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re: Why do you think Christianity is attacked in tv shows/movies?
Posted on 6/23/23 at 4:19 pm to themetalreb
Posted on 6/23/23 at 4:19 pm to themetalreb
Why are bald guys attacked in TV shows/movies?
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Posted on 6/23/23 at 4:54 pm to themetalreb
Not just shows. Look at politics, etc. There is a raging war on Christianity and common sense.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 4:59 pm to kywildcatfanone
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There is a raging war on Christianity and common sense.
Christianity and Conservatism are hand in hand in their persecution fantasies
Posted on 6/23/23 at 5:07 pm to themetalreb
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I love when folk mention Crusades as a "gotcha" type moment lol...let's try to keep the activities to the last 1000 years or so, shall we?
The article you posted on the second page literally used movies covering some of those periods as “evidence” for discrimination against Christianity. As well as the portrayal of Irish mobsters as a shot at Catholicism.
Maybe come up with some better evidence of your own before you start talking shite?
This post was edited on 6/23/23 at 5:08 pm
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Posted on 6/23/23 at 5:19 pm to JustinBRLA
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You lunatics have an entire section of world history dedicated to enforcing stereotypes and persecution of anyone who may be different than you... Just be thankful that you get to believe your fiction while simultaneously complaining about drag queens or any movie that acknowledges black or gay people exist, and then cry because you're confused why nobody fricking likes you.
Well said.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 5:32 pm to JustinBRLA
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You lunatics have an entire section of world history dedicated to enforcing stereotypes and persecution of anyone who may be different than you
What specifically are you referring to?
Posted on 6/23/23 at 6:36 pm to Pettifogger
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I'm not advocating we jihad over sitcom jabs, but nonetheless I think our willingness to be mocked without recourse is part of why we're lower hanging fruit.
What do you think of something like the Righteous Gemstones? Do you feel like its mocking Christianity? Some do...I don't.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 6:44 pm to themetalreb
Christians won’t do anything. (Unlike the religion of peace.)
The rest of Hollywood believes the stereotypical Puritan nonsense that all Christians are Bible thumpers.
It’s the most ubiquitous religion in the west so it’s the easiest to vilify. Everyone knows about the inquisition, Salem witch trials, and religious based laws against sodomy. (Anti gay)
The rest of Hollywood believes the stereotypical Puritan nonsense that all Christians are Bible thumpers.
It’s the most ubiquitous religion in the west so it’s the easiest to vilify. Everyone knows about the inquisition, Salem witch trials, and religious based laws against sodomy. (Anti gay)
Posted on 6/23/23 at 8:51 pm to themetalreb
You guys be careful. I think this is one of those progressive IRS agents, that carries a gun, trying to get Christians to post, so they can identify you and start harassing you because you're a Christian. At least I think that's what my mom told me she saw on Fox News.
This post was edited on 6/23/23 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 6/23/23 at 9:29 pm to themetalreb
Not enough people are giving quality treatment to Christian conservative stories, themes, etc., which makes religious projects easy fodder. This should start with Christians and conservatives ourselves demanding better, more challenging product. I’m very much pro-Christian/conservative but get flailed on here when I attack Passion of the Christ for being sophomoric. We need more challenging films with intelligent treatment from master filmmakers like The Rapture, Last Temptation of Christ, The Exorcist, The Gospel According to St. Mathew, etc. It doesn’t all have to be insipid, glossy, Kirk Cameron/Jim Caviezel shite. Catholicism’s famous Flannery O’Connor used to write some fairly edgy shite.
This post was edited on 6/23/23 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 6/23/23 at 9:33 pm to themetalreb
Because a cornerstone of Christianity is free will. The authoritarians on the left who run Hollywood must get rid of that type of mind set.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 10:23 pm to shutterspeed
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We need more challenging films with intelligent treatment from master filmmakers
Most of the church folks I know would instantly call anything like this “woke” and boycott it.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 10:58 pm to themetalreb
Dominant religion in the country for a long time.
Gay lobby hates it due to Bible's stance on homosexuality and there are more than a few of that crew in Hollywood.
Gay lobby hates it due to Bible's stance on homosexuality and there are more than a few of that crew in Hollywood.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 11:12 pm to themetalreb
Because Hollywood is Satan's tool and end games appears to be on the horizon. This is the set up to pit the world against God's chosen people.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 11:47 pm to themetalreb
People are more comfortable mocking things everyone knows really well and most Americans are Christians. For jews, the holocaust is still a bit too recent for most, plus there are a lot of Jews in Hollywood, not that there’s anything wrong with that. Also if you draw a cartoon of Muhammad you might get your head chopped off by a live-streaming extremist, so people understandably shy away from that one.
For the others, most Americans are largely unaware that non-Abrahamic religions exist
For the others, most Americans are largely unaware that non-Abrahamic religions exist
Posted on 6/23/23 at 11:49 pm to WicKed WayZ
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Christianity and Conservatism are hand in hand in their persecution fantasies
I mean if we’re talking evangelical Christian’s and conservative Republicans, we’re talking about the same people lol.
Much like the homeless and liberal arts majors will always vote democrat, evangelical Christians will always vote republican
Bases that always vote down party lines creep me out btw, so I’m not speaking in favor of either. You should vote for who you believe in, not who Sean hannity or Keith Olberman say you’re supposed to
This post was edited on 6/23/23 at 11:52 pm
Posted on 6/24/23 at 6:48 am to themetalreb
I’m a Christian and I agree that the religion is attacked quite a bit, but . . .
The state of Catholicism and Protestantism is at a fairly significant low. There is a reason shows like Righteous Gemstones exist - art imitating reality (albeit distorted reality based on fact).
No church is perfect, but many don’t make it easy on themselves - clergy affairs, the pathetic state of television ministry, super churches building massive amounts of wealth, etc.
Churches are also splitting due to woman clergy, gay clergy, trans acceptance, etc. Those are all drawn along political lines (and we know which way Hollywood leans).
The state of Catholicism and Protestantism is at a fairly significant low. There is a reason shows like Righteous Gemstones exist - art imitating reality (albeit distorted reality based on fact).
No church is perfect, but many don’t make it easy on themselves - clergy affairs, the pathetic state of television ministry, super churches building massive amounts of wealth, etc.
Churches are also splitting due to woman clergy, gay clergy, trans acceptance, etc. Those are all drawn along political lines (and we know which way Hollywood leans).
Posted on 6/24/23 at 7:22 am to WicKed WayZ
The war is real, open your eyes. Not hard to see.
Posted on 6/24/23 at 8:48 am to themetalreb
The first “critical” take on Christianity that I can think of was Elmer Gantry. Curious if anybody can think of an earlier one?
Then Max Cady in the Cape Fear remake was pure evil but cloaked in Christian references. It was really creepy and effective and I think you had a lot of lesser quality works try follow this formula (religious freak killer) less successfully.
Recently I think that you have a lot of people in the creative process who are wholly and defiantly committed to their own victimhood. They have to have a bad guy. So when a familiar religion has a segment that opposes drag, abortion, homosexuality, trans …well that religion will be an obvious target for a lot of the current creative community.
And you also have a lot of outrageous televangelist types that represent the entire religion to a lot of people and are great subjects for comedy, satire, etc
Then Max Cady in the Cape Fear remake was pure evil but cloaked in Christian references. It was really creepy and effective and I think you had a lot of lesser quality works try follow this formula (religious freak killer) less successfully.
Recently I think that you have a lot of people in the creative process who are wholly and defiantly committed to their own victimhood. They have to have a bad guy. So when a familiar religion has a segment that opposes drag, abortion, homosexuality, trans …well that religion will be an obvious target for a lot of the current creative community.
And you also have a lot of outrageous televangelist types that represent the entire religion to a lot of people and are great subjects for comedy, satire, etc
Posted on 6/24/23 at 9:09 am to themetalreb
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appreciate the non-Christians in this thread following their script...right on cue with the unprovoked anger...its strange, really. I guess the basic "love thy neighbor" principle is just too much for some folk?
As a Christian, I think the answer to your question is simple and straight forward.
There are many out there who have done and continue to do things in the name of Christianity which do not honor the basic principle of “love thy neighbor as you love yourself”. Throughout history, there are those who have used “Christianity” as a means to justify the Requiremento, the Salem Witch Trials, slavery, opposition to the civil rights movement, and other socioeconomic and political agendas which are at their heart anti-Christian.
Movies, and art in general, are often reflective of the perception of the artist as well as the patron. I don’t believe movies/TV are attacking the teachings of Christ of those who follow them, but instead are pointing out those who do un-Christian things in His name.
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