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| For The Bible Tells Me So | 
 enlarge | Actors: Gene Robinson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Imogene Robinson, Victor Robinson, Isabella "boo" Mcdaniel
Studio: First Run Features
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 4231
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 99 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 913058
UPC: 720229913058
EAN: 0720229913058
ASIN: B000YHQNCI
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: February 19, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent documentary about an emotionally charged subject. September 20, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was well worth purchasing and viewing. Anyone who knows a gay person, or has a gay friend or relative, should watch this. Many so-called religious people are vicious in comment and/or action towards gays, basing this on the Bible. This video offers some excellent arguments against behaving or speaking in this way. Of course, only those who are willing to think about things in a new way will be open. Many who are vicious in their dealings with gays have minds that are tightly closed.
The truth will set you free. September 6, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
When we encounter "truth" we must be willing to listen, learn and accept. "And the Bible tells me so", offers a clear, honest and profound message.about homosexuality. Scholars, theologians and other enlightened individuals take us on a journey that opens not only our minds but our hearts as well. In this documentary the fundamentalist and evangelicals are taken to task for their distorted and often heartless teachings on homosexuality. In the final analysist one will learn that homosexuality was never dealt with in the scriptures. All reference that some calim do exist in the Bible are distortions of the word and taken out of context. God loves us all and sees us as His perfect children, in the end we should do so as well.
A movie every radical fundamentalist should see. August 23, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When are the radical fundamentalists going to stop spreading hatred?
Why are people not SCREAMING out loud when a man in the movie is holding a sign reading "God hates America"?! This was in reference to gays in the movie. It's funny how radical fundamentalists can get away with things like that.
What this movie shows and teaches is love. It also sadly portrays what happends when people like James Dobson are allowed to teach lies and hatred, and it is heart breaking.
I'll read a bible if a radical fundamentalist will see this movie - fair trade?
- Madeliene
Powerful August 8, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
It was very important to make this film and to document the pain and joy of being different in the world and how some people will hold onto their belief no matter how hurtful they are and some people are willing to move love into their heart and change. YEA to the people who made the film, watch the film and share their thoughts and feelings.
 Interesting and Thought-Provoking August 5, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I watched this documentary as part of the book tour that Gene Robinson was on. Watching it and then hearing Gene speak was incredible. The high-energy hate of the film followed by the calm (though no less passioned) talk that Gene gave was an interesting juxtaposition. Of course, the movie is about Gene Robinson's life and consecration as Bishop of New Hampshire (in the Episcopal Church). But it is much more than that. It is about the struggle of homosexuals, and also of those who love and care about them, while not understanding nor accepting their orientation. It specifically presents the rhetoric of the religious right, and and how their scriptural logic is flawed. Also, while the movie focuses on bigotry against homosexuals, you can't help but recognize that this is the same hatefulness that has worked hard to keep Blacks and other minorities subjugated. We see the same thing at work today against Mexicans and others.
I highly recommend this movie to anyone who wants to hear the 'other side of the story'. The anguish of the parents in the movie is palpable; it really shows the humaness of everyone who has to deal with this issue day-in and day-out. The only reason I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 is because it is 1.5 hrs long, which is a bit long. But I can't think of any portion that could have been cut to make it shorter.
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