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Controversial Documentary on Religion Unveiled

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:10 PM Comments (2)

If you were to meet 10 average Americans on the street, nine of them would say they believe in God. So, why is the gospel of love dividing America?

Dan Merchant (a.k.a. The Bumper-Sticker Man) put on a bumper sticker-clad jumpsuit and decided to find out.

After talking with scores of men and women on streets all across the nation, and also interviewing many well-known active participants in today’s “culture wars,” the result is Merchant’s documentary Lord Save Us From Your Followers.

The documentary takes a look at the often divisive and angry rhetoric that’s come to characterize religious media coverage. In the documentary, Merchant interviews people on all sides of the divide, including Sen. Rick Santorum, evangelical Tony Compolo, conservative radio host Michael Reagan, Sen. Al Franken and others. Bono, Rick Warren, Bill Maher, James Dobson, George Clooney, Stephen Colbert, Ann Coulter and Pat Robertson are featured, as well.

It’s a diverse group, but the film, which opens Sept. 25 in select theaters, has people talking about faith.

 

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Very intersting subject. I have found a good website with a lot of free documentaries that should be interesting too

http://freedocumentaries.org/index.php

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Tim Drake is an award-winning journalist and author. He serves as senior writer with the National Catholic Register. His articles have appeared in publications such as Faith and Family magazine, Our Sunday Visitor, Catholic World Report, Catholic Exchange.com, Columbia Magazine, Gilbert! Magazine, This Rock Magazine, and many others. Tim has been a guest on both television and radio. He has appeared on Vatican Radio, FOX News, and EWTN. He is a frequent guest on Sirius XM Satellite Radio's The Catholic Channel. He co-hosts the weekly radio program "Register Radio" on EWTN, airing Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. Eastern. Tim has published six books - his most recent being the coffee-table book, Behind Bella: The Amazing Stories of Bella and the Lives it's Changed, (Ignatius Press, 2008) - and has contributed to several others.