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10/18/08
For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:16
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: A timely and poignant documentary.
Theatrical Release:2007
Synopsis: Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? Winner of the Audience Award... [More]
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Reviews for For the Bible Tells Me So
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Top CriticProgressive clergy provide enough historical context to neutralize the handful of Bible verses prohibiting homosexual acts, but Karslake never confronts the broader issues of sexuality and procreation that bedevil even moderate Christians.
01/11/08
Top CriticThis is a compelling, thought-provoking portrait of a quiet challenge rising within America's churches.
11/29/07
Top CriticA brisk, entertaining and even moving exploration of the sometimes frayed intersection where Christianity meets homosexuality.
10/25/07
Top CriticIts main surprise is the compassion shown toward everyone, on all sides of the debate. It does not vilify those who vilify gays.
10/19/07
Top CriticWhile the film is unlikely to sway anyone whose mind already isn't made up, it provides plenty food for thought in its examination of biblical doctrine on same-sex love and how it resonates to this day.
10/19/07
Top CriticFor the Bible Tells Me So doesn't follow the formula. That's just one of the reasons it works well as a film and a lesson about, as one open-minded preacher puts it, what the Bible "reads" about what it supposedly "says" about homosexuality.
10/12/07
Top CriticIf you can look beyond the polemics, this is also a powerful story about the emotional pain and psychological trauma that splits families and breaks hearts.
10/12/07
Top Critic[Director] Karslake balances the more emotional elements of the film together with the scriptural analysis and weaves them into a moving conclusion.
10/12/07
Top CriticFor the Bible Tells Me So probes the conflict between an obdurate force and a movable object, hoping against hope and the laws of physics that one can sway the other.
10/12/07
Top CriticHere's hoping Karslake's film won't simply preach to the converted.
10/05/07
Top CriticThere is no denying that the film fills a need. The inevitable DVD should be packaged in a plain cardboard sleeve, so that viewers can carry it in their pockets and, if confronted by a homophobe, hand it over and say, "Watch this, then get back to me."
10/05/07
Top CriticThis rational, human and very serious documentary by Daniel Karslake gets at the historical distortions of the Good Book as well as the ease with which holy writings have been used in America to propagate hate.
10/04/07
Top CriticAs long as it's dissecting the six or seven passages in the Bible that ostensibly disparage homosexuality, this documentary ode to tolerance takes a shrewd look at how speciously selective and ahistorical the church condemnation of gays really is.
10/03/07
Top CriticMore human interest than agitprop.
10/02/07
Top CriticFor the Bible Tells Me So is never less than lively and stimulating in its arguments, even detouring into a very amusing cartoon dealing with the evidence that sexual orientation is biologically determined.
01/24/07
Top CriticAdmirable and moving.
01/24/07
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