tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post116144340256102669..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: CSI Gets Religion Big-TimeHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1165870423484686822006-12-11T15:53:00.000-05:002006-12-11T15:53:00.000-05:00If you (Grissom) have to tell people who have know...If you (Grissom) have to tell people who have known you for years that you're a Christian...then you're not.<BR/>Since the early church (the ecclesia or called ones) met in homes, it's silly to act like they didn't go to church. They gathered together regularly, that's what counts. See Acts and the Pauline letters. And quit trying to find the christian in the narrative. If you don't know from previous episodes that the characters are Christians, this is just a case of christian bling. Eye candy, nothing more, for people who themselves are not in the faith but believe a bit of candle-lighting here and crossing yourself there add up to true faith in Christ.Evanston2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09851967034946400308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1161725555718851642006-10-24T17:32:00.000-04:002006-10-24T17:32:00.000-04:00Francis and Mike, in the CSI episode I cited, Gil ...Francis and Mike, in the CSI episode I cited, Gil Grissom makes it very clear that he adheres to the words of the Redeemer, which, Francis, you correctly mention here as defining Christianity. It struck me as a very realistic characterization (we've all known people like this), in which Grissom's dismay at the human failings of church leaders causes him to feel uncomfortable going to church. Yet the show does not endorse this attitude; it just depicts it and allows us to draw our own conclusions. And given what we see in the episode, I think the conclusion most reasonable people would draw is that Grissom really should go to church if that's what he believes in and what Christ and the church say we should do.<BR/><BR/>And I am by no means sure that he won't come to that realization in future episodes.S. T. Karnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971214612730402709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1161462281102523102006-10-21T16:24:00.000-04:002006-10-21T16:24:00.000-04:00Though the producers of C.S.I. appear to have thei...Though the producers of <B><I>C.S.I.</I></B> appear to have their hearts in the right place, it's a disservice to Christianity to emphasize the failings of mortal Christians -- and yes, the failings of the temporal Church -- as somehow more significant than the teachings of Christ Himself.<BR/><BR/>You'll find many people who've distanced themselves from institutional religion because of their distaste for the deeds of some of its headliners. You'll find no one who can honestly quarrel with the words of the Redeemer -- and it is these that define Christianity, not the peccadilloes and peregrinations of those who claim to be the executors of Christ's estate.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.com