We watched "No Mans Land" the other night. A great and intense flick. There is this bit where a frustrated UN field worker is getting mad with the UN's inaction on the issue and he says"Neutrality doesn't exist in the face of murder. Doing nothing is taking sides"
I think the word"murder" in that quote could easily be replaced with injustice/corruption/wrong legislation/bad politics/mistreatment of people. Often I think we keep our mouths shut for the sake of peace and ease and it is a bad and terrible phenomenom. Arundhati Roy (Indian acitivist and Author) puts it in a nutshell when he says
"To stay quiet is as political an act as speaking out".
It is a true thing.
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wow that sounds awesome, im preaching on june 25th on how we don't live out the gospel as western christians because we live in such selfish and materialistic ways. Could i have a read of your notes from that message you gave at your church. and also do you know where i could get that movie, is it on DVD
yo, yup sure.
it is on dvd yep... i think in the foreign films section.
I saw No Man's Land when it was out at the movies... must have been at a Rialto cinema somewhere!
It's definitely one that leaves you with food for thought doesn't it?! Nice to be reminded of the one-liner... I'm forever collecting those.
I think the graduating one-liner from BCM would have to be: "Hey, that'll make a great sermon illustration!"
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