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None. I like to get my spirituality from somewhere other than Hollywood. Drugs from Hollywood = Yeah! Spirituality from Hollywood = FAIL
This may sound weird, but American Beauty.
I went to see it when I was in the midst of a severe depression because I was no longer able to maintain my faith as a Southern Baptist. I'd been spending hours crying every night and I was absolutely terrified of my loss of faith.
That movie utterly changed my perspective.
I remember leaving the movie theater and driving with my ex to this jetty near Sarasota, Florida. The moon was full and it was so bright, and the surf was really high. We walked out onto the jetty, down to the very end. The moonlight on the shimmering drops of water and the waves, the sound of the waves crashing, it was all so beautiful that I felt I couldn't even hold it inside me.
In that moment, I realized that if this lifetime is all we have, it is so full of beauty, and that's enough.
And, I realized that a God who could be bothered to create such beauty was incongruent with the kind of God who would create hell. If there is something after this lifetime, it is not something to be feared.
I've never been afraid of death since that moment.
How does a So.Baptist get married in a Mormon Temple (??) It was either a quick switch back & forth and highly unusual or a substantial resentful rebound.
Instead of pre-judging, why not just ask? Why do you so badly need me to be evil and angry, Ned? Oh, wait, because you have to fit me into your paradigm, right?
I grew up Southern Baptist. Converted to the LDS faith when I was 22. Moved to Utah. Lived there 10 years. Left the LDS church 3 years after I joined (and after a year of marriage). Went back to my S. Baptist roots for several years before rejecting it, as well.
EDIT: Almost forgot... The Matrix, the first one. The other two had some interesting tidbits but they paled in comparison to the first.
Lacking in creativity.................because I don't find spirituality from movies? Really? Okay, if you say so.............but I don't really see how the two relate. Anyway, I suppose I'll play the game, since I'm a good sport. I'd say The Road, a recent adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy book, affected me emotionally, not so much spiritually,...........but it was so symbolic of human sacrifice and the lengths that a father would go to to protect a child.Topic fail. I didn't get my spirituality from hollywood, but American Beauty was inspiring to me, spiritually. :roll:
Why do conservative Christians have to be so lacking in creativity?
:rofl I am a big Matrix fan, and those vids were hilarious! I'd never seen those.I feel the Matrix is most useful as a movie that is enjoyable to poke fun at like so:
YTMND - I'm Going To Be Honest With You
YTMND - What is the Matrix?
While a movie didn't affect my lack of spirituality, Dogma did reflect my skepticism.
V for Vendetta.
Pay it Forward
The fact that one kids idea could affect so many lives of strangers, was inspiring to me.
Pay it Forward
The fact that one kids idea could affect so many lives of strangers, was inspiring to me.
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