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Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
anyone watch on A&E

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
Did you see it? If so, how was it? I did want to try it and completely forgot that it started tonight!

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
it was a 2 episode night - held me for all 2 hours but i like studying society... with the exception of some repeitition in the narration, it was pretty decent - not sure who will go where or who to trust in terms of the different people the boys talk to but that is part of life and we all have to make decisions - and i think it reflects a variety in the 4 boys - from the zealous to the everyday believer.

Aussiedeb
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07-05-2004

Monday, April 17, 2006 - 8:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aussiedeb a private message Print Post    
I watched it. It really made me want to question our priest on what made him decide. He went to 2 universities, and even worked in corporate America before entering the seminary. He is only 42.

I feel for the one who has the priest pulling him in one direction but has a girlfriend and a great job offer on the other hand.

I am definitely watching it tonight.

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Monday, April 17, 2006 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
Thanks for your comments! They are repeating last night's episodes a couple of times today. I already set my tape for them so that I can catch up on what I missed yesterday.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, April 17, 2006 - 1:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I jumped in part way through the show, and couldn't turn it off. I don't know if this is the same young man, Aussie, but I feel badly for the one whose mother is pushing, pushing, pushing, and laying on the guilt about him becoming a priest.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Monday, April 17, 2006 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
i also dont know what steve was expecting in sending out invitations to his donor talk THREE DAYS beforehand.

Aussiedeb
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07-05-2004

Monday, April 17, 2006 - 3:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aussiedeb a private message Print Post    
Huk, the guy I was talking about was the one from Scranton Penn., the one you mentioned is the one from Cleveland who went to Germany for the World Youth Day. I agree though, his mom is being really pushy about it. I would tell her why doesn't she become a nun..lol.. The more my mum told me what I should do etc.. the more I did the opposite hehe..

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Monday, April 17, 2006 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
This show made me angry big time, but I dare not go into it more than that. At least it kept my attention.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Monday, April 17, 2006 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
bring it on :-)

Aussiedeb
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07-05-2004

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 5:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aussiedeb a private message Print Post    
I am addicted to this show. I was hoping to chat to our priest about it after mass last night, but he was not there.

I can't wait to see who will join the priesthood.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, really, i want to hear your thoughts...

i had major problems with the voice overs saying who will rise and who will fall, as if deciding not to be a priest is a sin... and i am not catholic or have any reason to care ... but that kind of editing and storytelling is just wrong

Mistysmoke
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08-10-2001

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mistysmoke a private message Print Post    
I was irritated that the priest (to me) was trying to guilt the teacher guy to become a priest. I was also ticked that the mother isnt letting her child make up his own mind. If its something he is meant to do, she doesnt need to pressure him into it.

I thought it was a very interesting conversation the (sigh, just started watching this yesterday) the guy who carried the cross had with the fundamentalist.

Its an interesting show, I think I missed an episode or two though. like I saw the episode where he started to carry the cross, but, not the one where he got where he was going (Im assuming he got there).

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 8:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
i guess there are 5 total episodes - 2 sunday, 2 monday and one final one on next sunday....?

the editing didnt make dan look that good when talking to the fundamentalist... he looked very flustered and didnt have foundation to back up his beliefs or respond to the views of the fundamentalists and that can come across as being weak - and i say weak as in being all talk and totally "into" something but when put to the test of actually explaining why you are so into it and what your beliefs are based on, you dont have answers or a foundation to back them up and you come across as foundering to show why you believe what you believe.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Let me preface this with...I am not Catholic...not that it matters. I thought the priests were like sharks circling their prey. Their only thoughts were "get this boy into the priesthood" whether it was meant for them or not. Also the priest that had that boy carrying that 80 cross 22 miles is a sadist. I also agree that the boy's mother was waaaaay out of line pressuring her son into the priesthood. Another thing that bothered me a great deal was the vigil at the abortion clinic. Women were given a choice long ago whether you like it or not. So you are going to pray for their sins? Why can't you do that in your home or church? I was always taught that only God can judge us. So who are you to judge these women. All you are doing is scaring them. These days I'd be darned scared to walk into an abortion clinic for fear of being blown up or shot by zealots. At the very least yelled at. These women already have enough pressure living with their decision, they don't need those folks to make them feel worse. You can bet that if men had babies this would never have been an issue at all, since men make the laws. Whew. I've probabaly already said too much so I'll shut up now.

Aussiedeb
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07-05-2004

Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aussiedeb a private message Print Post    
Twinkie,
I am catholic, but do not share their beliefs about pro life etc.. I believe that women should be given a choice. I turned it over when they did the abortion clinic protest.. it made me mad.

I too would fear for my life if I had to go to one of the clinics.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Monday, April 24, 2006 - 2:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Deb, my husband is Catholic and he believes the same way you and I do. Oh, and above I meant to say 80lb. cross. Tonight was interesting. 3 out of the 4 boys did not go into the priesthood.

Mistysmoke
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08-10-2001

Monday, April 24, 2006 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mistysmoke a private message Print Post    
I figure if people are allowed to protest other things, they should be able to protest at abortion clinics(protest, not physically harm etc). Perhaps they are praying for the fetus, perhaps they are praying for the woman, maybe they are praying that the woman doesnt die from complications.

I think that the guy didnt HAVE to carry the cross, he wanted to do it. He even had to be convinced to let others help him. Heck the priest didnt even tell him it had to be a cross that weighed 80 pounds.

I dont think a person should be pressured to enter the priesthood, I think I said it before, if the person really feels that thats what they are to do, then they would know in thier hearts its what they want to do.

I didnt see the episode, but, my guess is hmm, that the guy who carried the cross is the one who decided to go into the priesthood... I will have to catch the episode to find out.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Monday, April 24, 2006 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Nope. That's what I expected too.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Monday, April 24, 2006 - 12:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
i suspected the one mst affected would be most likely to enter seminary. Having emotions of fear and hestitation can also mean having real feelings of wanting to change. joe and dan just came off as way too predictable and not as deep into the actual issues as Steve was.... and Mike i think had valid decisions to make with real opportunities on both sides.

Fiat
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10-07-2004

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fiat a private message Print Post    
Wow, this was an interesting series.

I could still see Dan or Mike eventually deciding to become priests, especially Dan, if things don't work out with their girlfriends.

I was relieved when Joe decided not to persue priesthood. I was disturbed by a few of his comments--- that he liked the automatic respect and attention given to Priests. It was almost like he saw it as a position of power.

Compare that to Steve, who truly saw becoming a Priest as a gift of self to others. He understood that his life would not be his own anymore, and while that scared him, he still wanted to give of himself. Wow. I think he'll be great. Not surprising that he's from Arlington. I've heard that diocese has no shortage of vocations. They must be doing something right!

Aussiedeb
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07-05-2004

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aussiedeb a private message Print Post    
I wasn't surprised that Dan and Joe did not want to be priests.. you could see their hesitations. I am so glad Steve accepted it. I think the others really needed to do missionary work as well. He will make a great priest. Our priest went the same path, almost.. he went to college, had a regular business job before entering the priesthood and he is best, and only 42. I still want to ask him how he came about his decision though.

It was an excellent series.