To: untrained skeptic
I didn't see this episode, but from the sounds of it it was definitely offensive. I have seen the show, and it was far more a rip on AA than anything else.
16 posted on
12/28/2005 1:17:53 PM PST by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: EveningStar
19 posted on
12/28/2005 1:18:55 PM PST by
Howlin
(Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. - GWB, 12/18/05)
To: Phantom Lord
I have seen the show, and it was far more a rip on AA than anything else.
Saved me from having to say it. I thought the way they attacked the twelve step program was hillarious and clever. I thought it was a pretty reasonable attempt to talk about alcoholism and personal responsibility. With that said, I'll admit that I cringed and shook my head a little at a couple of parts of the episode. But, I think I do that at every episode!
46 posted on
12/28/2005 1:24:55 PM PST by
andyk
(Fear my strategery of misunderestimation.)
To: Phantom Lord
"I have seen the show, and it was far more a rip on AA than anything else."
The episode was an attack on the belief that addiction and/or over-indulgence is an incurable disease which can only be conquered through miraculous intervention rather than self-discipline.
While the episode wasn't very "Christian", the message of personal responsibility certainly is conservative.
To: Phantom Lord
oh man, now i really have to see this... i'm a roman catholic, also in recovery... this outta be good... : )
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