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Page 12 THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday May Television viewing sparks religious experience By JIM RYAN Ascension of the Lord Mark 161520 May 12 PATHS OF GLORY I had a religious experience a little over a week ago while wat ching TV Im serious No it wasnt while watching Oral Roberts or Pat Robertson It certainly wasnt Robert Schuller or Kenneth It was Stanley Kubrick or rather a film directed by him in Paths of Glory A RELIGIOUS FILM Paths of Glory isnt about God although HeShe is mentioned from time to time nor is it about priests although there is a priest in the film nor is it about nuns or missionaries or bornagain rock musicians Its about French soldiers dur ing men who live under the extraordinary stresses of military discipline during war time Our soldiers members of the 701 Regiment are under the care of Colonel played by Kirk Douglas Hes the good guy Theyre also in the incompetent hands of General Hes the bad guy Anyway General Macready sends the 701 out on an impossible mission to attack the German lines The men are cut to rib bons and retreat back to their lines The General is and has three men chosen from the to be courtmartialed and ex ecuted by firing squad Kirk Douglas defends the three men and learns a lesson about military life its corrupt and political The General wants to save face by putting the blame on his cowardly troops Douglas learns that during the battle the General had ordered his artillery to fire on his own trenches to punish his retreating troops He presents this informa tion to the Chief of Staff hoping that the lives of his three men will be saved It doesnt work They are shot But that same day the Chief of Staff fires and offers the job to Douglas thinking that Douglas motivation all along was to advance his career Douglas storms out refusing the offer the lessons we all learn in life right Now comes the religious part Its the last scene in the film It occurs in a bar on the basse The bar is full of soldiers of the who are drinking and singing during their brief furlough The bartender tells them he has a special treat for them He br- out a young German woman captured by the French army She is an attractive woman who is not a professional just so meone caught up by the war She is a long skirt and a blouse that covers her arms and comes up to her neck She isnt wearing any makeup The soldiers in the bar shout the equivalent of Take it off Religion and Reality by Jim Ryan and I have visions of the film The Accused which Id seen two nights before The bartender says She can do nothing but sing The soldiers shout even louder She begins And then the miracle happens As she the men quiet down Some hum along with her The others sit silently or cry They sit in a bar members of military system that uses bands of iron to tie them together but here they are tied together by the song of a young woman Her vulnerability and gentleness touches them and connects them with their families and with their lives away from the war She reminds them of their mothers wives daughters or sisters This is a religious experience for them In this bar they are a community bound together by love and mutual respect Its an antiwar film right But its also a film about any group or organization that loses sight of the value and integrity of its members Its a film about the possibility of creating human communities that run on values THE ASCENSION The Ascension is the story of the archetypal path of and to glory Mark writes it funny though Christ appears like a coach giving a last minute pep- talk to the boys of the Good News team called the Eleven before going up into the stands to watch the game with his father other wise known as God His father who owns both the team and the stadium has a box in the stands Christ will communicate with his boys on the field by cellular phone The given is that United Church to investigate internal harassment and abuse The United Church of Canadas General Council Executive has approved a recommendation that the Moderator the Right Reverend Dr Walter son form a Task Group on harassment and abuse That Task Group would report to the General Council SubExecutive in the fall of The work of the Task Group would be to gather information about existing United Church policies on sexual harassment evaluate these policies and action guidelines and make recommen dations to the SubExecutive The Task Group has also been asked to define other forms of harassment and abuse to which the United Church needs to ad dress itself Recently there have been an increasing number of rumors and YOU WIN WHEN YOU BUY QUALITY BRAND NAME FURNISHINGS WHOLESALE PRICES Ontario Chesterfield Wholesalers Behind Auto Moll Guelph letters of concern about members and ministers of the United Church who feel they are being harassed because the represent an opinion on church policy that differs from someone elses point of view says He adds As Moderator Ive also had a number of conversa tions with a variety of individuals on the same subject Whats interesting son says is that if this anecdotal information is any indication it isnt one group or another that has a monopoly on feeling like they are the ones being harass ed The Task Group has been asked to prepare a theological state ment on matters such as legitimate dissent and dealing with conflict thats appropriate to the tradition of The United Church of Canda It will also develop or improve guidelines for grievance procedures and con flict resolution At the same time the Task Group will examine claims by women and men who experience harassment on the basis of their sexuality marital status or sex ual orientation What the Executive has said by taking this action is that its time for the United Church to define very clearly for its members what is and isnt accep table in terms of legitimate dis sent and reasonable discipline explains General Secretary the Reverend Dr Howard Mills The Task Group which has not yet been named will be made up of not less than 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