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
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 1604
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 99
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: October 5, 2007
Release Date: February 19, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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Product Description
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle Interntional Film Festival, Dan Karslake's provocative, entertaining documentary brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture, and in the process reveals that Church-sanctioned anti-gay bias is based solely upon a significant (and often malicious) misinterpretation of the Bible. As the film notes, most Christians live their lives today without feeling obliged to kil anyone who works on the Sabbath or eats shrimp.
Through the experience of five very normal, very Christian , very American families - including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson - we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. With commentary by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, For The Bible Tells Me So offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.
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 For the Bible Tells Me So October 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For The Bible Tells Me So
Packed full of emotional tugs of all sorts. For The Bible Tells Me So is an inspiring DVD that may help Christian families deal with the stuggles that come about when a family member or friend "comes out". I think this DVD should be in every church library. To some, the shock of a family member sharing that they are gay or lesbian, can cut against the grain of the Christian family core. Learn how other devout and well rooted Christian families learn to deal with their issues between acceptance and what the Bible tells them.
Excellent documentary about an emotionally charged subject. September 20, 2008
0 out of 1 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.
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