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from moon beam Sunday, March 04, 2007 - 09:38 (Agree/Disagree?) you have to check this link out--very funny http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=80455164&blogID=228679191&MyToken=2b90fa40-0e9c-4306-89a4-1d09f0b92cb4 (reply to this comment)

from JohnnieWalker Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 11:03 (Agree/Disagree?) A "who we are" from the Prophet Bus team: "We are Bible-carrying, Bible-believing Christians who not only believe what the words in the Bible say, but we believe that we should live them to the fullest. [...] we spend our days filled up with reading and studying His words and reaching out to others with His message of love and salvation." You'd think that as "radical" as these guys are, they'd at least have the guts to tell people the truth about their beliefs. Why can't they just say, "While we hold the Bible in high regard, we believe that the messages we receive from Jesus and a plethora of departed saints and spirit helpers are more pertinent and are God's Word for today. We spend our days filled up with actively recruiting members for The Family and reading and studying the writings of the group's spiritual leader and the prophecies received by her staff." Oh, that's right! People might think they're a little weird if they said that. :) (reply to this comment)

from Question Friday, February 02, 2007 - 23:00 (Agree/Disagree?) Does anyone know if the Johnny Rick wrote to in the link below (taken from http://www.rickyrodriguez.org) is the same Johnny on the Prophet Bus team? http://www.rickyrodriguez.org/documents/Ricky_to_Johnny_May_02.pdf (reply to this comment)

from Hydra Friday, February 02, 2007 - 13:59 (Agree/Disagree?) Reading the latest prophet bus breakdown saga makes me ever more happy to be a "dead one" with a decent vehicle and and if needed, I can pay for my own damn repairs. I'm laughing my ass off at the Family provisioning team stuck out in hicksville Wyoming. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Duck to master Jackson: "Shoot already, dammit." (reply to this comment)

From Miracle Motormouths Friday, February 02, 2007, 14:32 (Agree/Disagree?) Not to mention not having to go "out by faith in the early evening to hunt down some food" resulting in the impressive miracle of free KFC. Now THAT is a sign that God is blessing you for doing his will! I have to ask though, if these prophetbus folks are such prophets, why dis they not have the spare parts ready before leaving to the frozen tundra?(reply to this comment)

From JohnnieWalker Friday, February 02, 2007, 16:43 (Agree/Disagree?) What's funny is, when I look at the photos of them, I can see almost all of those SGAs leaving TF within the next five or six years. They look just like us when we were in TF, and look at how far we've come since then. Johnny B. and Andrew, on the other hand are total basket cases.(reply to this comment)

from myspace blog Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 13:17 (Agree/Disagree?) someone who was there. This film is highly anticipated! http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=39244032&blogID=222700124&MyToken=79b6855a-965a-4123-abbd-d04fbe630b01 (reply to this comment)

from Jerseygirl Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 04:43 (Agree/Disagree?) "Unfortunately not everyone was receptive to the truth" HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa--that blog is killing me. You'd think they might come up with some new improved tactics at least. and the buss looks like a safety hazard. (reply to this comment)

From JohnnieWalker Friday, February 02, 2007, 16:53 (Agree/Disagree?) Heh, let's hope Señor Blast (their propane heater) doesn't end up causing them to "let their light so shine before men" while they're asleep.(reply to this comment)

From Falcon Sunday, March 04, 2007, 10:59 (Agree/Disagree?) I know those two boys Chris and Jaz..they grew up isolated in the mountains with their TRF supporter parents after the letter about refuge farms came out. They found their cabin, and never left it. If you though tf was isolated, these guys didn't even have music, videos, nothing to listen to or see. By the time they went to join the family full time as teenagers, it was the absolute coolest thing they had ever seen, having no basis of what "cool" is. For lack of a better description. They are perfect cult members. Starry eyed and fresh with the awe of it all...without knowing the darker past.(reply to this comment)

from Haunted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 20:09 (Agree/Disagree?) They'll never learn will they..... http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/The_Guardian:_Protest_film (reply to this comment)

From Pete's Eager Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 20:19 (Agree/Disagree?) Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Girls have picked them every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone? Long time passing Where have all the young girls gone? Long time ago Where have all the young girls gone? Taken husbands every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young men gone? Long time passing Where have all the young men gone? Long time ago Where have all the young men gone? Gone for soldiers every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time ago Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time passing Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time ago Where have all the graveyards gone? Covered with flowers every one When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn? (reply to this comment)

from moon beam Friday, January 26, 2007 - 07:16 (Agree/Disagree?) Congratulations to Noah and everyone who had a hand in this film. I look forward to seeing it. All the best (reply to this comment)

from . Friday, January 26, 2007 - 07:13 (Agree/Disagree?) This twisted bid to get publicity for the Family by mimicking Noah's project is just pathetic. Using your childrens abuse to spread the word like this is sickening. (reply to this comment)

from Peter Friday, January 26, 2007 - 01:51 (Agree/Disagree?) Here is some more information about the documentary including a 3-minute trailer http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Children_of_God:_Lost_and_Found http://stage6.divx.com/Slamdance/show_video/1088796 (reply to this comment)

from Reeve You Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 20:29 (Agree/Disagree?) Short-Shrifted » Slamdance 1: Lost and Found and Kevin Bacon CHILDREN OF GOD: LOST AND FOUND(Slamdance) A haunting, rigorous exploration of youth in exile -- for good reason -- from their families, from the communities that raised them, and saddest of all, from faith Born in Brazil to members of the Children of God evangelical Christian cult, director/writer/interviewer) Noah Thompson -- one of eleven siblings - left at the age of 21. Several of his younger siblings have since followed. The story begins with begins with contrasting memories: disturbing, then horrifying news footage (c. 1990s) of the cult leader's exposure as a pedophile, and Thompson's own rigidly cheerful snapshots and home movies--despite the being raised in a regimented commune where fathers and mothers--young, attractive, fresh faced hippies-- went fishing, flirtily, for more followers, and nannies watched over the kids. When Thompson reminds his mother of the "flirty fishing," and that that he and other children had sex with some of those young-ish nannies, the voice on the other end of the line gets a little nervous. "I hope you're not going to make me look like a slut," she says. Pity that mother for being drawn into an uncomfortable conversation with a camera and audiotape running. Maybe it was my imagination, but there seemed to be a great many people with her on the line, hoping to dissaude the filmmaker not from making the movie. Or maybe it was the audience's communal sorrow at Thompson's next remark: he was only trying to make some sense of his isolated/early-sexualized/accelerated childhood by speaking to other ex-Children of God who'd been raised as he was. What follows isn't a hit piece but a filmmaker's coming of age. As he locates his spiritual siblings - scattered now from Manhattan to Texas to Costa Rica to Brazil - he becomes a compelling figure before the camera, a compassionate listener with reluctant subjects who, paradoxically, seem to have been waiting all their lives to speak. What they say is heartbreaking. "Look at how cute we were," remarks one young woman, who with her brother, suffered unspeakable treatment by the cult's leaders. "No wonder we got abused." The cult once bended toward the rapey, criminal enterprise delusions of its leader--but the followers -- now calling themselves The Family International are now merely an isolationist religious cult. HBO will be airing Children of God: Lost and Found "at a later date," according to the film's publicist. This is one of those films that leaves you - in a word - stunned. Even if you know a few kids who grew up in really isolated religious groups. What to do afterward: weep or find a bar with a television showing the final minutes of the AFC Championships. Why not both? And this being my first time in Park City, I started down the hill on Main Street and ended up standing there on a Sunday night snowstorm, hearing the news that the New England Patriots had just been scored upon and would not be going to the Super Bowl, and this guy, skinny, good looking in an elfin, angular way, stops next to me and says, "Do the numbers on this street go up or down?" Still reeling from the documentary, and being only a couple of days in town, I hadn't figured out that while the Main Street hill goes up, the street numbers go down. So I continue despairing (Patriots, cult altitude), and shrug at this somehow familar looking man and say--like a total upspeaking cinematard: "I don't know. I'm hopeless. Down?" I walk down the hill. The guy walks up the hill. And that's when I realize it: That man was Kevin Bacon. One hour later I see him on CNN talking about SixDegrees.org a social networking site that raises money while matches people with others who care about the same charities. http://www.mcnblogs.com/filmfatale/2007/01/sundanceslamdance_1_lost_and_f.html (reply to this comment)

From Pete's Eager Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 20:21 (Agree/Disagree?) What's with the "saddest of all, from faith"? Saddest of all, from dignity. Saddest of all from hope. Saddest of all from childood, from freedom from rape and slave labor and mental torture. Then you wonder how one can lose faith!(reply to this comment)

from house1a Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 19:33 (Agree/Disagree?) When is this documentary going to be shown onHBO? I wouldn't want to miss it. (reply to this comment)

from sarafina Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 01:21 (Agree/Disagree?) Here are the pictures of the prophet bus and their protest at the showing. http://www.prophetbus.com/ (reply to this comment)

From sar Friday, January 26, 2007, 02:06 (Agree/Disagree?) That was very funny. Thank you. "We want to take that war and bring it into people's ears"... one way to advertise. (reply to this comment)

From 1 word Thursday, January 25, 2007, 02:28 (Agree/Disagree?) ........................... ........................... ........................... D I S T U R B I N G I I I S S S T T T U U U R R R B B B I I I N N N G G G (reply to this comment)

From 1 word Thursday, January 25, 2007, 02:29 (Agree/Disagree?) Ok, so the editing fucked up my Ascii art... oh well ( Admin fixed it. :) )(reply to this comment)

From 1 word Thursday, January 25, 2007, 08:41 (Agree/Disagree?) Me loveth Admin. Oh well, now I feeleth guiltieth for having done a piss poor job.(reply to this comment)

from =o= Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 20:50 (Agree/Disagree?) I'm sure it will receive positive coverage in their cult newspaper. (reply to this comment)

from Disgusted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 20:40 (Agree/Disagree?) What a bunch of Jerks! Still, this may acutally help Noah out. (reply to this comment)

From Peter Wednesday, January 24, 2007, 21:33 (Agree/Disagree?) If I didn't know better, I'd guess this was a publicity stunt to promote the documentary. The director and producers should send these brilliant "Prophet Bus" geniuses a thank you card or something for their heroic work to promote the film and make sure it has a wide an audience as possible. Here is another article from Variety. http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Variety:_Slamdance_screening_ends_in_melee(reply to this comment)

From sarafina Wednesday, January 24, 2007, 23:11 (Agree/Disagree?) (Removed at author's request) (reply to this comment)