{"id":8851,"date":"2012-06-06T10:15:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T15:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=8851"},"modified":"2015-04-28T08:20:01","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T13:20:01","slug":"because-catholics-say-stuff-like-this-and-mean-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/06\/because-catholics-say-stuff-like-this-and-mean-it.html","title":{"rendered":"Because Catholics Say Stuff Like This&#8230;And Mean It"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/06\/Nagai_quote.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8852 aligncenter\" title=\"Nagai_quote\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/06\/Nagai_quote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"538\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You know, like soon after their city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/09\/because-takashi-nagai-could-give-such-a-speech.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">has been devastated<\/a> by a nuclear bomb. Catholics, being fallen human beings, say other stuff that is less encouraging too. But thoughts like the ones above are timeless, beautiful, and true.<\/p>\n<p>I have faith that I will meet Takashi Nagai in person one day.<\/p>\n<p>Which reminds me! My friends Ian and Dominic Higgins are busting their buns trying to squeeze the film version of Nagai\u2019s life into the can before the next anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing rolls around (August 9). I\u2019m talking about <em>All That Remains<\/em>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Through the generous support of folks like you, they have really been pulling out all the stops to make this amazing true story a visually stunning one as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8858\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/06\/digitalmakeup_all_that_remains.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8858 \" title=\"digitalmakeup_all_that_remains\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/06\/digitalmakeup_all_that_remains.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"204\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An actress with \u201cdigital make-up\u201d applied. The face is kept shadowy, but we see enough to grasp the horrors and devastation inflicted by \u201cFat Man\u201d.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In this short clip, learn a little bit about Nagai the man, and the film.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All That Remains Promo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RQkasPIYaVI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Catch up on what the crew are doing over at <a href=\"http:\/\/allthatremainsthemovie.wordpress.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Production Blog<\/a>. \u00a0Did you miss the end of the last Indigogo fundraising campaign? It\u2019s not too late to help them make this picture. If you have some spare change, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=7I8ajaaQgo-4RKfpT6Ag54M9J5LC_awooAZWsWqlNV7Zoh_ICMX3-6dj06a&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d0288a7fd2903afb85a5540fd44243d03\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">throw it in the jar right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be a patron of \u201cChristian Art That Does Not Suck.\u2122\u201d You\u2019ll be doing a good thing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, like soon after their city has been devastated by a nuclear bomb. Catholics, being fallen human beings, say other stuff that is less encouraging too. But thoughts like the ones above are timeless, beautiful, and true. I have faith that I will meet Takashi Nagai in person one day. Which reminds me! 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