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Even with less than stellar acting at points the film is the best ever!
What can I saw about this film? It was made with so much forethought and shares a HUGE amount of information about Bible history and thus the history of Christians.
Although it is a documentary (with some scenes played out in a sort of filmography skit-like form) it has highs and lows and all of the gripping-ness (is that a word?) of a 5-star adventure film.
I am a Believer. As a Believer, this documentary means more to me perhaps than any other Christian film I have ever seen, because it gives so MUCH important and significant information, and it also helps to remind me, in a big way, just how very many sincere and dedicated Christians in history have put themselves and their families at risk and how many have died so that I can today read the Bible in English.
I never realized before watching this film, for instance, that for Christians a big part of the terror of the Inquisition was being tortured and/or killed just for reading or owning a copy of the Bible in English. I also learned about the Waldenses and another group that owned and believed in their own copies of the Bible since very early days of Christianity and how they were systematically made all but entirely extinct (mostly due to the Vatican's pope of the day).
I also learned more about the early men who risked their lives to translate the Bible into English.
I would like to also mention that the sequel to this film is called TARES AMONG THE WHEAT, and it is equally long (about 3 hours) and equally excellent, going much into the untold stories of how the so-called "older" manuscripts of the Bible were found which are part of the basis of most of today's many, many new translations of the Bible in English. This film, TARES AMONG THE WHEAT, is equally excellent and may be even more significant than its prequel. (A sequel to TARES AMONG THE WHEAT is due out sometime in spring of 2016 and is called BRIDGES TO BABYLON. I am definitely going to check that one out as well.) I must give one small caveat to my glowing review, and that is that although I probably am in 100% agreement with nearly everything the producer, Chris Pinto, puts out there -- I have discovered that in at least one interview I saw with him he is (yet another) of today's Christians that clings to the "traditional" view that God hates for people to be gay. I personally find this attitude to be as naive, and at least somewhat as harmful as the old-time "Christian" belief that the Bible teaches that slavery is right and good. Ah, but we live in an imperfect world, and I have yet to find any high-profile Christians that I can agree 100% with doctrinally. Thankfully, the filmmaker's bias against the LGBT community is not touched upon in this film or its prequel. (I fear it may be touched upon, however, in Bridges to Babylon.)
Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention: This film is so full of impactful and interesting information that I have watched it many times -- and will watch it many times more. (I can also say the same for TARES AMONG THE WHEAT.) And I'm not the only one. Several friends I told about these films have told me they are doing the same thing -- watching it again and again. Yes, it's really that good!
Although it is a documentary (with some scenes played out in a sort of filmography skit-like form) it has highs and lows and all of the gripping-ness (is that a word?) of a 5-star adventure film.
I am a Believer. As a Believer, this documentary means more to me perhaps than any other Christian film I have ever seen, because it gives so MUCH important and significant information, and it also helps to remind me, in a big way, just how very many sincere and dedicated Christians in history have put themselves and their families at risk and how many have died so that I can today read the Bible in English.
I never realized before watching this film, for instance, that for Christians a big part of the terror of the Inquisition was being tortured and/or killed just for reading or owning a copy of the Bible in English. I also learned about the Waldenses and another group that owned and believed in their own copies of the Bible since very early days of Christianity and how they were systematically made all but entirely extinct (mostly due to the Vatican's pope of the day).
I also learned more about the early men who risked their lives to translate the Bible into English.
I would like to also mention that the sequel to this film is called TARES AMONG THE WHEAT, and it is equally long (about 3 hours) and equally excellent, going much into the untold stories of how the so-called "older" manuscripts of the Bible were found which are part of the basis of most of today's many, many new translations of the Bible in English. This film, TARES AMONG THE WHEAT, is equally excellent and may be even more significant than its prequel. (A sequel to TARES AMONG THE WHEAT is due out sometime in spring of 2016 and is called BRIDGES TO BABYLON. I am definitely going to check that one out as well.) I must give one small caveat to my glowing review, and that is that although I probably am in 100% agreement with nearly everything the producer, Chris Pinto, puts out there -- I have discovered that in at least one interview I saw with him he is (yet another) of today's Christians that clings to the "traditional" view that God hates for people to be gay. I personally find this attitude to be as naive, and at least somewhat as harmful as the old-time "Christian" belief that the Bible teaches that slavery is right and good. Ah, but we live in an imperfect world, and I have yet to find any high-profile Christians that I can agree 100% with doctrinally. Thankfully, the filmmaker's bias against the LGBT community is not touched upon in this film or its prequel. (I fear it may be touched upon, however, in Bridges to Babylon.)
Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention: This film is so full of impactful and interesting information that I have watched it many times -- and will watch it many times more. (I can also say the same for TARES AMONG THE WHEAT.) And I'm not the only one. Several friends I told about these films have told me they are doing the same thing -- watching it again and again. Yes, it's really that good!
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