Nothing better to do...?

[CWL]

Fascinating. Apparently some people believe that the biggest problem in the world today is the number of times the "f-word" is used in South Park or the fact that "demons" are depicted in Lord of the Rings: http://www.capalert.com/capreports/index.htm

Who has/takes the time to count four letter words and other alleged "blasphemies" in films anyway? Surely there must be more productive things to do for a person concerned with the state of the society?

[Skeptical Greg]

What a hoot..

From review of Bruce almighty.:

...one use of the most foul of the foul words

Hmmmm.. I wonder what that might be...?


I have a feeling it's not " ignorance " ....

Like you said, who takes the time to sit through a movie and count all this stuff?

I believe it was the Lord Jesus who said: " If your eye offends you, pluck it out... " I would think one might extend the same reasoning to the ear....

I wonder if they have lost any reviewers to the dark side?

I'm thinking about volunteering to review for them, with the idea that it will spare their staff from being exposed to the possibility of eternal damnation..

[CWL]

Or how about this - from the review of Lord of the Rings:

Offense to God (O)(2):

thousands of demonic beings of various sort, some extremely graphic
many uses and portrayals of wizardry/sorcery
many threats by unholy things
multiple battles with sorcery using sorcery, some very, very graphic
many attacks by evil beings, some (especially one) very, very hideous
portrayal that being stabbed by an evil being's sword will make the victim evil
many instances of demonic faces/eyes
unholy control of the elements to fight evil
claims of immortality
ability to choose unholy mortality or immortality
many mystic voices
sorcery to open mountain wall
light by sorcery

The above appears to indicate that the reviewer actually believes in the existence of evil beings and sorcery (since it is so important not to depict such things on screen). :rolleyes:

[Bikewer]

Gee, I wonder what they'd think of Morrowind?

I had to battle through half-a-dozen sorcery-wielding "ash slaves" to confront and battle an equally sorcerous vampire named Dagoth Favaon. His lair is full of ritual containers containing corpse-meat.
And I robbed him blind after killing him, too.....

[Skeptical Greg]

Originally posted by CWL
Or how about this - from the review of Lord of the Rings:

The above appears to indicate that the reviewer actually believes in the existence of evil beings and sorcery (since it is so important not to depict such things on screen). :rolleyes:

You should really check out the page of the clown who apparently heads this up...

ChildCare Action Project (CAP): Christian Analysis of American Culture (http://www.capalert.com/captoc.htm)

I'm sure it's all pretty funny, but item # 4 caught my attention..

Back to School Special (http://www.capalert.com/backtoschool/backtoschool.htm)
This page is entirely for parents and grandparents of school-aged children to help you identify any signs and signals of interest in occultism/Satanism.
Mr. Religious tolerance himself ( Tai Chi ), will be pleased to learn they include his " Yin Yang " symbol.
Also the light portion is good and the dark is evil. Soooo, you would expect the occult groups to latch onto this emblem to represent their opposition to God's Truth and especially His Law.
..............................
The symbol is also used by some to make a sexual statement of "69" which I will not discuss any further.


No need to discuss it further... Let your dirty little minds take it from here.....:D

[Hexxenhammer]

This site is incredible. The reviewers make no differentiation between whether a thing is presented in a good way, or a bad way. If an idea is presented at all, it's bad because it's bad to even think about them.

Here's a doozy from the Spiderman review:On an outing to Columbia University's Science Department, amidst even more tormentings Peter gets bitten, graphically, by a special spider. One of fifteen like none others on the planet. Specially engineered genetically. Yes, there is presentation and discussion of evolution in this film. Indeed, some pictorial display of DNA sequences being completed to form a new species is shown. But it's a movie. It is not proof. Soon Peter starts to feel the effects of the spider bite and begins to discover some new powers and abilities. HA!

And one from the Dungeons and Dragon's movie:Regarding the breastplate worn by Kristen Wilson, it is one thing to wear protective armor, but to sculpt it to exactly duplicate the female anatomy is another thing entirely. Due to the level of detail on it, I will not believe it was for any purpose but to include "sex" in the program without using live models. And, no, it is not at all the same as a male wearing a breastplate sculpted to make him look as if he had only 1% body fat. I saw this movie (unfortunatly) and this girls armor was very plain. Methinks someone got a funny feeling in his naughty bits looking at a suggestion of boobies.

[CWL]

Originally posted by Diogenes


You should really check out the page of the clown who apparently heads this up...
This (http://www.capalert.com/whatwebelieve.htm) says it all...

WHAT WE BELIEVE

The Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and complete Word of God.
[2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20]

[Matabiri]

I love this site. I've been using it for years to decide which films to see. If CAPAlert man hates it, it's bound to contain something cool.

As far as I can remember, the only film ever to score 100 is Mary Poppins:
http://www.capalert.com/capreports/marypop/marypop.htm

However, he still feels he has to justify liking the film:

"While there were several occurences of "magic," there was nothing evil or sinister about any of the "magic." Mary could have been angelic. While some might consider the "We won't go to sleep!" from Michael to Mary Poppins to be arrogance and/or impudence, the obstinence was NOT at his parents. All instances of Jane and Michael taking issue with parental authority (e.g., the song) were with respect and even apology. I cannot find in the Bible anywhere God has a problem with children disagreeing with their parents but I can find a LOT of warnings against arrogance toward and rebellion against parents -- a LOT -- and with severe consequences ... and even more severe consequences for parents who abuse the authority and position He gave them."

[Zero]

Counting boobs and dirty words occurs because Christians are deviant perverts who feel guilty about being deviant perverts, so they subconciously pretend to hate porn and the like, while indulging their obsession in the name of 'research'.

[c4ts]

Look out everyone: LIBRARY PORN! Bum bum bum!!

[CWL]

As if the Bible didn't have enough violence and obscenities in it.

A very brief glance at this site, www.skepticsannotatedbible.com (http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/), (or indeed at the very Book itself) should make that aparent to anyone.

A personal favourite is the seduction of Lot (Gn 19:30 - 19:36). Now there's a real nice story for you! :rolleyes:

For those of you who do not know it, have a look:

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/gen/19.html#36
or
http://www.thereverend.com/brick_testament//genesis/the_seduction_of_lot/gn19_30.html

Thus spaketh the Lord on the subject of incest. Something to teach the kids, eh?

And these people dare to have concerns regarding the possible lack of morality of "Mary Poppins". :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[c4ts]

Originally posted by Bikewer
Gee, I wonder what they'd think of Morrowind?

I had to battle through half-a-dozen sorcery-wielding "ash slaves" to confront and battle an equally sorcerous vampire named Dagoth Favaon. His lair is full of ritual containers containing corpse-meat.
And I robbed him blind after killing him, too.....

Haven't you seen Dark Dungeons? D&D leads to devil worship!

[CWL]

Originally posted by c4ts


Haven't you seen Dark Dungeons? D&D leads to devil worship!

...or to Logical Deism.

[c4ts]

Only if your "Dungeon Master" theory is correct.

[Kerberos]

Originally posted by CWL
Or how about this - from the review of Lord of the Rings:

quote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Offense to God (O)(2):

....portrayal that being stabbed by an evil being's sword will make the victim evil...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

While using all that time to count the offenses against god, couldn't they have spent just a little time trying to actually understand the plot? :rolleyes:

[Kerberos]

Originally posted by c4ts

Haven't you seen Dark Dungeons? D&D leads to devil worship!
[QUOTE]Originally posted by CWL
[B]

...or to Logical Deism.

IT'S ALL THE SAME EMBRAZE THE LOVE OF CHRIST OR YOU'RE GOING TO BURN IN HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY

[I'll_buy_that]

This is too silly. Take a look at the review for "The Tigger Movie" It almost gets their highest rating, but not without some detractions for Tigger falling

Then read the review for Titanic. It lost all of its points for violence. "lost all of its starting 100 points due to multiple violent deaths by drowning" Uh, didn't real people die when the real Titanic sunk? Also, they didn't seem to like Kate Winslett's nude scene. Maybe they thought she was a little too overweight. too much skin :eek:
five instances of alcoholic drink: champaign as a dinner beverage and beer to celebrate. Weren't the people aboard the boat adults? I can't go on...

I won't even get into the Texas Chainsaw Massacre; It was rated R, wasn't it?

for a real laugh, read the review of Zoolander :D

"The Santa Clause" - Offense to God: Christmas without Jesus
"The Rocky Horror Movie Show"... why do they bother...


Most of the writing there is a bit childish (see Sixth Sense "adult underwear" :eek: "gunshot injury with blood
" how else does one suffer a gun shot?, "one murder and one suicide" it is part of the story for god's sake, "body piercing" I can't even explain that one, "a child talking with dead people" isn't that what praying is about?) , but in its defense, it is a guide for otherwise ignorant parents to find movies they can let their kids see.

[Skeptical Greg]

Originally posted by I'll_buy_that
This is too silly. Take a look at the review for "The Tigger Movie" It almost gets their highest rating, but not without some detractions for Tigger falling

Then read the review for Titanic. It lost all of its points for violence. "lost all of its starting 100 points due to multiple violent deaths by drowning" Uh, didn't real people die when the real Titanic sunk?



Duhhh! Anyone read about ' Noah's Ark ' lately? One of the supposedly ' cutesie ' Bible stories, that is featured in the youngest grades of Sunday School....

[Zero]

WHat is "the most foul of the foul words", and how can I best work it into conversation?


It isn't "Barbara Streisand", is it?

[DarkMagician]

HOLY JESUS CHRIST ON A STICK! Do these people actually have lives???

Honestly, I thought it was a fundie's calling that made them ban any and all sorts of entertainment.

Why did these freaks go to the theaters?

[CWL]

:D:D:D

I swear - this site is killling me. From the review of Muppets From Space (http://www.capalert.com/capreports/muppetsfromspace.htm)

The instances of sexual nature that may need your maturity for the child to properly develop included Miss Piggy gamming (sitting cross-legged intentionally in a very short skirt showing as much upper leg as possible), Miss Piggy hitting the privates of a male character, and presentation of a video tape titled "Platinum Buns."

[Skeptical Greg]

Originally posted by CWL
:D:D:D

I swear - this site is killling me. From the review of Muppets From Space (http://www.capalert.com/capreports/muppetsfromspace.htm)



This is gonna be fun!!


I had glanced over the one for ' Lilo & Stitch ' and caught something about ' revealing swimwear ' and mentioning evillution, but I think it ended up with a pretty high score anyway...

[Hamish]

You just have to love the way that in amongst all those graphic scenes of sexual intercourse, violent shootings and the "most foul of foul" language they still complain about adults being shown in their under wear and "suggestive eye movements".

:D

[plindboe]

LOL, that's a great site CWL! :D Especially that Muppet review.

These people are severily disturbed. Their kids will end up unprepared for the world and will end up just as detached to the Earth as their parents were. Such people shouldn't be allowed to procreate.

[CWL]

I like the way that the initials of the items of the rating system they use spell "WISDOM":

Wanton Violence/Crime
Impudence/Hate
Sex/Homosexuality
Drugs/Alcohol
Offense to God
Murder/Suicide

Yup. That's wisdom for you all right. :D

[metropolis_part_one]

I was reading their review of 'Ghost Dog' and under 'Sexuality' they criticised it for the following reasons (amongst others):

suggestive eye movements
adults in underwear

SUGGESTIVE EYE MOVEMENTS! :crazy:

[CWL]

From the review of "South Park - the Movie":

A child was graphically incinerated by igniting his anal wind.
"Anal wind"?!? :D

[The Don]

from the Titanic review

ADDENDUM May 16, 1998: By further observation of the impact of Titanic and its slap in the face of wholesome ethics, I have come to believe there has not been a more subliminal, far-reaching theft of innocence of such scale and dimension in the history of childhood than Titanic! And by personally researching all the written accountings of the survivors (the passengers, officers and crew), it wasn't even real! It was guesswork with a few points of accuracy to give it an air of credibility!

and here's me thinking it just wasn't a very good film

[The Don]

Is the fact that the South Park movie is number 666 on the list just a happy co-incidence ?

[Skeptical Greg]

Oh No !!!


One of the baddies from " 101 Dalmations "..

.... gross examination of a dog to determine its gender

Hmmm.... What would Jesus do? ( to determine the gender of a dog )....

[Hexxenhammer]

In one of his reviews he stated that he only lets his kids watch pg movies after he had watched them and then only with a "Cuss filter" on.
Hmmm.... What would Jesus do? ( to determine the gender of a dog ).... Jesus would hate my basset hound with his gigantic penis stretching a good 8 inches down his stomach. And he looks like a miniature zebra when he gets excited.

[Checkmite]

The whole "symbols" page pisses me off. You would think they could at least take the time to get the "history" of the various symbols correct. I especially like how the ankh (which was being used as early as the Old Kingdom) was actually a "development" from a Greek letter which wasn't invented until later. By the way, the ankh does not represent a set of screwing genitals, but rather a sandal with straps. It wasn't used to represent lust or fertility (this site seems to think everything represents lust or fertility. Hangup, maybe?).

And I really tire of the bad rap us Masons get from these jerks. Like the Baphomet thing. It's not a Masonic symbol; the Baphomet was invented by Eliphas Levi (a Christian monk) a long time ago to explain some damn thing, and was used centuries later in a joke played on a guy named Pike by some non-Masons, and he mentioned it in a book...which was enough, I suppose.

I cannot find the hexagram being used in ancient Egypt. They used five-pointed stars (not pentacles, but "stick figure" style). And the eye-in-pyramid design on the back of the dollar bill was meant to represent the eye of God.

Envision the Cross of Jesus: a vertically oriented lower case "t" without the serif (curve) at the bottom -- an upright beam (the stipes) with a cross-arm (or patibulum). Now invert the Cross then break the patibulum down on both sides. Now, the Cross is head down, the patibulum broken with both halves pointing downward, all away from God and toward Hell. Now you have the heart of the peace symbol, or a close variation of the Greek letter, lambda.

Give me a serious break. I've got to stop before I need blood pressure medication.

[Skeptical Greg]

I always thought the peace symbol was a pictograph of a chicken foot..:D

[Beleth]

Originally posted by Zero
WHat is "the most foul of the foul words",Coincidentally, I was watching the DVD of "Bruce Almighty" with the director's commentary on, and he talks about this particular one usage of TMFOTFW.

He really wanted the movie to be a "family" movie, but he also wanted Bruce to do something that would absolutely justify him getting fired, so Bruce ends his first (and only) live on-site report with, "Back to you, ****ERS!"

The next thing you see is Bruce literally being tossed out of his workplace on his butt, with his box of personal possessions tossed out after him.

The moral: Use TMFOTFW, and bad things will happen to you. But of course that's not the message the fundies will think is being sent.

and how can I best work it into conversation?Oh, that's easy. Just ask anyone who lives in New Jersey.


Originally posted by Diogenes
I always thought the peace symbol was a pictograph of a chicken foot..Actually, it's a combination of pictographs of the two semaphore letters "N" and "D", standing for "Nuclear Disarmament". It also is supposed to symbolize the gesture most people make for despair - their outstretched arms, palms upward, in a sort of "I give up" motion.

[CWL]

Originally posted by Beleth
The moral: Use TMFOTFW, and bad things will happen to you. But of course that's not the message the fundies will think is being sent.

Ooo, I just love that euphemism ("TMFOTFW" that is) and now I have an irresistible urge to abuse it...

... and if you believe that I am in the wrong for doing so, I frankly don't give a TMFOTFW! :D

[Matabiri]

Originally posted by Beleth
Coincidentally, I was watching the DVD of "Bruce Almighty" with the director's commentary on, and he talks about this particular one usage of TMFOTFW.

He really wanted the movie to be a "family" movie, but he also wanted Bruce to do something that would absolutely justify him getting fired, so Bruce ends his first (and only) live on-site report with, "Back to you, ****ERS!"

Curious, because I always thought that TMFOTFW started with a C.

That's certainly the one that's considered more offensive over here...

[spejic]

The movie reviewer is right. Watching all these movies will turn even the most God-fearing man into a smoking, swearing, raping, murdering sinner. We should all feel greatful that this person is willing so sacrifice his soul and become a smoking, swearing, raping, murdering sinner so that many, many others will be spared that fate.

[CWL]

Originally posted by Matabiri


Curious, because I always thought that TMFOTFW started with a C.

That's certainly the one that's considered more offensive over here...

Yea, yea, with a C or with an F, what the TMFOTFW's the difference?

They are all unholy. Booga booga!

[Dancing David]

Gee, and they missed the fact that Tolkien included plenty of Christian symbolism in Lord of the Rings!

[hawkins_anderson]

Originally posted by CWL
Fascinating. Apparently some people believe that the biggest problem in the world today is the number of times the "f-word" is used in South Park or the fact that "demons" are depicted in Lord of the Rings: http://www.capalert.com/capreports/index.htm

Who has/takes the time to count four letter words and other alleged "blasphemies" in films anyway? Surely there must be more productive things to do for a person concerned with the state of the society?

Idiots. That's it in a nutshell.

[Hexxenhammer]

Originally posted by Dancing David
Gee, and they missed the fact that Tolkien included plenty of Christian symbolism in Lord of the Rings! From the "Fellowship of the Ring" review:I am not going to try to debate the claims that Tolkien's Rings trilogy parallels shards of the Truth shattered from the Bible. Satan is very good at making the truth into a lie through the most innocent vehicles and by the least obvious methods. This guy's like the Church Lady.