If you are a Browncoat and a Christian....sound-off....NO AGENDA...just curious.
POSTED BY: Stillshiny
UPDATED: Saturday, August 19, 2006 06:16
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Originally posted by traveler:
I know it is hard to discuss such a topic without Agenda creeping in. It happens to the best of us.
It is like asking me to post with just two sentences. Nearly impossible.
I think it is impossible to start a thread like this without an agenda...
one to lable folks.
I heard a joke about a man visiting Ireland and he was asked if he was a Catholic or a Protestant,
he said "actually I'm a Jew"
and they respond, "yes, but are you a CATHOLIC Jew or a PROTESTANT Jew?"
JMPO that you're putting Browncoats in boxes.
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Originally posted by embers:Quote:
Originally posted by traveler:
I know it is hard to discuss such a topic without Agenda creeping in. It happens to the best of us.
It is like asking me to post with just two sentences. Nearly impossible.
I think it is impossible to start a thread like this without an agenda...
one to lable folks.
I heard a joke about a man visiting Ireland and he was asked if he was a Catholic or a Protestant,
he said "actually I'm a Jew"
and they respond, "yes, but are you a CATHOLIC Jew or a PROTESTANT Jew?"
JMPO that you're putting Browncoats in boxes.
I personally fit in many boxes. As long as there is a place to sit, I am quit comfortable in any of them.
Stillshiny did not get on soap box pointing fingers at anybody. Just asked if there were people who shared in the Christian belief in this here verse.
As that qoute shows I responded to this thread, even though I am not christian, no one through me out of this box. And that says a lot.
So yes there is an agenda here. A good one. When I posted here it was to show my support to Stillshiny. And I'm doing it again.
Traveler
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*raises hand* Catholic here
Shamrock
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*raises hand* Been a Christian for a long time - even have formal training (Divnity School). I have to say Buffy and Angel are a little too much for my sensibilities, but I find Firefly fascinating. Book adds a whole new element that is interesting. So, I find Firefly great.
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Catholic here. I've never had any problem being a Buffy, Angel and Firefly fan as well as religious.
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I love how realistic Firefly is. Real people making decisions whether right or wrong. Loving a TV show doesn't mean that I concur with everything the characters do. A show about Christians always doing the right thing would make terribly boring TV.
Off topic:
I believe it's okay for a Christian to be interested in vampire stories. Vampires aren't real, as opposed to demon possession. The many kids interested in the occult these days should be educated in what the occult really is, rather than just going after occult-related material.
A born-again Christian here that loves Firefly (and Buffy and Angel).
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I agree with psychotic wholeheartedly. I am a Christian Browncoat and the music and drama team lead at my Baptist church. We recognize that there are secular forms of entertainment out there and don't try to pretend that we don't partake.
Christian Browncoat #[Lots]
John 12:46 "I have come into the world as a light, so that noone who believes in me should stay in the darkness."
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I'm a Christian Browncoat. I like the way religion is incorporated into the Firefly 'verse. It's there, but it doesn't overwhelm the series. I'm very liberal and I don't understand why some people tend to overreact about use of religion in tv shows and movies (like the people protesting Life of Brian or the Da Vinci Code, both of which I've seen and enjoyed)
"You're talking to Serenity. And Early...Serenity is very unhappy."
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I'm a christian, and I feel that Firefly is presented in a realistic way. Whats more, while many of the charecters are not christian they are countered with Godly charecters, that are presented as good people. Wise people even. I personally am happy to find a show that doesn't have anyone christian act like an ass. Much better then Arthure, for instance.
(Note for anyone who doesn't know. Arthur, the movie that came out a while ago, had a consistent theme of Christian monks hurting people for no reason and killing them in bad ways. At the time the movie takes place in, however, Rome was not ruled by Christians. The present ceaser was busy in fact having christians fed to live lions. As someone who likes learning about history, it was a double anoyance. Totally unfairly against Christians, and Historically incorrect. If you haven't seen the movie, take my advice and don't.)
Jayne: "Testing, testing. Captain, can you hear me?"
Mal: "I'm standing right here."
Jayne: "You're coming through good and loud."
Mal: " 'Cause I'm standing right here."
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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
If a belief changes from abstract to concrete, it becomes law.
Interesting thought - well formulated. But we are humans - we are concrete. We cannot live on the abstract allone.
That's why I think, the jewis/christion viewpoint is so intreaguing. It combines it, by saying, that God (abstract) is someone to relate to (concrete), and that the archaic knowledge of the mystic intrinsic to all men (guilt/forgiveness/sacrifice/resurrection - abstract, can be found in all old religions by way of symbols and legends) became "flesh" at a concrete point in time. (C.S. Lewis wrote an very interesting essay on that)
Esther
Love my captain!
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