Angry Young Man
30th January 2009, 19:30
Not sure if this is an L+F topic, to start with
A few months ago channel 4 ran a series called make me a christian about various people (a lesbian, a former christian muslim, a lapsed catholic, a work obsessed family and a fantastic tank bloke) in Leeds volunteering to be advised by 5 different ministers (I think an evangelical who was the main, an anglican, a catholic and two others). Did anyone else watch it?
It was sheerly horrific to watch. The evangelical oft resorted to bullying. One thing I remember was their way of making the volunteers pro-life: showing a video of an abortion procedure. I wondered if they thought open heart surgery immoral too. The spectacle was the giant tank man, who in the first episode refused to do anything according to their plan.
Another scene was where, because the tank man was getting nothing from their plan, the muslim offered a muslim prayer, which I found quite sweet. But the minister went off on a strop. Arsehole.
Discuss...
A few months ago channel 4 ran a series called make me a christian about various people (a lesbian, a former christian muslim, a lapsed catholic, a work obsessed family and a fantastic tank bloke) in Leeds volunteering to be advised by 5 different ministers (I think an evangelical who was the main, an anglican, a catholic and two others). Did anyone else watch it?
It was sheerly horrific to watch. The evangelical oft resorted to bullying. One thing I remember was their way of making the volunteers pro-life: showing a video of an abortion procedure. I wondered if they thought open heart surgery immoral too. The spectacle was the giant tank man, who in the first episode refused to do anything according to their plan.
Another scene was where, because the tank man was getting nothing from their plan, the muslim offered a muslim prayer, which I found quite sweet. But the minister went off on a strop. Arsehole.
Discuss...