[net.religion] Dwight Thompson Back in Chicago

jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen) (06/29/84)

From Steve Collins:

>Dwight Thompson is back in Chicago. He will be shown on
>channel 38 at 7:30 PM for this entire week. He is preaching
>at channel 38 studio on June 25 - 28.

I watched Mr. Thompson on the silver screen.  As I feel that I
am not qualified to discuss the religious aspects of  Mr.
Thompson presentation, I shall restrict my comments on the
theatrical side of his presentation.  I think that if Mr. Thompson 
had chosen acting as a career instead of preaching, he would
have most likely achieved a universal recognition  for his
theatrical abilities.  The Irish humorist Dave Allen (from the BBC
show Dave Allen at Large), who has been famous for his exploits
of humor in religion, could only be ranked as a distant second
to Mr. Thompson.  I find Mr. Thomson's monologue a very fine
and convincing theatrical presentation.  I especially admired his
very graphical portrayal of hell.

Many of us secularists, who are critical of religion, have to
admit that religion has some merits. From our point of view, it
seems to have a very strong entertaining side (Rich, do you agree?).
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Yosi Hoshen
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