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A Good IdeaI have lost my faith. At times I correct call myself an atheist. I do not believe in god and have not since just recently. My mother was a kind, strong willed, caring individual. She also had cancer. My mother became a symbol of fighting this disease because she fought off six reoccurrences in eight years. God decided she should die. If thither was a God then why would he let someone who was an inspiration to so many, leave us? I just do not understand. This movie however was able to reach that little part of me that still wonders if there is a being disclose there that watches us all. Writer/ director Kevin Smith accomplishes this by doing away with all the religious jargon and approaches it in a whole new way in his latest comedy Dogma. This ladder of comedic genius follows Bethany, a Planned Parenthood employee who has lost all faith in god, on her holy crusade to save the world from being blinked out of existence in of all places, New Jersey. Smith takes a new appr oach to an old subject with Dogma. His ability to transform ideas into scripts and plotlines makes him one of the most lifelike and artistic writer/directors of his generation. Smith takes the religion of Christianity and explains it in ways that seem to bring it to life. Jesus is no longer just a character in a bible story he appears to us as man who suddenly carries the weight of the world on his back. The holy icon is given friends, personality, and even a sense of humor. Smith is able to accomplish all of this without actually presenting Jesus as a character. The main idea of this movie is presented in a scene that unfolds in a strip joint of all places. Serendipity, a muse, explains to Bethany the explicit argument of the movieI have issues with anyone that treats God like a burden instead of a blessing like some Catholics. You people dont celebrate your faith, your morn it. Its not about whos right or wrong. No denominations nailed it yet, because theyre all too self-righteou s to realize that it doesnt matter what you faith in, just that you have faith. Your hearts are in the right place, but your brains gotta erupt up.This statement encompasses everything Smith wanted to say. I happen to agree with him.