Peter and Diana. Peter is a Christian who knows homosexuality is evil. Diana doesn't agree but after seeing Ray Comfort's brilliant Youtube videos she will inevitably change her mind. The tag line of the film is "Love can't stay silent", and our protagonist, Peter, shows his Christian love by never missing a chance to preach to the gays or break up their relationships. Becauase as always in the Orwellian world of Ray Comfort's god, love is hate, hate is love. This film exists only to tell homosexuals they must change, to remind others they must never accept homosexuals for who they are but, in the name of "love", always remind them of how wretched and sinful they are, and (last but not least) to provide Ray Comfort with another ego boost. And I'm a sucker who was so curious about this movie I actually paid to see it before it's going to be released for free on Youtube.
But, as usual in a Ray Comfort movie, the big hero is Ray Comfort playing himself. We get lots of footage of his trademark street interviews. This time the topic is homosexuality, and Comfort uses his brilliant intellect to convince his interviewees (all intelligent interviewees are, as always, left on the cutting room floor) that homosexuality is evil. Because the Bible says so. Meanwhile, we have the story of Peter and Diana. Peter is a Christian who knows homosexuality is evil. Diana doesn't agree but after seeing Ray Comfort's brilliant Youtube videos she will inevitably change her mind. The tag line of the film is "Love can't stay silent", and our protagonist, Peter, shows his Christian love by never missing a chance to preach to the gays or break up their relationships. Becauase as always in the Orwellian world of Ray Comfort's god, love is hate, hate is love. This film exists only to tell homosexuals they must change, to remind others they must never accept homosexuals for who they are but, in the name of "love", always remind them of how wretched and sinful they are, and (last but not least) to provide Ray Comfort with another ego boost. And I'm a sucker who was so curious about this movie I actually paid to see it before it's going to be released for free on Youtube.
Honest, caring movie with truth of scripture and love for others.
Pilot_Jetranger14 August 2015
This movie accurately and lovingly represents the Gospel presented in scripture through the teachings of Jesus.
His call to us all is to repentance. He died for anyone who would repent and put their trust in Him alone. But you must repent, regardless of your sin. "Go and sin no more" He commanded.
The thousands of ex-homosexual Christians are proof that people are not born that way, any more than people are born adulterers or fornicators. When people repent and put their faith in Jesus, they are given power through the Holy Spirit to live transformed lives. It is what Jesus called being "born again". That is the new birth that He said is "mandatory" to see heaven. John 3:3 People cannot continue to sin and claim to be a "new creation in Christ". The New Creation is the new birth that people experience when they are saved.
You will likely see lots of posts full of hatred and contempt for people who care enough about others to share the loving Gospel message of Jesus. That is to be expected. If we are not persecuted for our love, then we are likely not living out the Great Commission.
Watch it, and you will see the Gospel shared in a loving, caring way. If you say nothing while watching a blind man walking towards a cliff, that is not love, that is apathy. Every Christian once lived in darkness for some part of their lives. Now they live in the light, and want to share the truth with anyone who is honestly searching. If you are not interested in the message of Jesus, then that is your choice. Please don't hate others who are interested.
Jesus said about heaven, "few will find it". So we know most people will not see heaven. This movie is for the few that will repent. Even if only one person is saved, this movie will have been worth it.
His call to us all is to repentance. He died for anyone who would repent and put their trust in Him alone. But you must repent, regardless of your sin. "Go and sin no more" He commanded.
The thousands of ex-homosexual Christians are proof that people are not born that way, any more than people are born adulterers or fornicators. When people repent and put their faith in Jesus, they are given power through the Holy Spirit to live transformed lives. It is what Jesus called being "born again". That is the new birth that He said is "mandatory" to see heaven. John 3:3 People cannot continue to sin and claim to be a "new creation in Christ". The New Creation is the new birth that people experience when they are saved.
You will likely see lots of posts full of hatred and contempt for people who care enough about others to share the loving Gospel message of Jesus. That is to be expected. If we are not persecuted for our love, then we are likely not living out the Great Commission.
Watch it, and you will see the Gospel shared in a loving, caring way. If you say nothing while watching a blind man walking towards a cliff, that is not love, that is apathy. Every Christian once lived in darkness for some part of their lives. Now they live in the light, and want to share the truth with anyone who is honestly searching. If you are not interested in the message of Jesus, then that is your choice. Please don't hate others who are interested.
Jesus said about heaven, "few will find it". So we know most people will not see heaven. This movie is for the few that will repent. Even if only one person is saved, this movie will have been worth it.
Crap covered with crap filled with crap
zrta10 July 2015
It's so sad any actor would accept making a film like this. Well, it was made by the banana guy. What can you expect from a guy who has been ridiculed several times for his nonsense. Watch it in Youtube it's hilarious. Acting bad. Not as bad as other crappy film because the actors are 'profesional' shame they just sell their image in this film, it's gonna be hard to bury this. They'll need to publicly say they were insane of supporting this and they are very sorry (they just like money too much! hahaha) Extremely biased interviews in the street. Highly edited. He ovsiously didn't put the ones contradicting. Bullshit!!!!!! Don't pay for it, wait until is free online if you dare yo watch this nonsense. Don't give them money. I watch it because a Christian paid for it to show me how I could stop acting on my gayness and go to heaven
Speaking the truth in love
kawasakimamma22 August 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This was another excellent movie that Ray Comfort & Living Waters has done. I just finished watching ...it's Biblically truthful without being harsh. And yes, there is some comedy that some might consider corny - but it's funny none-the-less!
The bad news is that sinners go to Hell - no matter what their particular sin is.
The Good News is that Jesus' death on the cross paid the penalty for your sin so that you can spend eternity with Him in Heaven.
Christians would be unloving if we *didn't* warn folks about their sin ...we want all to repent, turn to Christ & be forgiven.
This movie does just that - in a loving, but completely truthful way.
The bad news is that sinners go to Hell - no matter what their particular sin is.
The Good News is that Jesus' death on the cross paid the penalty for your sin so that you can spend eternity with Him in Heaven.
Christians would be unloving if we *didn't* warn folks about their sin ...we want all to repent, turn to Christ & be forgiven.
This movie does just that - in a loving, but completely truthful way.
Ray sure does have the audacity to ask $20 for a short film.
Illinoisguy127 July 2015
Warning: Spoilers
First are the characters.
Our two main characters are Peter and Diana. Peter is a Christian who is also a bike messenger and a wanna be stand up comic. Diana is, well I'm not too sure what she does. But she is a young woman who appears to be anti-Christian. Diana is pro gay rights. We learn from Diana that she and Peter knew each other from school but that Peter used to be a partyer but has changed.
While Peter is a Christian there are two scenes where he has a look of disgust about gays. First when he watches a news report on gay marriage. The other is when he meets two lesbians in an elevator. The elevator scene ends with the two women dying in a malfunctioning elevator. This is a rather strange scene as it includes an old man who seems to also show disgust at the lesbians and has a sinister look as he crumbles up the paper that Peter left. Well, he can't be a true Christian because no true Christian would knowingly cause the death of anyone. He can't be a demon or demonic as they would support gays, right? So who is this guy? During the movie is shown 3 segments showing Rays interviews with random people. The first segment he tries to link homosexuality with other tendencies that we're born with. Seems that everyone interviewed agree with him be saying "That makes sense." Well it doesn't to me.
We next get the deli holdup which concludes with Peter hitting the robber with a can of spinach. Price, the comedian had texted Diana telling her that Peter is okay. While reading this same text she opens up some photos which shows Peter taking selfies with the cops, the can of spinach and giving cops donuts. The thing is that these photos were attached to the text. When were these photos taken? Did he time travel and take photos from the future and then go back to the present to send Diana these future photos. That makes no sense.
We next get Diana looking at another Ray interview segment. These are all "Are you a good person?" test questions. If you've seen any of these before you can just skip this segment as it offers nothing new.
We then see Peter talking to the gay couple from the deli. During this, Peter gives out several tracts. Guess whose? Ray Comforts, of course. One of them gets mad and walks out. The other listens and takes some of the tracts. But the other guy warned him not to, so Peter may have caused a break-up.
We get to the final comedy show. Again some dated impersonations, such as Schwarzenegger and Stallone from earlier. Like Homer Simpson. The jokes fall flat. Diana meets Peter there. But leaves after getting an emergency call. Her SUV runs out of gas and stops. A man breaks a window to get her out because she somehow never noticed that she stopped right on the tracks. The train is never seen, just portrayed by a bright light and a train horn.
When we next see Diana she's laying in a hospital bed. We see her vacant apartment where we discover that she's in a lesbian relationship. But we also learn that she's feeling guilty after listening to Peter and watching Rays interviews.
The final segment tries to be subtle, but really isn't. We learn from the heroes cousin that "she kept screaming and looking at him as if he was evil or something. That she didn't understand what he was trying to do. That she thought he was trying to hurt her, but that she didn't realize that he was trying to save her." The reporter concludes with "an apparent enemy, who turned out to be a friend". Wink, wink. Get it.
The real running time of the scripted movie is 36:52 minutes, that's removing the warning notice, all of the interviews and the end credits.
I think asking $20 for a 36 minutes long movie is absurd. I can buy 3 hour high quality movies for far less than that.
But the movie is correctly named. Ray sure does have the audacity to ask $20 for a short film.
Our two main characters are Peter and Diana. Peter is a Christian who is also a bike messenger and a wanna be stand up comic. Diana is, well I'm not too sure what she does. But she is a young woman who appears to be anti-Christian. Diana is pro gay rights. We learn from Diana that she and Peter knew each other from school but that Peter used to be a partyer but has changed.
While Peter is a Christian there are two scenes where he has a look of disgust about gays. First when he watches a news report on gay marriage. The other is when he meets two lesbians in an elevator. The elevator scene ends with the two women dying in a malfunctioning elevator. This is a rather strange scene as it includes an old man who seems to also show disgust at the lesbians and has a sinister look as he crumbles up the paper that Peter left. Well, he can't be a true Christian because no true Christian would knowingly cause the death of anyone. He can't be a demon or demonic as they would support gays, right? So who is this guy? During the movie is shown 3 segments showing Rays interviews with random people. The first segment he tries to link homosexuality with other tendencies that we're born with. Seems that everyone interviewed agree with him be saying "That makes sense." Well it doesn't to me.
We next get the deli holdup which concludes with Peter hitting the robber with a can of spinach. Price, the comedian had texted Diana telling her that Peter is okay. While reading this same text she opens up some photos which shows Peter taking selfies with the cops, the can of spinach and giving cops donuts. The thing is that these photos were attached to the text. When were these photos taken? Did he time travel and take photos from the future and then go back to the present to send Diana these future photos. That makes no sense.
We next get Diana looking at another Ray interview segment. These are all "Are you a good person?" test questions. If you've seen any of these before you can just skip this segment as it offers nothing new.
We then see Peter talking to the gay couple from the deli. During this, Peter gives out several tracts. Guess whose? Ray Comforts, of course. One of them gets mad and walks out. The other listens and takes some of the tracts. But the other guy warned him not to, so Peter may have caused a break-up.
We get to the final comedy show. Again some dated impersonations, such as Schwarzenegger and Stallone from earlier. Like Homer Simpson. The jokes fall flat. Diana meets Peter there. But leaves after getting an emergency call. Her SUV runs out of gas and stops. A man breaks a window to get her out because she somehow never noticed that she stopped right on the tracks. The train is never seen, just portrayed by a bright light and a train horn.
When we next see Diana she's laying in a hospital bed. We see her vacant apartment where we discover that she's in a lesbian relationship. But we also learn that she's feeling guilty after listening to Peter and watching Rays interviews.
The final segment tries to be subtle, but really isn't. We learn from the heroes cousin that "she kept screaming and looking at him as if he was evil or something. That she didn't understand what he was trying to do. That she thought he was trying to hurt her, but that she didn't realize that he was trying to save her." The reporter concludes with "an apparent enemy, who turned out to be a friend". Wink, wink. Get it.
The real running time of the scripted movie is 36:52 minutes, that's removing the warning notice, all of the interviews and the end credits.
I think asking $20 for a 36 minutes long movie is absurd. I can buy 3 hour high quality movies for far less than that.
But the movie is correctly named. Ray sure does have the audacity to ask $20 for a short film.
Timing is Everything
LauraLeeWasHere17 October 2015
Part documentary, part story, part stand up comedy routine, all of it relevant as society continues to heat up on the debate of Gay Marriage and Homosexuals & Lesbians within the Christian/ Church going community. However, my expectations were blown out of the water when I watched this film (in it's full version on YouTube) and discovered myself both entertained and even laughing out loud at places.
Also, there are so many "coincidences" connecting me to this movie, I felt it might be Destiny for me to see it when I did. Right down to the fact that I actually possess a bogus Million Dollar Bill, in Canadian format. (Actually, it might be the real deal but with what Canadian currency is worth around the world, it comes to the same difference). As you know, if you've read my previous reviews, I can ramble on for a VERY long time, especially when discussing something I enjoyed. I don't give many films a rating of 9, but I'm going to "shutteth" my mouth & "stoppeth" my typing because I'm "wastething" your time (that's me doing Bible talk) and I'll let you zip over to YouTube and watch "Audacity" for free. Trust an Aussie, Ray Comfort, to examine a topic sideways and make you see something in a way that you never have before. When I saw the title, "Audacity" I thought it might be a horror film about someone taken hostage when their computer sound editing program develops artificial intelligence and creates a post- apocalyptic society. Boy. Was I off the mark. It's really a breath of fresh air on a topic that's become hot and stifling because it seems that EVERYTHING that can be said about gay and lesbian marriages has been. So whether you're straight, gay, lesbian or just prefer the love of your cat with a 'thing' for toe biting - ("Hey, don't judge me. At least he always shows up in time for dinner!!!")) you will feel better after seeing "Audacity". Tell them LAURA-LEE sent you. (It won't get you anything, but it might compensate me for the less attention I'm getting for cutting this review short). Sincerely, Laura-Lee (Was Here)
P.S. Is it breaking the hard and fast "Spoiler Warning" rule here at IMDb if I tell you there's a good "Knock, knock" joke in this film? If you don't read another review from me here, you'll know the answer is "Yes!"
Also, there are so many "coincidences" connecting me to this movie, I felt it might be Destiny for me to see it when I did. Right down to the fact that I actually possess a bogus Million Dollar Bill, in Canadian format. (Actually, it might be the real deal but with what Canadian currency is worth around the world, it comes to the same difference). As you know, if you've read my previous reviews, I can ramble on for a VERY long time, especially when discussing something I enjoyed. I don't give many films a rating of 9, but I'm going to "shutteth" my mouth & "stoppeth" my typing because I'm "wastething" your time (that's me doing Bible talk) and I'll let you zip over to YouTube and watch "Audacity" for free. Trust an Aussie, Ray Comfort, to examine a topic sideways and make you see something in a way that you never have before. When I saw the title, "Audacity" I thought it might be a horror film about someone taken hostage when their computer sound editing program develops artificial intelligence and creates a post- apocalyptic society. Boy. Was I off the mark. It's really a breath of fresh air on a topic that's become hot and stifling because it seems that EVERYTHING that can be said about gay and lesbian marriages has been. So whether you're straight, gay, lesbian or just prefer the love of your cat with a 'thing' for toe biting - ("Hey, don't judge me. At least he always shows up in time for dinner!!!")) you will feel better after seeing "Audacity". Tell them LAURA-LEE sent you. (It won't get you anything, but it might compensate me for the less attention I'm getting for cutting this review short). Sincerely, Laura-Lee (Was Here)
P.S. Is it breaking the hard and fast "Spoiler Warning" rule here at IMDb if I tell you there's a good "Knock, knock" joke in this film? If you don't read another review from me here, you'll know the answer is "Yes!"
Wait....this movie isn't a comedy?
whatever891011 July 2015
It's actually shocking how terrible this "movie" is. It's almost funny but then you realize it's serious and he really does think being gay is a choice and all you gays should just stop gaying around already. Complete disregard for science, self-righteous proselytizing by Ray Comfort, and pure ignorant hatefulness that put a knot in my stomach more than once. I could talk about the terrible writing, the weird (possibly overdubbed?) interviews, and the kindergarten plot, but I really just can't get past how distasteful, factually inaccurate, and insulting the anti-gay rhetoric is.
TL;DR - Do you hate gays? You'll love this movie! Do you hate bigotry? You might want to skip this movie.
TL;DR - Do you hate gays? You'll love this movie! Do you hate bigotry? You might want to skip this movie.
A comic exercise in polishing Ray Comfort's ego.
sionnachfionn29 June 2015
Warning: Spoilers
After the absurdity that was Genius, the abomination that was 180, the dishonesty that was Evolution Versus God, Ray Comfort has done it again, and brought us the 'Audacity' that is his 'award-winning movie on homosexuality'. Audacity is actually a good name for it, because after watching it, I felt that it was an audacious attempt to pass off a cringe-worthy script, an utterly facile plot (with a pointless twist), completely one-dimensional characters, seemingly endless footage of Ray Comfort 'witnessing' to gay people in atypically dulcet tones (suggesting his contribution was dubbed in afterward), a wad of patronising self- righteousness, frequent nuggets of not-so-subtle stereotyping, and a couple of baddies, as a 'movie'. The Too Expensive, Didn't Buy version of the plot is this: According to Ray Comfort, homosexuality is a choice, homosexuals are going to burn in hell if they don't believe what he believes, and you're a bad person if you don't go around telling EVERYONE that Ray is right, and reality is wrong.
Ray Comfort is on the Wrong Side of History
venneman-pj29 June 2015
I'm not sure if this qualifies as a spoiler but if you've ever seen a Ray Comfort evangelical tract or a clip of Ray Comfort's ham-fisted approach to preaching, nothing here will be new.
There is no question in my mind Comfort has deliberately presented an unbalanced set of responses in the interview/preachy section. We know this is probably the case because some of his interviewees in EvolutionVsGod explained that Comfort cut important parts of their answers out of his final edit in order to manipulate the material to his preferred end. Comfort is a devious and dangerous buffoon.
$300,000 worth of donations to create a bit of confirmation bias for the religious, anti-gay fringe element was no doubt a good bit of business, but Ray Comfort will always be remembered as the man who tried desperately to pump the brakes and then slam society into reverse.
Meanwhile, common sense continues to prevail and love has won.
There is no question in my mind Comfort has deliberately presented an unbalanced set of responses in the interview/preachy section. We know this is probably the case because some of his interviewees in EvolutionVsGod explained that Comfort cut important parts of their answers out of his final edit in order to manipulate the material to his preferred end. Comfort is a devious and dangerous buffoon.
$300,000 worth of donations to create a bit of confirmation bias for the religious, anti-gay fringe element was no doubt a good bit of business, but Ray Comfort will always be remembered as the man who tried desperately to pump the brakes and then slam society into reverse.
Meanwhile, common sense continues to prevail and love has won.
Terribly made piece of rubbish.
jermtzu11 July 2015
Forget about the political motivation of hate towards the gay community. I am not an activist trying to demolish this movies reputation. I think anyone who thinks that is actually happening is delusional and unwilling to admit who dreadfully amateurish this film is. It is just plain bad. Terribly directed. Awful actors. The dialog is contrived. The clothing is hokey. The plot is loose and unrealistic. I wouldn't force my worst enemy to watch this movie. My baby brother could make a better movie with GI Joes and an iPhone. I think I made a better movie when I accidentally filmed the inside of my pocket. I understand that not everyone agrees with the LGBT community but anyone making a movie so badly just for the sake of spreading hate shouldn't be offended by the reviews that rate it for what it is... One of the worst pieces of videology to ever grace a screen of any kind.
Terrible
col_0111 July 2015
I'd like to say this is typical Ray Dumfart tripe but it's worse than that even. I don't know where Banana Man found worse actors than Kirk Cameron but I guess God works in mysterious ways, huh. The "plot" is nothing but an excuse to proselytize his religious bigotry towards homosexuals, with some self-grandiosing & publicity for his YouTube videos thrown in. The one positive thing I can say for this pathetic excuse for a "movie" is that it's only 1 hour long & not 90 mins (although if you can actually make it to the end in one go without throwing random objects at your screen you're doing better than me. If you're familiar at all with Ray then you know exactly what to expect, & if you're not, do yourself a favour & keep it that way by avoiding this piece of excrement.
Vitriol-Fueled Hate Speech
pitmanc11 July 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This "movie" is just about the worst piece of garbage I have ever seen. This is a last-ditch attempt by Christian fundamentalists to re-assert their message of hatred and intolerance toward homosexuality. Sadly, it might work on you if you have abandoned all intellect, all compassion and empathy, and have never actually opened a bible.
The terms of agreement on IMDb state "no spoilers", which is OK because this movie and its target audience cannot possibly be more spoiled than it already is.
The recent up-tick in positive comments is the result of Ray Comfort pleading with his "flock" to give it good reviews on his fb page, so don't be fooled! This is rubbish!
The terms of agreement on IMDb state "no spoilers", which is OK because this movie and its target audience cannot possibly be more spoiled than it already is.
The recent up-tick in positive comments is the result of Ray Comfort pleading with his "flock" to give it good reviews on his fb page, so don't be fooled! This is rubbish!
The Truth Spoken in Love
blakepritchard27 August 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This film is probably the only of its kind. This isn't your typical Christian film. It's about a Christian that is facing the contemporary conflict of believing what God says about homosexuality in a world that has completely different views. It does a great job showing how it is possible to stand for what God says is right while having compassion and love for those that are homosexuals. God loves homosexuals and doesn't view one sin as bigger than another. Without giving any of the major scenes away, the audience is easily captured because of how genuine the characters are. I wouldn't say that the acting is anything like watching an Oscar-worthy cast, but the director definitely captured how many people approach the subject-line in today's world. There is a scene at the end of the film that is pretty intense and you definitely don't want to miss. Even better, it's free on YouTube!
A religious man's make-believe gays.
iynque7 July 2015
It's kind of an interesting look into how little these particular Christian heterosupremacists think of people (you're pretty much a poor idiot who needs to be told how to think). Beyond that, it's really not worth watching.
Everything in it is a caricature of something or someone you've already seen before. A religious man portrays gay people and their allies as argumentative people who want to ignore everyone and sin, sin, SIN! Of course, the religious people are meek, polite, and just trying to help. None of them would ever step on your toes, let alone reflect realities like insulting or physically harming gay people, usurping the legal rights of gay people, and of course they would never use torture to change gay people. Not being gay is the only acceptable way to be, but those darn gays, they really like to be mean and persecute Christians who are just trying to help! Gay people just need a good Christian to butt-in and change them into heterosexuals!
Of course, in this make-believe propaganda, everyone gets on board with Christianity, because it's such a compelling message: Just don't be gay! Easy!
Everything in it is a caricature of something or someone you've already seen before. A religious man portrays gay people and their allies as argumentative people who want to ignore everyone and sin, sin, SIN! Of course, the religious people are meek, polite, and just trying to help. None of them would ever step on your toes, let alone reflect realities like insulting or physically harming gay people, usurping the legal rights of gay people, and of course they would never use torture to change gay people. Not being gay is the only acceptable way to be, but those darn gays, they really like to be mean and persecute Christians who are just trying to help! Gay people just need a good Christian to butt-in and change them into heterosexuals!
Of course, in this make-believe propaganda, everyone gets on board with Christianity, because it's such a compelling message: Just don't be gay! Easy!
Loved it :)
beckyhan19 August 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Loved the film, it was very inspiring. Although others may go against my opinion, I thought that the movie got its message through very well. The script is spot-on and the acting was great! My friend recommended this film to me and at first I was very reluctant, saying that "I don't want to see a movie that'll talk about why homosexuality is bad for an hour." However, after giving it a try I admit that it didn't do what I thought it would. It has actually helped me in many ways and I am glad that I decided to give it a chance. I normally criticize every movie I see, but this movie was definitely well-made and has a lasting effect. For people who are willing to give Christians a chance to explain our view on the LGBT+ argument, give this movie a go! Unfortunately, many claimed Christians are extremely rude about this topic but I'm happy to see that this film wasn't at all :)
"Truth is the new hate speech" -Unknown
gracecastro10 July 2015
Thank you Mr. Comfort for this incredible film. There is such a demand for this kind of truth-telling in today's increasingly intolerant society. As the gay rights agenda continues to silence people of conscience, mock biblical values and demonize individuals such as yourself, your film is evidence that you are on the right path, no matter how challenging it may be. We need more of this kind of honest story-telling; the kind that isn't afraid to confront the issues that our culture has told us not to approach. This is where revolutionary tales will begin to emerge. And in spite of all the heinous double-standards, push back and hatred, God will use this movie to draw those He has called to Himself. Please continue to do what you are doing. Thank you, and God bless.
A Message of Love In a Climate of Hate
nymiz179123 August 2015
It's pretty evident that most of the 1* reviews came from those who did not actually sit and watch the film. The knee-jerk animosity and Christaphobic bigotry shone through each name-calling attack.
Was it Hollywood quality? Umm, no. Actually, Hollywood would never dare to even insinuate that homosexuality was anything but a step up from that sick old Christian view of a married man and woman living a life together and fulfilling God's purpose for us.
I am so sorry there is such hostility when it comes to this subject. I thought the film tried to temper this hostility while sharing a Biblical truth. The film made a simple statement: "We are all sinners - the man who lusts after a woman. The man who lusts after a man. We really should try to repent those sins and follow a fairly simple plan that God laid out for us." Easy? No. Eternally helpful? Yep. You disagree with this. OK. Travis (in the film) just needed to pass the message along, and it's actually a message of Love. So, even if you reject it - Could we lighten up on the hate.
Was it Hollywood quality? Umm, no. Actually, Hollywood would never dare to even insinuate that homosexuality was anything but a step up from that sick old Christian view of a married man and woman living a life together and fulfilling God's purpose for us.
I am so sorry there is such hostility when it comes to this subject. I thought the film tried to temper this hostility while sharing a Biblical truth. The film made a simple statement: "We are all sinners - the man who lusts after a woman. The man who lusts after a man. We really should try to repent those sins and follow a fairly simple plan that God laid out for us." Easy? No. Eternally helpful? Yep. You disagree with this. OK. Travis (in the film) just needed to pass the message along, and it's actually a message of Love. So, even if you reject it - Could we lighten up on the hate.
Mind Your Own Business
sampalahnuk11 July 2015
This film is nothing more than story based preaching of Christian intolerance toward our fellow man. Science has proved that the basic premise in this film is false - people cannot choose their sexual preference. Homosexuality occurs naturally throughout nearly all wildlife species. Some research hints that it's a system that nature uses to control overpopulation. Either way, gay people are our co-workers, patents, son's and daughters. They're here to stay, and the best and most "christian" thing to do is love and accept them. You'd think christians would focus on the love and tolerance message of Jesus rather than the poison of the Old Testament. I wish these people would just mind their own business and let people live their lives in peace.
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