# State your religion, please. Here's your ticket. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 30, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818 "2006-04-30T06:36:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/101 "2006-05-02T13:23:08Z")
[QUOTE=Monty] [Here’s an interesting (to me) editorial on the issue.](http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/177025/) [/QUOTE] I found it interesting that it says “several patrons complained of being “misled” about the subject matter”. Assuming the editorial is accurate on that respect, it’s clear now why they did what they did. The still did it in a dumb way, but their concern that non-Mormon Christians would see it and complain wasn’t unfounded. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/102 "2006-05-02T13:43:50Z")
That’s a pretty silly comment, Revtim. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/103 "2006-05-02T13:53:01Z")
[QUOTE=Monty] That’s a pretty silly comment, Revtim. [/QUOTE] Not sure what you mean. Do you think the editorial is wrong/lying, and they didn’t get complaints? Or that that wasn’t their motivition for asking their stupid question? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/104 "2006-05-02T13:59:05Z")
I guess what I should say is that it’s pretty silly of them to think that’s okay, Revtim. Sorry about the wording. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/105 "2006-05-02T14:13:01Z")
[QUOTE=Monty] I guess what I should say is that it’s pretty silly of them to think that’s okay, Revtim. Sorry about the wording. [/QUOTE] I wondered who actually did the advertising and decided to call it a Christian film. It probably wasn’t the theater. If that’s the case they could have directed their complainers to the proper folks. If the theater chose their own wording couldn’t they choose something else? Something about God that is non denominational. The verbal warning was just a bad call. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/106 "2006-05-02T14:15:43Z")
How is it not a Christian flick? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/107 "2006-05-02T14:34:38Z")
[QUOTE=Monty] I guess what I should say is that it’s pretty silly of them to think that’s okay, Revtim. Sorry about the wording. [/QUOTE] No problem Monty. I agree, it’s still not OK, even though they got complaints. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/108 "2006-05-02T18:47:38Z")
[QUOTE=Monty] How is it not a Christian flick? [/QUOTE] It is a Christian film. But they probably should have specified “Mormon Christian”, or “LDS Christian”. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/109 "2006-05-02T19:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] It is a Christian film. But they probably should have specified “Mormon Christian”, or “LDS Christian”. [/QUOTE] I agree. But, they would need to be less obvious. I think they should have added a blurb to the posters, and to the illuminated banners hung in the ticket booth and above the theater entrance. OTTOMH Latter Day Sheep Among Wolves Preaching The Full Testament Aaronic Priests Among Lamanites The first two would definitely have people asking questions. The last might be two obscure. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/110 "2006-05-03T00:35:30Z")
What’s OTTOMH? See, it’s already generating questions! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-your-religion-please-heres-your-ticket/354818/111 "2006-05-04T00:25:10Z")
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