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A skeptical priest is sent to investigate when the reverend of a small farming community claims to have found the next Messiah in a shy teenage boy. (26)
In order for the premise to be credible , it's necessary to establish that Christianity, akin to Buddhism, supports the belief in either reincarnation or a prophesied manifestation of yet another Messiah.Which it doesn't. ?So what is so unique about the kid that would motivate a Catholic priest to oRead more
In order for the premise to be credible , it’s necessary to establish that Christianity, akin to Buddhism, supports the belief in either reincarnation or a prophesied manifestation of yet another Messiah.
Which it doesn’t. ?So what is so unique about the kid that would motivate a Catholic priest to overcome his theologically based skepticism to check it out? ?
IOW: ?what is the inciting incident that makes the local priest think the kid is the Messiah ver 2.0?
See lessAn immature government programmer’s promotion is denied by his overbearing boss, so he resorts to childish pranks with his beleaguered coworkers in the hope he’ll get transferred.
Problem is his immature pranks won't get him transferred; they'll give his boss the pretext to get him dismissed ?-- fired. ? (There is nothing in the logline to suggest that he's too valuable to dismiss, to replace with someone who will play along by the rules.) Furthermore, his pranks will go on hRead more
Problem is his immature pranks won’t get him transferred; they’ll give his boss the pretext to get him dismissed ?– fired. ? (There is nothing in the logline to suggest that he’s too valuable to dismiss, to replace with someone who will play along by the rules.)
Furthermore, his pranks will go on his permanent work record and come back to ?plague him any time he applies for a promotion or the tries to get a transfer to another department. That’s the way government bureaucracies work.
See lessAn immature government programmer’s promotion is denied by his overbearing boss, so he resorts to childish pranks with his beleaguered coworkers in the hope he’ll get transferred.
Why doesn't the boss just fire them, replace them with more compliant employees? ?IOW: ?what's so special about them that he hasn't or can't?Or if they're any good at what they do, why don't they just take the job and shove it -- find work elsewhere? Which is SOP in the tech industry. ? Why must theRead more
Why doesn’t the boss just fire them, replace them with more compliant employees? ?IOW: ?what’s so special about them that he hasn’t or can’t?
Or if they’re any good at what they do, why don’t they just take the job and shove it — find work elsewhere? Which is SOP in the tech industry. ? Why must they save their jobs at this company when there is no lack of job openings in the tech industry for technically proficient people?
The obvious target audience for this story are people who work in the tech industry and as someone who has worked in the industry as an analyst, programmer and network admin, I’m having trouble buying into the concept.
fwiw
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