For example, I don’t like Will Ferrell in his typical roles. Oh they just drive me batty.

But. I do love Stranger Than Fiction. It’s such a cozy movie.

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    What’s wrong with promoting the observance of Lent among those that believe in Christianity? Ideally it is supposed to make you think about the value of self sacrifice and appreciate when others have made sacrifices for you.

    He is not part of Hillsong but rather an affiliated church which is also problematic.

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      What’s wrong with promoting the observance of Lent among those that believe in Christianity?

      Technically, theoretically, on its own, not much.

      However: Why is this Celebrity telling my kids what they should be doing/thinking? Why is their way of life so important and such a big deal that they need to talk about it openly, all the time?

      (You just play the uno reverse card with everything all the right wing folks say about anything they don’t like coming out of a celebs mouth, when they are gay or lesbian or queer or a different religion or promoting a scam product, etc).

      Now I’m not gonna run around and actually do that, but I do find it kind of weird. I’d expect that message to come from… you know, a church Father, a local Bishop or something?

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        Do you have any experience with Christianity? It is by nature evangelical. You are supposed to share your message with others. Different denominations stress this to different degrees

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          Yeah, I was raised by fundamentalist extremists who were really into the militia movement back in the 90s.

          Had to go no contact with them as they became insane QAnon cultists who illegally mfg full auto capable assault rifles in their garages.

          I actually did not grow up too far from where Chris did.

          Lets just say he grew up even further out in the boonies than I did.

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              Did I say I was confused?

              I am put off by it, I find it concerning, inappropriate, performative, disingenuous.

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                You show you are confused by the last line in your post. Why would you think this would need tocome from the clergy given your history of fundie christianity? Were you in one of the weird ones that doesn’t evangelize?

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                  No, its because he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

                  Has he gone to seminary?

                  Has he been ordained?

                  Is he certified in any kind of theological field?

                  To my knowledge, no, he isn’t.

                  He’s no different from any other celeb promoting any other thing which they barely understand, like Madonna with Kabala.

                  I find it weird precisely because I would be more inclined to listen to an actual expert over a popular, pretty face.

                  I am not confused in the sense of ‘why would he do this?’

                  Thats easy: He is being performatively, publically Christian, which ironically, is something you can find scripture to tell you that that’s not a thing you should be doing.

                  But what is a Protestant doing promoting Lent, anyway?

                  Its fucking wierd, it would be like Marky Mark promoting Mormon diet restrictions.

                  Very, very rare to see any kind of ecumenism coming from American Protestant Christians, they usually hate the fuck out of Catholics, or just barely tolerate them, call them polytheists and the Church of The Beast after the Catholics have left the room.

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                    Are you being honest about your experience here or was your church so incredibly farfrom the rest of the faith that ypu did notcelebrate Lent? That’s really uncommon.