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I still like the guy even though this movie bums me out. I have liked Robin Williams since Mork. He was great in Popeye, Dead Poets, Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs. Doubtfire, ... He will probably be good in this movie. But, then again who couldn't be good in a movie attacking the Catholic Priesthood in 2007? I hope those who see this movie, enjoy themselves. I also hope they understand that not all Catholic Priests are pedophiles and that there are many more people who are not Catholic priests who are pedophiles. I don't mind them laughing at this terrible situation. I just hope it doesn't cause people to lose heart in Christ or the Catholic Church. I mean many things are not perfect but they are still valuable (marriage, every church in the world, all families, you and me ...)

I am a practicing Catholic. I love my Church and all those who serve Christ in the Church. I pray for those who serve themselves too much. I might see this movie on TV or cable. I just hope that Robin Williams isn't doing it to attack the Catholic Church in general. Sure, it needs reforming - what Church here on earth doesn't. But, I don't think pop culture is in a position to help. So, therefore I think this is just exploitive. The Catholic Church is part of the Body of Christ and I don't think much good can come from exploitation in this sense. And Robin Williams and the producer and director of this movie are only going to profit off this exploitation and may harm some people's understanding of the Body of Christ in the process.

>> It is funny that people only really dislike comedians when their humor hits too close to home... <<

Wow! I haven’t heard that kind of reasoning since college, when the university folks tried to insist that people only really object to homosexuals when they are suppressing their own homosexuality. Someone could just as easily respond to you by saying that only really dislike moralists when they know they’re going straight to hell.

Of course, that’s not true, but it’s the same type of thinking you are using.