Countryside Community Church will be screening Scott Griessel’s documentary about me, “Let Me Be Frank: The Traitorous Turnabout of an Evangelical Heir Apparent” on January 11 from 7-9 PM, with a Q&A to follow. If you’re in the Omaha, NE area, I’d love to see you Thursday night! Tickets available here.
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Dear Frank Schaeffer:
‘Traitorous turnabout…’ Quite a statement. But given things that Christagelical Evanjihadists have said about their government and others, what else COULD they say…
Epiphany blessings!
Ahem oh ye of minimal pseudo intellectual capacity on the best of days …. what part of you missed out on the obvious ( if you bothered to watch the trailer as well as look into the film ) fact that ;
1) The film is a positive portrayal of Franks post evangelical / fundamentalist journey ..
and
2) The title did not come from the christofascist right .. but rather from the creators of the film
Dear TJ Martin:
Whatever made you think I read the perspective as you present it?
Do I seem to you to address Mr. Schaeffer from the right? Oh, I seriously doubt that.
And wouldn’t the mention of ‘Christagelical Evanjihadists’ suggest that it is the evangelical/fundamentalist community that I’m addressing? Isn’t that the community which has muttered about possible replacement of the existing system of governance with one supposedly more sympathetic to the interests of what IT presumes to be God’s kingdom?
Given Mr. Schaeffer’s departure from evangelical fundamentalism, his journey into Orthodoxy and beyond — what else COULD his former associates call him?
Mr. Schaeffer decided to bear the designation. Methinks that was as clever as it is provocative.
Epiphany blessings!
Nice bit of back peddling … again ( y’all been taking ‘ Trump ‘ lessons lately ? ) … unfortunately once again no one other than yourself is buying it .
Either that or your ESL and overall communications skills are somewhat … err .. lacking
… not to mention your overall comprehension skills being rather … non-existent
Ahhh … the sad and pitiful existence of the pseudo intellectual idiot futilely trying in vain to prove him/herself to be anything but
Sigh … every time I hear one of Francis’s old rants on the so called Christian foundations of this country and there being no justification for the division between church and state .. as well as every time I hear or read Udo Middleman continually try to defend Francis’s misguided and misinformed lies …
… I cringe… from the very depths of my being
How a man of Francis’s overall intelligence and education found himself down that Rabbit Hole later in his life … is beyond comprehension .
We need to rebuild that wall!
Kudos Frank Schaeffer!
Netflix?
Nine
It’s on YouTube.
Thanx Anne
N
Just in case you can’t find it on YouTube, here is the link to the film on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/182952114
Thanks .. sigh …….
A few post viewing notes ;
1) Damn ! I gotta admit … as totally immersed as I was in Francis’s apologetics … its dumbfounding to realize how ignorant I was when it came to his politics and involvement with what has now become the christofascist right . Not to mention how blinded I was when it came to Edith’s public persona
2) Isn’t it ironic that as Francis thought he was fighting the neo-nazi neo-fasicsm he feared and despised … every political and evangelical action he was taking was laying the foundation for the very thing he feared and abhorred to come to the forefront
3) And sigh .. the memories of the multiple church splits I witnessed first hand … and the divisive alphabet soup that every denomination has become …. as they proclaim unity
4) Be it in politics .. religion etc … the dreaded pendulum of human nature rears its ugly head … flying from left to right … never able to find a reasonable and decent center
5) Somebody please tell me after watching this film .. reading his books etc .. how any half baked idiot can come to the conclusion that Frank hates Christians and Christianity
Suffice it to say …. he does not !!!
6) But on a positive … though there are many points Franky and I would disagree on .. overall we have more in common than differences .
In conclusion though .. if you’ve paid attention … ANGER keeps coming up when it comes to discussing the reality of what the christofascist right has become .
And ANGER is how I would sum up the majority of evangelicals and fundamentalists regardless of the face and disguises they may put on . Much of that anger in my opinion stemming from the fact that its going on 2000 years since Christ’s time on this earth …… they’re getting damn impatient for His return .. with their response being to ‘ take control ‘ of the situation … as if they could
FYI ; Paradox.. especially when it comes to Christian paradox … a book recommend …
G.K. Chesterton’s ” Orthodoxy “
BWTM ;
I was kind of surprised that Frank didn’t ( or maybe he did and I missed it ) bring up the whole vapid , meaningless and deeply insincere Platitudes & Attitudes thing that comes from the majority of evangelicals , fundamentalists … and dare I say it … Catholics … and the way they make ‘ projects ‘ out of their neighbors ( rather than cultivating genuine friends and neighbors ) in order in their minds to gain points in heaven .
When in seminary I was mentored by a very wise and genuine Christian who constantly reminded everyone he tutored that if a brick falls on someone’s foot and they scream out in pain using multiple profanities …. your first reaction should be to look after the injury and how to provide comfort and care … rather than condemning the person for using profanity .
The polar opposite of how the majority of todays so called christians would behave
Now pardon me while I go have a quiet moment of serious contemplation .. and perhaps a tear or two … which is the reaction this film should engender in anyone who’s watched it
Frank(y)
This film is you at your very best !
So please … put aside the somewhat frequent tirades and rants of late .. and … be it with your writings , films , video blogs etc … do more like this …
Va bene … eco … ciao