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01.31.08Should the church support Anonymous’ action against Scientology?[youtube:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ] [youtube:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YrkchXCzY70] "Be very wary of the 10th of February. Anonymous invites you to join us in an act of solidarity...Join us in protest outside of Scientology centers world wide." If we think that cults like scientology are destructive then should the church support anything that could bring their downfall like the attacks of Anonymous. Yet are we then going against freedom, freedom to express faith and belief however crazy others may see it? If the church were to support actions like that of Anonymous or any other action against another faith/belief system then can the church complain when it itself is ...
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01.07.08Movie: Paranoid Park about teenage skateboarder and truth[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tylkAZEqDac] A movie directed by Gus Van Sant and staring Gabe Nevins. The films plot: Alex, is called down to the office along with a couple other guys about the death of a security officer. An accident he caused and has wiped out of his mind until then. Alex is now faced with telling the truth or having them find out the truth. Paranoid Park: The voice of doomed youth (Telegraph) Paranoid Park at the Internet Movie Database Paranoid Park official site
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12.20.07Discussion Starters: Brand Spanking A Short Animation on SchoolingThe idea stemmed from the concept of bad education, how children tend to be vocationally trained rather than imbued with the wonder of learning. This is a really interesting short animation about education, my friend who is a bit of a film buff set up a short film night at the Chagford Art Festival this summer, it was projected on the side of a van outside Blacks cafe...very cool. Brand Spanking was one of the shorts that he showed and it really made an impact on me. Synopsis The first day of a new term and the local school reopens with a ...
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12.20.07Wild Tigers I Have Known: Teenager and SexualityThis looks an amazing film for youth workers/ministers and just to watch for itself. I will be interested to read the chatter in blogland when it come out. here is the blurb for the movie. Logan, soft spoken, lonely, and 13 years old, is a boy with a crush. Unlike his equally lonely friend Joey, who obsesses over the sexual exploits of the slightly older, post pubescent boys, Logan is fixated on the boys themselves, particularly Rodeo Walker. Rodeo is the only one of the group of cool kids who shows any friendliness toward Logan, meaning he doesn't go ...
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