Trying to follow Christ is not about getting in other people's faces and shaking them up. Why couldn't the Youth Bible Study club have been held AT HIS HOUSE??? Respect the separation of Church and State and the feelings and intelligence of the people around you. This movie made everyday people opposed to religious clubs in schools look like idiotic sociopaths.

My previous review mentioned that Corbin Bernsen's name was spelled wrong in the opening credits. For that I gave the movie a one star review, but admitted I hadn't finished watching it. Well, now I have.I'm giving it 7 stars to bring my average rating up a bit (I figure that makes it somewhere around 4), because the movie wasn't a total waste of time. It's still unforgivable that one of the stars of the film got his name misspelled in the credits, but there is some value in sticking it out to the end. Yes, it's unoriginal, a bit bland, and the utterly predictable ending arrives suddenly, and is completely unbelievable and not a little eye-rolling. But the acting was above average for this kind of film, and it does serve to remind Christians that, even in a society supposedly founded on biblical principles, it is fast becoming a toxic environment and it now requires an act of courage to publicly admit to their beliefs.Of course not all atheists behave as some of them did in this movie, but you don't have to look far to find ones who do. Christian bashing has become acceptable and even something of a sport. I find it interesting that most of the worst reviews were written by atheists who strongly objected to the portrayal of fellow nonbelievers. They are right to assure us that not all atheists act like hot headed cavemen, but it does make me wonder why so many avowed atheists are even watching such a film as this. What do they expect to get out of it?And that's the thing that makes this film ultimately fail, as do most Christian themed films, unfortunately. They are forever preaching to the choir, and no one ever seems to find the budget - or the chutzpah - to make the kind of unexpected, challenging, eye opening film that really makes thoughtful, questioning, open minded people sit up and take notice. These films are like Christian rock music - too timid and too frightened of giving offense to make themselves in any way memorable. It's too bad.But if you like vanilla movies like this and are part of the choir that likes to be preached to, I can at least say that I've given up on countless yawnfest movies of this genre, and this one I was actually able to watch to the end.

Absolute fictitious depiction of atheists. All of the atheists I know, are secular humanists and very caring people. Religion is for church, etc. not for school. School is for education… education of facts, not of ancient mythology, unless a student is in mythology class. A "moment of silence" is not "prayer" or even religious, in any way. The scenario fabricated in this movie has never happened and never will. Learn the law and the constitution of the US and you will understand how everything about this movie was simply wrong! The strawman depiction of atheists is beyond ridiculous! Horrible awful movie… poorly done with terrible acting (if you can call it that).

If you go through life attending prayer meetings, joining bible circles, "liking" the bible on social media, AND going to church every Sunday while looking for non-offensive things to be offended over ... well then this movie is for you. You'll completely enjoy the unrealistic scenario that doesn't ever happen and the over the top characterizations of the evil antagonists that, in reality, just think you shouldn't shove your religion down their throats or interject it into public education at the expense of the tax payer. All in all there was a clear lack of character development with characters that were already as vanilla as vanilla can be. They started out "unquestionably" right, didn't need to learn a thing, and ended "unquestionably right". The plot was transparent with the title and there were no surprises. The story was linear with no surprises, no excitement, no real drama. The acting was what you would expect from a "family friendly" cable channel's "special presentation". And personally ... there were far too many "shoulder to shoulder, on the stairs, heart to heart" talks. All in all I just have one description of the film to encompass everything from the writing down to final edit. Lazy. There is a base that swallows this garbage with a smile. It doesn't have to be good in any way. It just has to feed into their world view. They'll buy it, they'll watch it, and they'll make the rounds on Netflix, IMDb, Amazon, or anywhere else to give it maximum stars and glowing reviews. Not because it was any good, but because it justifies their ignorance and enforces their belief that they're persecuted when they hear bogus stories of prayer being banned in school.