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angkor to Revolting cat!: "Do you think by your carping and complaning and dimestore ontology that you're going to stop people from watching it?"

The people who I would like to influence not to spend their money on this are conservatives who do not want to finance the culture war being waged on them. These people in general probably already agree with our views but might not be aware of who is behind this movie or what its message is.

There are a lot of people who might think, hey, a movie with a religious theme starring Tom Hanks, I want to see that. I would probably be one of them if I did not know more about it.

People who feel at home seeing Satanic imagery and hearing God's word maligned are unlikely to be influenced by what I'm saying. They probably will support the movie either way.

But I hope no one does so ignorantly because they did not know what was being promoted in it.

conservatives who do not want to finance the culture war being waged on them.

Uh huh. That would include me, and the culture war being waged by you, right here, and right now.

"People who feel at home seeing Satanic imagery and hearing God's word maligned are unlikely to be influenced by what I'm saying. They probably will support the movie either way.

But I hope no one does so ignorantly because they did not know what was being promoted in it."

Puh-LEEZ. Now if we go see it, we're Satanists. I saw "Devil's Advocate" with Al Pacino, too, and it didn't make me either a devil-worshipper or a lawyer (insert some predictable joke here about how they're the same thing). The only consequences I suffered involved being exposed to Keanu Reeves' "acting" for a couple of hours.

At this point, I don't see how anyone could go to the movie without knowing what it's about!