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Everyone from Brad Pitt to Ellen Degeneres to Steven Spielberg donated six figures to help fight the passage of California's Proposition 8. While the gay-marriage ban narrowly passed, celebrities are still doing what they can to voice their disapproval. For Jack Black, that means playing Jesus Christ in a three-minute Funny or Die musical skit.
The new Prop 8 - The Musical short, written by Marc Shaiman and directed by Adam Shankman (collaborators on Hairspray), features a melange of film and TV actors singing and acting out the two sides of the debate. The gay-friendly side of Margaret Cho, Maya Rudolph and Andy Richter challenge John C. Reilly and Allison Janney (among others) to a sing-off about the pros and cons of gay marriage. To mediate, Black appears as Jesus, preaching love for all human beings, before How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris croons about how gay marriage will help save the economy.The skit proves Proposition 8 is still very much on the minds of many, especially in the entertainment industry. Recent articles in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times have analyzed the impact of the Gus Van Sant film Milk, about Harvey Milk's crusade against Proposition 6, a measure that would have banned gay teachers from public schools. A Slate article went as far as to pose the question of whether Prop 8 would have failed had Milk opened before the election, in an article entitled "Harvey would have opened it in October." It's an interesting thought: had Milk and something like the Funny or Die skit premiered in October, what—if anything—would have changed?
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Funny video, but as someone who studies and teaches the Bible for a living, I have some issues with the biblical interpretation. Here's why:
http://greenleafblog.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/prop-8-the-musical-2/
Does Hollywood really think that Christians will take this silly video and its interpretation of the Bible seriously? If so, then the only people they are fooling are themselves.
I have studied the Bible for years and I would never listen to Shaiman, who produced the silly movie Hairspray, for his interpretation of the scriptures.
Gays made two major blunders during the Prop 8 campaign. They use Hollwood and Politicians. Neither represent family values to Christians.
The reference to shrimp by Jack Black, that eating shrimp is considered an abomination, was taken out of context, and misinterpreted and therefore misapplied. The biblical reference in Leviticus is in the area of Jewish dietary laws. These laws were given to the Jews by The Living God as "guidelines" for health. The dietary laws are more about wisdom than sin (i.e. abominations).God made ecosystems. God made shrimp. One of their purposes is to filter water. Basically they ingest/eat impuruties (poop, which contains pathogenic bacteria) in water as do clams,oysters,lobsters,bottom dwelling scaleless fish, such as catfish. If you eat these organisms you are ingesting pathogenic bacteria. This is the reference in Leviticus 11:10 "But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water". God loves His "Creation". He loves people and because he does, he wants us to prosper and to be healthy. When we live by His ways, we will have quality life and not just quantity (years). The sad reality is that most of us never take the time discover Him. The bible is true and is applicable to life today. If we take issue with the bible, we take issue with God. Listen to the some other things he says to you in the bible, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29.11-13 Hey people, christians aren't perfect. They always get a bad rapp because they try to live out the christian life. the problem occurs then they become dogmatic. Which is not what God intended. God is about grace and love, but He is also about truth and righteousness. I hope that what I have shared is helpful. None of it is meant to be hurtful. For those of you who are open to it, I hope this Christmas is the best one you have ever had!! And, may God richly bless you!!!
This interpretation of Jewish dietary laws is common but woefully incorrect. In fact the laws were "given" to deepen the relationship with God. God doesn't know about bacteria or any of that science (he came before science). The idea is that each piece of food you eat (or choose to eat) either brings you closer to God or not. To choose to follow the "laws" (or are they guidelines?) of kashrut mean that you are choosing a deeper and more meaningful relationship with God.
P.S. Did you know that giraffe is kosher?
This interpretation of Jewish dietary laws is common but woefully incorrect. In fact the laws were "given" to deepen the relationship with God. God doesn't know about bacteria or any of that science (he came before science). The idea is that each piece of food you eat (or choose to eat) either brings you closer to God or not. To choose to follow the "laws" (or are they guidelines?) of kashrut mean that you are choosing a deeper and more meaningful relationship with God.
P.S. Did you know that giraffe is kosher?