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Related: About this forumThese Atheists Saw God’s Not Dead 2 So You Don’t Have To
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/04/02/these-atheists-saw-gods-not-dead-2-so-you-dont-have-to/Anyway, Chris Line, a law student who works with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, has perhaps the best rebuttals to the plot points in the film. For example, would a group like FFRF actually sue this teacher?
What about the parents who file the lawsuit? In the film, theyre told theyll make a lot of money and their daughter (the student in Graces classroom) will likely be accepted into Stanford as a result of the case.
It goes on like that for a while. Its almost like the writers of the movie never bothered to check out the facts shocking, I know.
A group like FFRF or the ACLU likely wouldnt even lodge a complaint with a school over this sort of trivial mention of Jesus, let alone file a lawsuit. There are plenty of cases of actual school proselytization to keep them busy.
What about the parents who file the lawsuit? In the film, theyre told theyll make a lot of money and their daughter (the student in Graces classroom) will likely be accepted into Stanford as a result of the case.
Contrary to what the movie suggests most Establishment Clause cases seek nominal damages or no damages at all and only seek an injunction preventing the school district from taking a similar action in the future. The reality of Establishment Clause cases is that lawsuits are really about keeping church and state separate and not about receiving fame, notoriety, or huge sums of money.
It goes on like that for a while. Its almost like the writers of the movie never bothered to check out the facts shocking, I know.
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These Atheists Saw God’s Not Dead 2 So You Don’t Have To (Original Post)
pokerfan
Apr 2016
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edhopper
(34,895 posts)1. Well
the fact that there is no god, for one.
rurallib
(63,212 posts)2. they no doubt turned to the "good book" to check their facts
and decided they, too, could make up facts as needed
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)3. Is it MST3K worthy?
I tend to think the audience would be even more fun to watch...
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)5. I would doubt...
it is even as cringe worthy as Dark Star.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)4. The desperation so many Christians have to make themselves into persecuted victims is nauseating.
And it's not isolated to one end of the political spectrum - it even happens on DU.