Churches Holds Services In Movie Theaters
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Want to get your ticket punched for heaven? Nowadays it may be as easy as stopping by your local AMC Cineplex.
A developing trend among interdenominational churches is to hold services on Sunday morning at a local movie theater.
The goal is to attract a younger, more non-traditional crowd to religious sermons as well as to provide fodder for snarky bloggers.
Forgive me if I think having movies and religion in the same building is an interesting juxtaposition. One is meant purely for entertainment and escapism, the other is an opportunity to see your favorite Hollywood stars on screen.
I do think we need a ruling on whether its okay to go see a sermon in Theater Seven and, after it’s over, sneak in to see another sermon in Theater Fourteen.
There are certainly cynics among us who would suggest putting kids and priests in a darkened room might not seem like such a great idea.
The great thing about going to church in a movie theater is if you show up late you won’t miss anything because they’re still running through the previews for the blockbuster sermons coming out later this year.
It’s only my professional, finely-tuned sense of irony which allows me to enjoy a wry, inner smile as I imagine attending a Sunday morning service where the preacher extols the virtues of celibacy and self-restraint and then sticking around for the matinee of Jennifer’s Body so I can watch Megan Fox’s first onscreen lesbian kiss.
You usually have to wait every few years for a televangelist to get caught snorting coke off a hooker to experience that kind of disconnect — now you can get it all out of the way early Sunday and still be home in time for the second NFL game.
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“Bless me, Father, for I think I just sinned…”
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The churches may be on to something here, though. You can pretty much make anything more interesting with a 74 oz. Coke and a tub of popcorn.
Although, if you thought movie theater concession prices were high before, wait until you have to start tithing in order to get free drink refills.
There’s also a rumor going around that they’re going to make a sequel to the New Testament. It’s either going to be National Lampoon’s Purgatory Vacation or Terminator IV: The Sh*t Hits The Fan.
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The first part of this clip is the very apropos Religion Phone bit. A brilliant classic by comedian Paul Wagner who’s always been ahead of his time.
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Image: Zuma Press
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