Look out for mass conversion attempts after THE PASSION is released...

[revree]

already on my local news - church leaders are preparing for door to door conversion walks with Mel Gibson's movie as their celluloid Lord and Savior. IS THIS ANOTHER BUSH RIGHT WING CHRISTIAN TOOL FOR SUBDUING THE MASSES?

How about we let people, including Christians, decide what to believe in for themselves? NOW THERE'S A CONCEPT.

[Mari333]

1. This too shall pass.

Hopefully sooner then later.

[rfranklin]

2. Movie promotion hype...

I remember how people's heads were exploding in the movie theaters when the EXORCIST came out.

[wuushew]

3. All time highest grossing weekends for Feburary movies

As long as it does not bring in more than Star wars I will be happy



1 2/9/2001 Hannibal $58,003,121 3,230 $17,958 $58,003,121 3
2 2/14/2003 Daredevil $40,310,418 3,471 $11,613 $40,310,418 3
3 2/4/2000 Scream 3 $34,713,342 3,467 $10,013 $34,713,342 3
4 2/16/2001 Hannibal $33,501,505 3,238 $10,346 $107,376,007 10
5 2/13/1998 Titanic $32,876,424 3,002 $10,952 $376,270,721 59
6 2/7/1997 Star Wars $24,277,091 2,104 $11,539 $393,498,671 7,201
7 2/6/2004 Barbershop 2 $24,241,612 2,711 $8,942 $24,241,612 3
8 2/7/2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days $23,774,850 2,923 $8,134 $23,774,850 3
9 2/6/1998 Titanic $23,027,838 2,956 $7,790 $337,355,666 52
10 2/21/1997 Empire Strikes Back, The $21,975,993 2,111 $10,410 $244,650,259 6,123
11 2/13/1998 Wedding Singer, The $21,917,127 2,821 $7,769 $21,917,127 3
12 2/14/1997 Star Wars $21,370,589 2,104 $10,157 $421,371,522 7,208
13 2/5/1999 Payback $21,221,526 2,720 $7,802 $21,221,526 3
14 2/20/1998 Titanic $21,036,343 3,006 $6,998 $402,561,881 66
15 2/15/2002 John Q $20,275,194 2,466 $8,222 $23,612,171 3
16 2/16/2001 Down to Earth $20,027,309 2,521 $7,944 $20,027,309 3
17 2/27/1998 Titanic $19,633,056 3,035 $6,469 $426,983,888 73
18 2/7/2003 Shanghai Knights $19,603,630 2,753 $7,121 $19,603,630 3
19 2/6/2004 Miracle, The (2004) $19,377,577 2,605 $7,439 $19,377,577 3
20 2/12/1999 Message in a Bottle $18,852,976 2,538 $7,428 $18,852,976 3
21 2/14/2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days $18,713,428 2,923 $6,402 $49,414,670 10
22 2/13/1998 Sphere $18,586,765 2,814 $6,605 $18,586,765 3
23 2/7/1997 Dante's Peak $18,479,435 2,657 $6,955 $18,479,435 3
24 2/14/1992 Wayne's World $18,122,710 1,768 $10,250 $18,122,710 3
25 2/21/2003 Daredevil $18,092,309 3,474 $5,208 $69,471,858 10
26 2/12/1999 Payback $17,719,502 2,751 $6,441 $44,054,084 10
27 2/21/2003 Old School $17,453,216 2,689 $6,491 $17,453,216 3
28 2/14/1997 Absolute Power $16,770,220 2,568 $6,530 $16,770,220 3
29 2/28/2003 Cradle 2 the Grave $16,521,486 2,625 $6,294 $16,521,486 3
30 2/11/2000 Scream 3 $16,318,053 3,467 $4,707 $56,978,971 10
31 2/18/2000 Whole Nine Yards, The $15,915,676 2,910 $5,469 $15,915,676 3
32 2/23/2001 Hannibal $15,767,006 3,292 $4,789 $128,512,863 17
33 2/18/2000 Hanging Up $15,710,411 2,618 $6,001 $15,710,411 3
34 2/9/1996 Broken Arrow $15,583,510 2,388 $6,526 $15,583,510 3
35 2/11/2000 Beach, The $15,277,921 2,547 $5,998 $15,277,921 3
36 2/18/2000 Snow Day $15,261,526 2,702 $5,648 $31,920,881 10
37 2/8/2002 Collateral Damage $15,058,432 2,824 $5,332 $15,058,432 3
38 2/22/2002 Queen of the Damned $14,757,535 2,511 $5,877 $14,757,535 3
39 2/15/2002 Crossroads $14,527,187 2,380 $6,104 $17,014,226 3
40 2/11/2000 Snow Day $14,331,819 2,664 $5,380 $14,331,819 3
41 2/26/1999 8MM $14,252,888 2,370 $6,014 $14,252,888 3
42 2/28/2003 Old School $14,039,612 2,742 $5,120 $37,379,629 10
43 2/18/2000 Pitch Black $14,015,741 1,832 $7,651 $14,015,741 3
44 2/15/1991 Silence of the Lambs, The $13,910,124 1,497 $9,292 $13,910,124 4
45 2/8/1991 Sleeping with the Enemy $13,777,943 1,406 $9,799 $13,777,943 3
46 2/14/1997 Dante's Peak $13,662,270 2,727 $5,010 $36,271,100 10
47 2/16/1996 Broken Arrow $13,459,777 2,392 $5,627 $33,810,468 10
48 2/16/2001 Recess: School's Out $13,455,016 2,624 $5,128 $13,455,016 3
49 2/28/1997 Empire Strikes Back, The $13,145,852 2,111 $6,227 $262,895,196 6,130
50 2/14/1997 Vegas Vacation $12,837,927 2,054 $6,250 $12,837,927 3
51 2/14/2003 Chicago $12,708,956 2,268 $5,604 $82,606,872 52
52 2/22/2002 John Q $12,473,834 2,505 $4,980 $39,804,238 10
53 2/20/1998 Wedding Singer, The $12,228,970 2,837 $4,311 $37,652,488 10
54 2/22/1991 Silence of the Lambs, The $11,947,290 1,515 $7,886 $30,900,000 11
55 2/15/2002 Peter Pan: Return to Neverland $11,889,631 2,605 $4,564 $15,623,464 3
56 2/28/1997 Donnie Brasco $11,660,216 1,503 $7,758 $11,660,216 3
57 2/5/1999 She's All That $11,652,050 2,620 $4,447 $30,696,541 10
58 2/21/2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days $11,590,320 2,923 $3,965 $64,621,440 17
59 2/8/2002 Big Fat Liar $11,554,015 2,531 $4,565 $11,554,015 3
60 2/14/2003 Jungle Book 2, The $11,441,733 2,808 $4,075 $11,441,733 3
61 2/23/2001 Down to Earth $11,211,225 2,521 $4,447 $33,971,683 10
62 2/12/1999 My Favorite Martian $11,181,043 2,275 $4,915 $11,181,043 3
63 2/28/2003 Daredevil $11,121,009 3,234 $3,439 $84,186,869 17
64 2/1/2002 Black Hawk Down $11,112,555 3,143 $3,536 $75,063,935 38
65 2/14/2003 Shanghai Knights $11,036,007 2,755 $4,006 $35,947,063 10
66 2/21/1997 Star Wars $11,031,743 2,200 $5,014 $438,692,889 7,215
67 2/16/2001 Sweet November $11,015,226 2,268 $4,857 $11,015,226 3
68 2/7/2003 Chicago $10,786,533 1,841 $5,859 $63,803,153 45
69 2/2/2001 Wedding Planner, The $10,605,542 2,785 $3,808 $27,763,988 10
70 2/18/2000 Tigger Movie, The $10,604,433 2,755 $3,849 $22,399,467 10
71 2/2/1996 Black Sheep $10,593,609 2,045 $5,180 $10,593,609 3
72 2/16/2001 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon $10,462,539 1,651 $6,337 $73,202,832 73
73 2/19/1999 Payback $10,268,237 2,768 $3,710 $57,147,629 17
74 2/28/2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days $10,252,364 2,923 $3,507 $77,620,291 24
75 2/22/2002 Dragonfly $10,216,025 2,507 $4,075 $10,216,025 3
76 2/1/2002 Snow Dogs $10,199,650 2,454 $4,156 $51,127,496 17
77 2/16/1996 Muppet Treasure Island $10,112,833 2,070 $4,885 $10,112,833 3
78 2/16/1996 Happy Gilmore $10,112,005 2,022 $5,001 $10,112,005 3
79 2/19/1999 Message in a Bottle $10,042,342 2,545 $3,946 $32,129,098 10
80 2/12/1999 She's All That $10,040,576 2,654 $3,783 $42,649,931 17
81 2/2/2001 Valentine $10,024,648 2,310 $4,340 $10,024,648 3

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/month2.html

[Dookus]

4. cool...

I'll keep the garden hose turned on for when they show up.

[JasonDeter]

5. Its a free country! The nice thing about door to door

The nice thing about door to door is you can shut the door or refuse to answer it if you don't want to hear it. But I'd never recommend quashing free speech of any kind.

[Traje]

6. What?

I consider it an intrusion for some myth-peddlar to come to my door and bothering me for no good reason. I dislike door-to-door salespeople of any kind.

[revree]

7. Yeah, except when they kick down your patio lights because you won't talk

to them. That's what they think FREE SPEECH means at my neighborhood.

[wuushew]

8. Hey that makes me think of that Supreme Court decision a couple years back

In Ohio or something about a city's ability to enforce no soliciting ordinances against religious groups. Does anybody no how that ruling turned out?

[Flightful]

14. Sounds like Seattle or Québec City

.

[Dookus]

10. sorry

any religious zealot of any stripe who comes to my door gets an earful if he's lucky, and a good soaking with the hose if I feel particularly irritable.

[Blue Gardener]

15. How is that "quashing" free speech?

It's my house, my property, my door. I don't want, or need the fundies knocking on my door trying to convert me. They can go stand on a street corner waving a bible if they want, write letters to the paper, or preach to a captive audience in church, but they can stay away from my door. And, they don't need to bother leaving any pamphlets that will only wind up in the trash.

[Dob Bole]

9. ...............................................

um..yes. Since the character of Jesus Christ is so much like that of George W. Bush, the likes of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh will be fighting over who gets to come out of their mansions and go door to door among the commoners to show a Mel Gibson video in hopes that people will change their lives and vote Republican.

[Pale Blue Dot]

11. Look, I am NOT a Christian.

A close review of the threads in GD will confirm that. But the character of Jesus Christ is NOTHING like George Bush. Jesus, the character, cared about the disadvantaged and the poor above all else. Jesus, the character, showed compassion to all. Jesus, the character, loved everyone, and NEVER advocated violence. Jesus, the character, is someone to emulate, even if he is not the "son of God".

[Dob Bole]

12. I am

sorry if I came across unclearly. The above thread was complete sarcasm, in response to the tone of the original thread.

[revree]

13. Why are the people who brag most about their Christianity

the least CHRISTIAN when it comes to emulating Christ and his wonderful teachings?

GO FIGURE. I just hope all real Christians come to the rescue of their religion soon before the fundies take it over completely, and do irreparable damage to Jesus.

Poor guy. If he were here today, he'd probably kill himself in horror over what people are doing in his name. I feel for him.