Teenage Conflict Pt. 1 of 3

Teenage Conflict Pt. 1 of 3 Family Films Prod. Sam Hersh Dir. Harold Schuster Teenage boy Joe in basement w/ headphones trying to listen in on satellite frequencies ? without success - interrupted by sister Donna needing help w/ science homework; Fred comes in to ask why Joe & Donna haven’t been to church recently & if they can help out Youth Fellowship; both say they are too busy “...and besides it doesn’t mean what it used to...things in the Bible don’t make sense when you look at them scientifically”. 06:58:59 Family dinner talk about old neighbor scientist Dr George Cooper’s visit & his favoring of science over religion; “How can a man w/ a mind like that be so blind to the very Creator himself...the fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom”; father sees religion as crucial to science. 07:00:56 Joe in diner w/ friend Stan, president of Science Club, discussing parents’ old fashioned faith. Stan asks Joe to invite George to meeting. Donna in, suggests they invite George to stay during his visit, hoping he will talk parents round re science. 07:02:33 Joe & Donna at home talk parents into inviting George. Parents sit on couch & discuss concerns about George’s influence as an atheist; “we’ve got to hope that our children have a spiritual foundation even deeper than they realise”. Religion; Christianity; Evangelism; 1950s Americana High School;.