J-M's History Corner

Welcome to the 12th edition of My Fortnightly Movie/TV Thoughts.  Last fortnight I reviewed Independence Day (1996) and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) .  This fortnight, I'm reviewing: The Shack (2017), rated M for mature themes That is the Australian rating; in the United States, it's rated PG-13 for thematic material including some violence. As usual, I'll include the trailer and a clip at the end.  And as usual, a disclaimer is offered. WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD.  PROCEED AT OWN RISK. The Shack I had some trepidation about watching what some called a "theologically inaccurate" and "heretical" movie, but Stuart Hazeldine's adaption of William P Young's novel is a truly beautiful faith-based film. Mackenzie "Mac" Phillips (Carson Reaume) was abused (along with his mother) by his drunken father as a child - and is implied to have killed his father by poisoning his alcohol with strychnine.  Years later, as an a...

This is my monthly reblog of an older post. This is not about the modern cultural war between the Biblical and Scientific fact that gender is binary and genetic and cannot change (no matter how much you mutilate your body), and the pseudoscientific left-wing lunacy that gender is fluid and can be changed.  It is instead the controversial subject of Adam’s gender at creation – and a couple of other related subjects. Read the rest at  https://jmshistorycorner.blogspot.com/2018/05/biblical-genders.html.