# Click here to pierce Jon Stewart's heart **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390 "2005-12-13T06:39:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/1 "2005-12-13T06:39:36Z")
I was googling around trying to find a synopsis of the movie _Syriana_ and stumbled on the site _Christian Answers_, where in addition to some incredible movie reviews (these are like the [movie reviews on Betty Bowers](http://www.bettybowers.com/holywood.html) , except they’re real- you learn how Harry Potter mocks the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, for example) there’s [this page](http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2005/syriana2005.html). As it will probably change by the 14th, I’ll write out what it says: > [@](#): > > _Today’s Prayer Focus_ > > December 13 > > ``` > * Carolyn Strauss, President of HBO Entertainment (Sopranos, 6 Feet Under) > * Jon Stewart > > ``` This is the prayer that you’re encouraged to pray (putting Carolyn Strauss and Jon Stewart in the blanks, I’m assuming): > [@](#): > > Father, with an expectant heart, I ask You to draw (name of celebrity or media leader) to Yourself. Pierce \_\_\_\_\_\_\_'s heart with the good news about your love. Lead \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to repentance through Your kindness (John 6:4; Acts 2:37-38; Rom. 2:4). There’s much much [more](http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/prayersuggestions.html) to the prayer, but copyright and all… Wow. Just… wow. A prayer for the perfidious Jews of Hollywood, learning why Harry Potter is supportive of child sacrifice and such wonderful movie review lines as > [@](#): > > It might help to know that this moviegoer at one point walked out of the movie due to a disturbing scene. It was not because of any moral issue or offense, but because the thought of what was happening in a torture scene was too much to handle and caused physical nausea. all in one site. Ah… sometimes you gotta love the Christian Right. There’s no camp like Bible Camp, after all. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/2 "2005-12-13T06:47:32Z")
Concerning _Syriana_: > [@Whacky Christian Website](#): > > Overall, the film is clean, but does use some foul language, including the f-word and taking God’s name in vain. There is no sex or nudity… and later: > [@](#): > > Violence: Heavy / Profanity: Heavy / Sex/Nudity: Minor Hmm. No sex/nudity = Minor sex/nudity. Woooo! I got minorly lucky today! ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/3 "2005-12-13T07:08:14Z")
I loved the reader comments for the 40 year old virgin. from my favorite: > [@](#): > > I’m not sure if this movie says more about Hollyweird or about us as a society. Hollyweird? Hollyweird? words cannot express the lameness of whoever came up with Hollyweird. > [@](#): > > The “flesh” in me did actually think some of the jokes were slightly funny at best. My spirit wanted to throw up, however translation: It was really funny, but I felt guilty for laughing. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/4 "2005-12-13T07:39:57Z")
> [@](#): > > It might help to know that this moviegoer at one point walked out of the movie due to a disturbing scene. It was not because of any moral issue or offense, but because the thought of what was happening in a torture scene was too much to handle and caused physical nausea. That’s gotta be a line about Passion of the Christ. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/5 "2005-12-13T07:49:50Z")
What I love about prayers like this is the implication that the person offering the prayer knows what God does or does not approve of. _Dear God, whom I am sure agrees with me in every conceivable aspect, please correct \_\_\_\_\_\_**(insert celebrity I don’t agree with)** and make him see the error of his ways. Please convince him to comply with Pat Robertson’s political teachings. My, uh, Thy will be done…_. I’m not sure, but I think this is the moral equivalent of praying for a Lamborgini stuffed with the Swedish Bikini Team. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/6 "2005-12-13T07:54:28Z")
> [@NicePete](#): > > I’m not sure, but I think this is the moral equivalent of praying for a Lamborgini stuffed with the Swedish Bikini Team. I’ll take one of those to go, please. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/7 "2005-12-13T08:03:33Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > That’s gotta be a line about Passion of the Christ. Nope. _Syriana_. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/8 "2005-12-13T08:41:10Z")
BTW, [THIS](http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/home.html) IS THE CORRECT LINK FOR THE OP. Apologies. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/9 "2005-12-13T12:59:33Z")
\ You know, I am a Christian (read- I am a humble follower of Jesus), and I am have been at a slow boil lately…a simmer if you will… :mad: But not at the secular media or the godless heathens… At my fellow Christians… We have been given a book about the birth, life and love of Jesus. It is the perfect guidebook to show UNCONDITIONAL LOVE to EVERYONE!!! So we take this book and its message into our hearts and instead of using it to become conduits of God’s love we become SANCTIMONIOUS ASSHOLES!!! IF OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE OTHERS LEARN ABOUT AND EMBRACE GOD’S LOVE AS IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO US, A VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIAN’S ARE ACTING IN A WAY THAT MAKES NON-CHRISTIANS WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH US OR OUR FAITH…!!! Fill in the blank prayers? WTF?! There will always be movies, books, art etc that do not fit the Christian ethos. As a Christian, you are not called to defend us from these things, you are called to LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, not act like GOD MADE YOU ARBITER OF RIGHT AND WRONG!!! Sorry…I feel better… \ ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/10 "2005-12-13T15:10:52Z")
> [@](#): > > _concerning 40 Year Old Virgin_ > Every profane word I know was employed several times. The reviewer must have a limited vocabulary of profanity. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/11 "2005-12-13T15:22:20Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > \ > > You know, I am a Christian (read- I am a humble follower of Jesus), and I am have been at a slow boil lately…a simmer if you will… > :mad: > But not at the secular media or the godless heathens… > At my fellow Christians… > > We have been given a book about the birth, life and love of Jesus. It is the perfect guidebook to show UNCONDITIONAL LOVE to EVERYONE!!! So we take this book and its message into our hearts and instead of using it to become conduits of God’s love we become SANCTIMONIOUS ASSHOLES!!! > > IF OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE OTHERS LEARN ABOUT AND EMBRACE GOD’S LOVE AS IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO US, A VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIAN’S ARE ACTING IN A WAY THAT MAKES NON-CHRISTIANS WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH US OR OUR FAITH…!!! > > Fill in the blank prayers? WTF?! > > There will always be movies, books, art etc that do not fit the Christian ethos. As a Christian, you are not called to defend us from these things, you are called to LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, not act like GOD MADE YOU ARBITER OF RIGHT AND WRONG!!! > > Sorry…I feel better… > > \ If I were a praying man; I would pray for a billion more Christians to feel/act like you. I was baptised but I left the RCC a long time ago and I am simply agnostic now. I think Jon Stewart is one the best people on TV. (BTW Crazy Christian Right, Jon Stewart is a Jersey boy that films in NY) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/12 "2005-12-13T20:52:46Z")
Bravo, **newcrasher** , bravo (or _brav **a** _, whichever is appropriate). ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/13 "2005-12-13T21:49:13Z")
Strange coinky dink. I too stumbled on that site last week and got a huge kick reading the reviews of such movies as _Resident Evil_ and _Doom_. Why even review those movies on a site like that? Don’t the titles kind of clue people in that they won’t be a good old family values movies? That day they were asking Christians to pierce Stephen Spielberg’s heart. My first thought (which I didn’t follow through on) was to come to the Dope and ask if anyone knew why Stevie needed prayers. So it’s because he’s Jewish? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/14 "2005-12-14T00:31:21Z")
Oh, I’d like to pierce Jon Stewart’s heart. Heh, heh. 😉 Thanks, **newcrasher**. _hugs_ ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/15 "2005-12-14T00:42:46Z")
Wow, do I appreciate your post, **newcrasher**. I know way to many “well-meaning” Christians (sometimes including me, I’m sorry to say) who, even though nice people, lose sight of exactly what you point out, in their enthusiasm to show everyone that they’re “in the world, but not of it.” I think I’ll print out what you said, take it out & read it every day to remind myself not to be one of “those” Christians. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/16 "2005-12-14T00:50:50Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > Fill in the blank prayers? WTF?! It’s not the fill-in-the-blank nature of the prayers that’s so bad. We Jews have fill-in-the-blank [Yizkor (memorial) prayers](http://judaism.about.com/od/deathandmournin1/f/yizkor.htm), in which the person praying is supposed to fill in the name of the deceased person they are mourning. I don’t have a problem with that, and I suspect most people wouldn’t. The nature of the “prayers” mentioned on _that_ site, though… ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/17 "2005-12-14T00:56:14Z")
I’ve read the Christian Spotlight on the Movies reviews from the IMDB page for particular movies. The reviews are especially funny for something particularly blasphemous, like American Pie or South Park. But even innocuous movies get bad reviews. Only Christian-themed films like the Left Behind movies ever get excellent ratings. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone this religious. ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/18 "2005-12-14T01:00:34Z")
> [@linked review](#): > > …this new film that is chalk full of politics, corruption, strained international relationships… “Chalk full?” Personally, I would like some explanation of the nuanced differences between “offensive,” “very offensive” and “extremely offensive.” How else am I supposed to know just how offended I should be when I go see these movies? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/19 "2005-12-14T01:10:34Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > \ > > You know, I am a Christian (read- I am a humble follower of Jesus), and I am have been at a slow boil lately…a simmer if you will… > :mad: > But not at the secular media or the godless heathens… > At my fellow Christians… > > We have been given a book about the birth, life and love of Jesus. It is the perfect guidebook to show UNCONDITIONAL LOVE to EVERYONE!!! So we take this book and its message into our hearts and instead of using it to become conduits of God’s love we become SANCTIMONIOUS ASSHOLES!!! > > IF OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE OTHERS LEARN ABOUT AND EMBRACE GOD’S LOVE AS IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO US, A VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIAN’S ARE ACTING IN A WAY THAT MAKES NON-CHRISTIANS WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH US OR OUR FAITH…!!! > > Fill in the blank prayers? WTF?! > > There will always be movies, books, art etc that do not fit the Christian ethos. As a Christian, you are not called to defend us from these things, you are called to LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, not act like GOD MADE YOU ARBITER OF RIGHT AND WRONG!!! > > Sorry…I feel better… > > \ I don’t know if you’re male or female, but I think I love you. Adam ---
**Author:** ![633squadron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/ee59a6/32.png) [@633squadron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/633squadron)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390/20 "2005-12-14T01:49:40Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > Sorry…I feel better… Best dang response I’ve ever seen on SDMB. I’m a MOT ;j in heritage, kinda Buddhist/Quaker in philosophy. I figure you have **definitely** got the Buddha nature (if you don’t mind my saying so). Hey, wait a minute… You’re not the big guy himself, are you? :smack: Yipe! That would be weird; you praise someone for getting right to the heart of religious faith and then find that it’s the Almighty (or her Son)! Well, if You are, I hope You look like Alanis Morrisette after all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-to-pierce-jon-stewarts-heart/335390.md?page=2)