2006-02-12T02:47:56Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/end_of_the_speartag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/78/2862006-02-12T02:47:56ZSursumCorda<p>I wonder how anyone dares object to the choice of the actor who plays Nate Saint and the adult Steve Saint, if Steve Saint himself does not. I win no &quot;tolerance&quot; awards, and firmly believe there are some situations where it is not only acceptable but right to discriminate on the basis of non-celibate homosexual behavior. I just don't see this as one of them. Would the critics object if the music of Tchaikovsky had been used as part of the score?</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/78/2852006-02-10T01:00:54ZMark<p>The movie is gripping. The five missionaries' refusal to fight back and the forgiveness shown by the missionaries' family showed the Auca/Waodani the power of Christianity.<br> Steve Saint did take a few liberties. I don't think he held a spear to Mincaye in the last scene, but it makes for good drama. Some evangelical critics -- including the Youderian family -- are upset that the actor who played Nate Saint is openly homosexual. So what! They had a contract to honor.</p> <p>In a CT interview, Steve Saint commented, &quot;Narnia is about vertical reconciliation, and End of the Spear is horizontal reconciliation. But both stories show what can happen when the Deeper Magic is revealed.&quot;</p>