Gary asked me to watch Dr. Thiel's presentation on Ground Hog Day. My first thought was "Oh, here we go again...."
This won't take long...
Obviously, in his boredom and isolation, Dr Bob has watched the suitable for Christian consumption Ground Hog Day and found incredible Biblical lessons oozing from its plot. How else would he know the details? Tired of searching over and over and over and over for similar themes from the Bible...well...here ya go.
"Lessons from ‘Groundhog Day’
Groundhog Day is a popular American tradition observed in the United States and Canada on February 2nd, that science shows is essentially based on a myth. In 1993, there was a movie starring Bill Murray as Phil Connors titled ‘Groundhog Day.’ It has become a cultural icon in a sense in the USA. In the movie, Phil ends up in a time loop where everyday is February 2nd. This goes on for at least ten years. At first, Phil pursues various lusts of the flesh. But eventually, he tires of the vanity of it all. Instead of being a selfish taker, he becomes a giver. Once he has learned whatever he is supposed to learn, he finally awakes to a new day and a new life. Are there lessons here for Christians? What are some of them? Can we learn anything from Jonah and his being swallowed by a great fish? What should Christians do each day? What shouldn’t Christians do? What about the mystery of God’s plan and the Kingdom of God? Dr. Thiel goes over these topics and more in this scripture filled video he relates to comments about the movie ‘Groundhog Day.’"
Watch the Video if you too have the same problem Dr. Bob is having with isolation and social distancing at this time.
All I have to say in analysis is to conclude that Dr. Bob is struggling with the following problem common to all during the present distress.
That's all I got
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The movie "Ground Hog Day" is rather popular in the Buddhist community because of the similarity of Phil Conner's experience to reincarnation and spiritual maturation through multiple earthly lives. Thiel might not accept that interpretation of the film.
Dennis said, "All I have to say in analysis is to conclude that Dr. Bob is struggling with the following problem common to all during the present distress. "I'm Bored"
MY COMMENT - Thank you Dennis for being succinct and to the point. In less than 10 seconds of reading your comment, you saved me from wasting 15 minutes of my life watching Cartoon Bob's video.
Speaking of Cartoon Bob, has God closed the door of animation that Thiel once said God had opened this door to the (grossly misnamed) Continuing Church of God? Don't see any animations coming from Cartoon Bob anymore. Now those I will watch. They are, well, funny and entertaining!
Richard
That truly has to be the stupidest thing I have ever listened to.
Great that Thiel is now a "Siskel and Ebert" movie reviewer.
Perhaps he can watch "Smokey and the Bandit" and give us some spiritual lessons from that movie too!
It's no surprise that Bob, who has already compromised with Mayan and Catholic prophecies and practices, has opened another door of paganism with his promotion of Groundhog Day.
I wonder what spiritual lessons Bob would find for us in Mel Gibson's Apocalypto or Monty Python's Life of Brian ?
How could anyone ever possibly get so bored that they would resort to watching Bob Thiel?
I thought this was going to be a thread about ground hog -- pork!
Perhaps we should give Bob Thiel some credit for at least digging deeper. The idea of going back in time and reliving the same day over and over and over is a recurring theme in cinema. Several years ago, I watched a Stephen King movie called 11/22/63. It was about a man who travelled back in time to relive the day of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with the goal of preventing said assassination. At one point, when he returns to the present, he finds that an apocalypse had happened, and another one of the regular characters, a Vietnam veteran tells him, "Oh, yes, Kennedy, he was the one who set up the camps!"
Back sometime in 1989 or '90, my ex wife and I had gone to a huge Modified Motorcycle Association exposition somewhere way up in the San Fernando Valley, over the mountains from Los Angeles. There was a Harley swap meet, biker crafts being sold, and live music. At one point in time, a band took the stage, and started cutting loose with the most amazing Blues riffs I had ever heard! The singer/lead guitarist looked to be Native American (as was my wife) from where we were standing in the crowd, but later, we discovered that he was in fact Asian. The set lasted way too short, and as they finished out the last number, he called out "BB Chung King and the Screaming Buddaheads! Watch for our new CD coming out soon!"
Short version of the story, we started regularly going to the clubs where the Buddaheads were performing, and actually spoke with "BB" between sets occasionally. His given name was Alan Mirikitani. Believe me, I've seen many of the Blues greats over the years, and although he never hit the really bigtime, Alan was right up there as good as or better than the greatest, and in making that comparison, I'm including Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, Otis Rush, and numerous others I've seen in concert. Anyway, fast forward. BB Chung King passed away several years ago, but there is a lot of his stuff up on You Tube, and I do check it out regularly. I was watching some of his archival performances the other night on You Tube from the Ventura Blues Festival, and in watching him and shots of the crowd, I found myself thinking, "Dayamm! That was before the virus! I wonder if we'll ever be able to go to Blues festivals again!"
I'm sure we're going to make it through the pandemic in one manner or another. More Blues festivals and lots more bike rides are some of the things I'm really looking forward to! They've added so much to my quality of life over the years. Long scenic rides on a beautiful day (or night!). Legendary Saturday nights in the clubs. Hope everybody else is also thinking of all the good things they're looking forward to getting back to!
BB
Protestant literature is full of such stories, generally to make one, easy to grasp point. Bob just took a little longer, convoluted his point, and added distracting gestures.
An alternative message is that Phil the Groundhog is more accurate than HWA in making forecasts, and Phil the weather guy eventually makes better use of knowing the future, even if it's only one day.
Chimpanzees have three times the strength of a typical human. They have been known to put these fingers inside a person's mouth, and pull out a tooth. They are dangerous animals. God did not design them to be domesticated.
Hey BB I watched 11/22/63 too! It wasn’t a bad TV series at all. I do love the 50s and 60s as a setting so it appealed to me besides the JFK assassination, time travel and changing the past subplots. Loved Sarah Gadon too hubba hubba! ;-)
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Mel Gibson practices a specific brand of catholicism that emphasises the blood sacrifice of christ for atonement.
Most of Mel's movies since the Passion emphasize that creed, especially the Maya one. (but also the gore in that movie about the Revolution against which the existing family of a portrayed British officer officially protested as lies)
Nck
Bob is no Leonard Maltin, but he got me interested in watching the film again.
They are definitely not gentle. The prepubescent ones are usually the ones you see in commercials and TV spots.
Their smaller "brethren" are not much better.
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