[FairfieldLife] Re: Why Are There Dinosaurs in the Tree of Life Movie?

2011-10-12 Thread Jean 
Hi Susan,

Thanks for reading my review.  I like your take on the dinosaurs too. I like 
getting different points of view. I've been surprised that I all the reviewers 
of this film have either never considered the dinosaur aspect or are totally 
confused by it.  It seemed to have great meaning and emphasis in the film.

Jean

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote:

 
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jean jeanjessup@ wrote:
 
  Here is my attempt to answer the question, Why are there dinosaurs in the 
  Tree of Life Movie? 
  http://www.moviereviewsfromaspiritualperspective.com/mainstream-movie-reviews/tree-of-life-why-dinosaurs-
 
 I liked your take on the dinosaurs issue - never thought of this because i 
 looked t it this way:  the dinos showed the first example of Grace in Nature. 
  Remember at the beginning of the film the voice over (Sean Penn?) talks 
 about the 2 ways to look at life; as filled by Grace or simply a sequence of 
 the acts of Nature?  So the dino showed compassion (as well as control and 
 power over another) as a new response to weakness.  He made a choice to let 
 the weak animal live  Some people in the film were moved by Grace, too, but 
 not all, of course.  And certainly God was a mix of a source of breauty in 
 Nature as well as apparently random cruelty towards life.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why Are There Dinosaurs in the Tree of Life Movie?

2011-10-11 Thread Susan 


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jean jeanjessup@... wrote:

 Here is my attempt to answer the question, Why are there dinosaurs in the 
 Tree of Life Movie? 
 http://www.moviereviewsfromaspiritualperspective.com/mainstream-movie-reviews/tree-of-life-why-dinosaurs-

I liked your take on the dinosaurs issue - never thought of this because i 
looked t it this way:  the dinos showed the first example of Grace in Nature.  
Remember at the beginning of the film the voice over (Sean Penn?) talks about 
the 2 ways to look at life; as filled by Grace or simply a sequence of the acts 
of Nature?  So the dino showed compassion (as well as control and power over 
another) as a new response to weakness.  He made a choice to let the weak 
animal live  Some people in the film were moved by Grace, too, but not all, of 
course.  And certainly God was a mix of a source of breauty in Nature as well 
as apparently random cruelty towards life.