Comments on: The Devil You Know http://cinemagogue.com/2003/07/28/the-devil-you-know/ redefining entertainment Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:16:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: solomani http://cinemagogue.com/2003/07/28/the-devil-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 solomani Wed, 05 May 2010 05:21:04 +0000 http://voxpopnetwork.com/cinemagogue/2003/07/28/the-devil-you-know/#comment-1061 I have never managed to watch this movie to the end. But I tend to be very sensitive to children being abused in any manner in book, film or otherwise. > " God becomes our embarrassing little backup plan for those “rare” > times we can”t solve a problem “ourselves”. " I also fall into this trap and catch myself sometimes. And sometimes not. Usually I get convicted for not going to JC first. Still a lot of cultural conditioning to be undone (not to mention my innate sin corrupted nature). It's a wonder God puts up with me. I know I wouldn't. /mm I have never managed to watch this movie to the end. But I tend to be very sensitive to children being abused in any manner in book, film or otherwise.

> ” God becomes our embarrassing little backup plan for those “rare”
> times we can”t solve a problem “ourselves”. ”

I also fall into this trap and catch myself sometimes. And sometimes not. Usually I get convicted for not going to JC first. Still a lot of cultural conditioning to be undone (not to mention my innate sin corrupted nature).

It’s a wonder God puts up with me. I know I wouldn’t.

/mm

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