From:    Brendan Dillon <antifrance@yahoo.com> 
Date:    Sun Nov 28, 1999 8:45 pm
Subject: "Dogma" and The True Religion (Spoilers)


I saw "Dogma" with Wayland the other night, and after
a lenghty discussion, we realized that, if explained
properly, the movie could actually fit in with most of
The True Religion's teachings. Spoilers ahead if you
haven't seen the movie......

"We do not hate Christ or his teachings... merely his
followers." -the Holy Website

This quote from The True Religion's Beliefs fits in
well with the message of "Dogma" (which is basically
that God is good but Religion is not, because humans
screw it up. That's ok, because us Head Prophets are
GPG's, not humans.)

But the point that Wayland and I had the most trouble
explaining is that in the movie, God decided to show
up in the form of Alanis Morisette (a known Canadian
and generally evil being). Why would God, who usually
is seen in the form of a fat, black, transsexual,
lesbian midget named Delilah want to take on such a
blasphemous form? It took us a while to figure it out
but it really is simple. According to the movie, any
mortal human who hears God's voice directly will be so
overwhelmed that his/her head will explode. As you
know, Alanis Morisette's music often has the same
effect. This wouldn't normally happen in the form of
Delilah, but in order to kill Bartleby at the end of
the movie, the Morisette form was necessary.

As for the angels and the afterlife stuff, The True
Religion doesn't have any sort of policy on that;
Delilah doesn't live in Heaven, she lives in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana. I have no explanation for that
aspect of the movie, but I'm not losing any sleep over it.

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Brendan Dillon,
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