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Movie: "Oh My God"
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In every corner of the world, there’s one question that can never be definitively answered, yet stirs up equal parts passion, curiosity, self-reflection and often wild imagination: “What is God?” Filmmaker Peter Rodger explores this profound, age-old query in the provocative non-fiction feature “Oh My God.” This visual odyssey travels the globe with a revealing lens examining the idea of God through the minds and eyes of various religions and cultures, everyday people, spiritual leaders and celebrities. His goal: to give the viewer the personal, visceral experience of some kind of reasonable, meaningful definition of one of the most used—some might say overused—words in most every language. Rodger’s quest takes him from the United States to Africa, from the Middle East to the Far East, where such fundamental issues as: “Did God create man or did man create God?, “Is there one God for all religions?” and “If God exists, why does he allow so much suffering?” are explored in candid discussions with the various Christians, Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and even atheists the filmmaker meets along the way. But maybe it’s former Beatle Ringo Starr who sums it up best here when he simply says, “God is love.” Rodger would like viewers to come away with a feeling of having an amazing journey - seeing places they would never see normally, hearing music that inspires and words that educate, bringing understanding and tolerance of other individuals that in turn richens their own existence. “Oh My God” stars Hugh Jackman, Seal, Ringo Starr, Sir Bob Geldof, Princess Michael of Kent, David Copperfield and Jack Thompson
In every corner of the world, there’s one question that can never be definitively answered, yet stirs up equal parts passion, curiosity, self-reflection and often wild imagination: “What is God?” Filmmaker Peter Rodger explores this profound, age-old query in the provocative non-fiction feature “Oh My God.” This visual odyssey travels the globe with a revealing lens examining the idea of God through the minds and eyes of various religions and cultures, everyday people, spiritual leaders and celebrities. His goal: to give the viewer the personal, visceral experience of some kind of reasonable, meaningful definition of one of the most used—some might say overused—words in most every language. Rodger’s quest takes him from the United States to Africa, from the Middle East to the Far East, where such fundamental issues as: “Did God create man or did man create God?, “Is there one God for all religions?” and “If God exists, why does he allow so much suffering?” are explored in candid discussions with the various Christians, Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and even atheists the filmmaker meets along the way. But maybe it’s former Beatle Ringo Starr who sums it up best here when he simply says, “God is love.” Rodger would like viewers to come away with a feeling of having an amazing journey - seeing places they would never see normally, hearing music that inspires and words that educate, bringing understanding and tolerance of other individuals that in turn richens their own existence. “Oh My God” stars Hugh Jackman, Seal, Ringo Starr, Sir Bob Geldof, Princess Michael of Kent, David Copperfield and Jack Thompson
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The Bishop of Croydon, Nick Baines....He spoke of having attended an interfaith meeting in Lambeth hall, in Brixton, after the events of 9/11. Arriving late, he found the only seating room, was the floor, but in squatting down, an Imam beckoned him to share his chair. Twice, he gestured, silently declining the offer, not wishing to disrupt the meeting, but a third time, he thought it churlish to refuse... so he crept over to the seat occupied by the Imam.
Big enough for one, but hopelessly inadequate for two.
The teo religious men spent the next hour, actually clinging to one another in an effort to stop either of them toppling off.
And as the Bish pointed out - it was a wonderful metaphor.
Two people from different Religions.
The Moslem fervently hoping and trying to convert the Christian to Islam.
The Christian, fervently hoping and trying to convert the Moslem to Christianity.
Both equally convinced they are right, and both resolute in their own creeds.
perhaps then, a better way of facing this world and meeting 'opposing religions' is to agree that we need each other, come what may, and that holding each other in mutual support - no matter what the belief - is preferable to being left in the cold, or shoved to one side.....
The Bishop of Christchurch, Nick Baines....He spoke of having attended an interfaith meeting in Lambeth hall, in Brixton, after the events of 9/11. Arriving late, he found the only seating room, was the floor, but in squatting down, an Imam beckoned him to share his chair. Twice, he gestured, silently declining the offer, not wishing to disrupt the meeting, but a third time, he thought it churlish to refuse... so he crept over to the seat occupied by the Imam.
Big enough for one, but hopelessly inadequate for two.
The two religious men spent the next hour, actually clinging to one another in an effort to stop either of them toppling off.
And as the Bish pointed out - it was a wonderful metaphor.
Two people from different Religions.
The Moslem fervently hoping and trying to convert the Christian to Islam.
The Christian, fervently hoping and trying to convert the Moslem to Christianity.
Both equally convinced they are right, and both resolute in their own creeds.
perhaps then, a better way of facing this world and meeting 'opposing religions' is to agree that we need each other, come what may, and that holding each other in mutual support - no matter what the belief - is preferable to being left in the cold, or shoved to one side.....
Of course! It's so obvious! These must be the greatest theological philosophers of today??? :eek: