Line from Dogma by Kevin Smith
December 12, 2010 8:30 AM Subscribe
Need a line from Kevin Smith's "Dogma"
I need a line from the move Dogma by Kevin Smith. I can't find a script anywhere online (at least the entire script, for free).
The line(s) are at the very end. I think Chris Rock speaks them. Something about not believing in anything, but acknowledging the possibility of certain things.
I need a line from the move Dogma by Kevin Smith. I can't find a script anywhere online (at least the entire script, for free).
The line(s) are at the very end. I think Chris Rock speaks them. Something about not believing in anything, but acknowledging the possibility of certain things.
"RUFUS
I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant. That was one thing the Man hated - still life. He wanted everyone to be as enthralled with living as He was. Maybe it had something to do with knowing when He was going to die. but Christ had this vitality that I've never encountered in another person since. You know what I'm saving?"
And then later:
"RUFUS
When it rains, it pours. You saying you believe?
BETHANY
No.
(beat)
I have a really good idea . Beliefs are too
dangerous."
Found it at the cached link here.
posted by restless_nomad at 8:37 AM on December 12, 2010
I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant. That was one thing the Man hated - still life. He wanted everyone to be as enthralled with living as He was. Maybe it had something to do with knowing when He was going to die. but Christ had this vitality that I've never encountered in another person since. You know what I'm saving?"
And then later:
"RUFUS
When it rains, it pours. You saying you believe?
BETHANY
No.
(beat)
I have a really good idea . Beliefs are too
dangerous."
Found it at the cached link here.
posted by restless_nomad at 8:37 AM on December 12, 2010
01:04:02 The big one, though, is the factioning of all the religions.
01:04:06 He said mankind got it all wrong...
01:04:08 by taking a good idea and building a belief structure on it.
01:04:12 You're saying having beliefs is a bad thing?
01:04:14 I just think it's better to have ideas.
posted by zamboni at 8:37 AM on December 12, 2010
01:04:06 He said mankind got it all wrong...
01:04:08 by taking a good idea and building a belief structure on it.
01:04:12 You're saying having beliefs is a bad thing?
01:04:14 I just think it's better to have ideas.
posted by zamboni at 8:37 AM on December 12, 2010
The end of the script has a portion talking about God:
RUFUS
She's not really a woman. She's not really anything.
BETHANY
No - She's something, alright. Something comforting.
RUFUS
Crisis of faith over?
BETHANY
I think I'm now burdened with an over-abundance.
RUFUS
When it rains, it pours. You saying you believe?
BETHANY
No.
(beat)
I have a really good idea . Beliefs are too dangerous.
resource
posted by emjay at 8:41 AM on December 12, 2010
RUFUS
She's not really a woman. She's not really anything.
BETHANY
No - She's something, alright. Something comforting.
RUFUS
Crisis of faith over?
BETHANY
I think I'm now burdened with an over-abundance.
RUFUS
When it rains, it pours. You saying you believe?
BETHANY
No.
(beat)
I have a really good idea . Beliefs are too dangerous.
resource
posted by emjay at 8:41 AM on December 12, 2010
Response by poster: >>I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea ...
Yes this is it. Thanks!
posted by allelopath at 8:52 AM on December 12, 2010
Yes this is it. Thanks!
posted by allelopath at 8:52 AM on December 12, 2010
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I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant.
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