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"Iain" |
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24 Jan 2005 10:40:11 AM |
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Hostility to Christianity in Hollywood |
The only film in Hollywood history in which Christianity is used as a
villainous plot device seems to be King Arthur(2004), esp. the
director's cut. I can't think of any others. Even films about Nazism do
not use religion itself as a main plot device.
The film features a Christian Arthur leading pagan knights. From the
beginning, his knights openly mock clergy and power of prayer, they
rescue pagan Guinevier from a Christian torture chambre where people
are walled in by Christian fundamentalists and starved because it is
"God's will". Their commissioning bishop then turns out to have a
treacherous past. The film then chronicles Arthur's disillusionment
with Christian Rome, and his talk of Christianity stops altogether from
that point onwards. Towards the end of the film he has a pagan wedding.
Nowhere in this Bruikheimer film is Christianity shown in a good light.
~Iain
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| User: "Gary Bohn" |
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| Title: Re: Hostility to Christianity in Hollywood |
24 Jan 2005 09:45:56 PM |
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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1106584811.264819.131660@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
The only film in Hollywood history in which Christianity is used as a
villainous plot device seems to be King Arthur(2004), esp. the
director's cut. I can't think of any others. Even films about Nazism
do not use religion itself as a main plot device.
The film features a Christian Arthur leading pagan knights. From the
beginning, his knights openly mock clergy and power of prayer, they
rescue pagan Guinevier from a Christian torture chambre where people
are walled in by Christian fundamentalists and starved because it is
"God's will". Their commissioning bishop then turns out to have a
treacherous past. The film then chronicles Arthur's disillusionment
with Christian Rome, and his talk of Christianity stops altogether
from that point onwards. Towards the end of the film he has a pagan
wedding. Nowhere in this Bruikheimer film is Christianity shown in a
good light. ~Iain
And God looked upon all he had wrought and saw that it was good.
--
apatriot #23, aa #2179, Grand Poobah, EAC Department of Oxygen
Deprivation
Responsible for brain damage everywhere!
Gary Bohn
Science rationally modifies theories to fit the observed evidence.
Creationists emotionally modify the evidence to fit the bible.
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| User: "Raptor514" |
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| Title: Re: Hostility to Christianity in Hollywood |
24 Jan 2005 11:45:04 AM |
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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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The only film in Hollywood history in which Christianity is used as a
villainous plot device seems to be King Arthur(2004), esp. the
director's cut. I can't think of any others. Even films about Nazism do
not use religion itself as a main plot device.
The film features a Christian Arthur leading pagan knights. From the
beginning, his knights openly mock clergy and power of prayer, they
rescue pagan Guinevier from a Christian torture chambre where people
are walled in by Christian fundamentalists and starved because it is
"God's will". Their commissioning bishop then turns out to have a
treacherous past. The film then chronicles Arthur's disillusionment
with Christian Rome, and his talk of Christianity stops altogether from
that point onwards. Towards the end of the film he has a pagan wedding.
Nowhere in this Bruikheimer film is Christianity shown in a good light.
~Iain
Well, I might have to rent that one.
Raptor514
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| User: "Iain" |
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| Title: Re: Hostility to Christianity in Hollywood |
25 Jan 2005 05:52:30 AM |
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"Raptor514" <Raptor514@SPAMSUCKS.com> wrote in message
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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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The only film in Hollywood history in which Christianity is used as a
villainous plot device seems to be King Arthur(2004), esp. the
director's cut. I can't think of any others. Even films about Nazism do
not use religion itself as a main plot device.
The film features a Christian Arthur leading pagan knights. From the
beginning, his knights openly mock clergy and power of prayer, they
rescue pagan Guinevier from a Christian torture chambre where people
are walled in by Christian fundamentalists and starved because it is
"God's will". Their commissioning bishop then turns out to have a
treacherous past. The film then chronicles Arthur's disillusionment
with Christian Rome, and his talk of Christianity stops altogether from
that point onwards. Towards the end of the film he has a pagan wedding.
Nowhere in this Bruikheimer film is Christianity shown in a good light.
~Iain
Well, I might have to rent that one.
6 out of 10. Make sure it's the director's cut, though. Okay battle scenes.
It's fairly historically sound, except for a few long-shots, such as a
person being knocked from a tree by an arrow from half a mile away, and
Saxons invading so far north so early.
~Iain
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| User: "kathryn" |
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| Title: Re: Hostility to Christianity in Hollywood |
24 Jan 2005 12:23:14 PM |
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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1106584811.264819.131660@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
The only film in Hollywood history in which Christianity is used as a
villainous plot device seems to be King Arthur(2004), esp. the
director's cut. I can't think of any others. Even films about Nazism do
not use religion itself as a main plot device.
The film features a Christian Arthur leading pagan knights. From the
beginning, his knights openly mock clergy and power of prayer, they
rescue pagan Guinevier from a Christian torture chambre where people
are walled in by Christian fundamentalists and starved because it is
"God's will". Their commissioning bishop then turns out to have a
treacherous past. The film then chronicles Arthur's disillusionment
with Christian Rome, and his talk of Christianity stops altogether from
that point onwards. Towards the end of the film he has a pagan wedding.
Nowhere in this Bruikheimer film is Christianity shown in a good light.
~Iain
Because they weren't christians and chrisitans did do nasty things to people
Why should they promote christianity when it wasn't popular at that time ,
merely to appease the fragile egos of believers?
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| User: "Ike" |
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| Title: Re: Hostility to Christianity in Hollywood |
24 Jan 2005 07:26:41 PM |
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"kathryn" <bob@bobbybobbobthebobster.com> wrote in message
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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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The only film in Hollywood history in which Christianity is used as a
villainous plot device seems to be King Arthur(2004), esp. the
director's cut. I can't think of any others. Even films about Nazism do
not use religion itself as a main plot device.
The film features a Christian Arthur leading pagan knights. From the
beginning, his knights openly mock clergy and power of prayer, they
rescue pagan Guinevier from a Christian torture chambre where people
are walled in by Christian fundamentalists and starved because it is
"God's will". Their commissioning bishop then turns out to have a
treacherous past. The film then chronicles Arthur's disillusionment
with Christian Rome, and his talk of Christianity stops altogether from
that point onwards. Towards the end of the film he has a pagan wedding.
Nowhere in this Bruikheimer film is Christianity shown in a good light.
~Iain
Because they weren't christians and chrisitans did do nasty things to
people
Why should they promote christianity when it wasn't popular at that time ,
merely to appease the fragile egos of believers?
You really think anything resembling that actually happened?
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