# Jesus Horses, part II: Volcano film pulled because it might offend creationists **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 23, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horses-part-ii-volcano-film-pulled-because-it-might-offend-creationists/295962 "2005-03-23T23:18:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horses-part-ii-volcano-film-pulled-because-it-might-offend-creationists/295962/1 "2005-03-23T23:18:05Z")
[IMAX theaters reject film over evolution](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/23/volcano.movie.ap/index.html) > [@](#): > > **CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP)** > > IMAX theaters in several Southern cities have decided not to show a film on volcanoes out of concern that its references to evolution might offend those with fundamental religious beliefs. Once again, reasonable, intelligent Southerners must hang their heads in shame as their mallet-headed brethren show off their determination to remain ignorant. Must critical thinking always be as rare in Dixie as lap dances at the church social? ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horses-part-ii-volcano-film-pulled-because-it-might-offend-creationists/295962/2 "2005-03-23T23:27:20Z")
Jesus wept. Sometimes I get pissed at the whole “sheeple” and “90% of people are idiots” attitudes as I tend to think that people as individuals are a pretty complex and fairly intelligent bunch even if I may not agree with their views. Then there’s times like this when I think I may be wrong about that. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horses-part-ii-volcano-film-pulled-because-it-might-offend-creationists/295962/3 "2005-03-24T00:22:38Z")
I’m more pissed off that IMAX would make such a broad generalization of one part of the country. I know there are some devout Christians who think the Earth is only 5,000 years old, but the rest of us have indoor plumbing and everything! ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horses-part-ii-volcano-film-pulled-because-it-might-offend-creationists/295962/4 "2005-03-24T00:29:02Z")
Isn’t this part of the same story [from here?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307794) ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horses-part-ii-volcano-film-pulled-because-it-might-offend-creationists/295962/5 "2005-03-24T06:05:03Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > [IMAX theaters reject film over evolution](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/23/volcano.movie.ap/index.html)Once again, reasonable, intelligent Southerners must hang their heads in shame as their mallet-headed brethren show off their determination to remain ignorant. Must critical thinking always be as rare in Dixie as lap dances at the church social? Obviously you went to the wrong churches. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horses-part-ii-volcano-film-pulled-because-it-might-offend-creationists/295962/6 "2005-03-24T12:21:47Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I’m more pissed off that IMAX would make such a broad generalization of one part of the country. > > I know there are some devout Christians who think the Earth is only 5,000 years old, but the rest of us have indoor plumbing and everything! Now this is just silly. IMAX said nothing about indoor toilets, but it is quite correct about the relative power of fundamentalist churches in the South. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horses-part-ii-volcano-film-pulled-because-it-might-offend-creationists/295962/7 "2005-03-24T16:15:21Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I’m more pissed off that IMAX would make such a broad generalization of one part of the country. > > I know there are some devout Christians who think the Earth is only 5,000 years old, but the rest of us have indoor plumbing and everything! Generalization? Did you read the article? The _local_ theatre owners won’t run the film. If only theatres in the south refuse to show such films, then how is the distributer’s claim “it’s only in the south” a generalization? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horses-part-ii-volcano-film-pulled-because-it-might-offend-creationists/295962/8 "2005-03-24T16:20:56Z")
Indoor plumbing?!? Don’t you heathens know indoor plumbing is [an abomination in the eyes of the LORD!](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2023:12-13%20;&version=31;)