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Molesting priests and crooked televangelists are fine examples of anti-religious propaganda, but the atheists aren't behind that...or are they? Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you ...Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man TUTORIAL FOR RE-BASING FIGURES 3hrs 43mins 32secs = 1242nd of 8808 overall - 1988 Honolulu Marathon |
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Athiests make movies all the time ("Contact", great movie based on an athiest's sci-fi fiction). That's not the problem, the book was specifically written with by a man who outspokenly alligned himself againt C.S. Lewis, against the church and against what he calls in his books "the Allmighty". Specifics in the books to those who don't care about what the author says about himself are that he used two traditionally demonic names ("Pan" and Azriel) as characters to fight God (identified in the books as "El", YAHWEH", "Adonai", "Allmighty") and pull him into hell. Whether or not this will be included in the movies I don't know.. but it's what the author wrote. http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp And please hear this cause it's the main point.. go ahead and watch the movie if you like. No on'e calling you evil for it. I'm just saying you should know what you're feeding your kids. Material like this (that we should rebel against God) is simply not appropriate for my little kids. That's my message. Instead me and my boys are gonna go and make some heroscape terrain out of styrophoam and glue. |
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I'm against propaganda of any kind. Atheist, Christian, Republican, Democratic, Nazi, Communist, Buddhist...
Now, from what I understand the book is about an evil religion that tries to take over the world with a magic compass. The author may not have intended it to be propaganda of sorts - but it seems very much like it to me. I'm not against it being released or anyone seeing it, but, personally, it just doesn't sit well with me. JOHNNY139'S CLASSIC CUSTOM THREAD! | Visit now!
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Hating Christians = Evil. Hating Athiests = evil. Calling yourself a Christian and molesting = evil. Hating people for hating evil = crazy. Hating evil = awesome. Hating evil and calling it evil = perhaps crazy plus politically incorrect. Me = perhaps crazy awesome plus politically incorrect. |
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Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you ...Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man TUTORIAL FOR RE-BASING FIGURES 3hrs 43mins 32secs = 1242nd of 8808 overall - 1988 Honolulu Marathon |
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Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you ...Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man TUTORIAL FOR RE-BASING FIGURES 3hrs 43mins 32secs = 1242nd of 8808 overall - 1988 Honolulu Marathon |
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I haven't read the books, so all I have to go on is that the trailer looked really cool and I had no idea that there was an anti-religion theme behind it. Until reading this thread and discovering that it is "supposedly anti-religion" and trying to brainwash the masses into being anti-religion. Personally, I believe that most people are what they are and won't be swayed into being super religious or anti religious by watching a movie. The thing that irritates me about people that make big deals over these things is that they make themselves appear "superiors" that have to watch out for the weak-minded masses who might be readily influenced by watching a movie or listening to a song. It's people that treat others as inferior or easily influenced by evil doers that turn me off to organized religion more than a movie or song ever would. Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you ...Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man TUTORIAL FOR RE-BASING FIGURES 3hrs 43mins 32secs = 1242nd of 8808 overall - 1988 Honolulu Marathon |
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Well, from what I've read, the main villain is a church. And the church is pretty much a big evil empire. This is an overt anti-religious theme, and it doesn't sit well with me, even though I'm not religious in any way, shape, or form. I dislike the fact the author wrote a book as one-sided propaganda (though with a well developed story, I'll admit) and I dislike the fact it's being made into a movie. Can he? Sure. It's not against the law. But I just don't think someone should use their creative talents to do that kinda thing.
Also, you said you didn't know it has anti-religious themes. THAT is why I don't like it. It's pretty much propaganda - trying to teach you that something is right or wrong without telling you first. JOHNNY139'S CLASSIC CUSTOM THREAD! | Visit now!
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I got news for you... Many large organized religions have been the driving force of evil empires many times in history. Making a movie that mirrors this is not propaganda, it is not an effort to create atheists. It is an effort to tell a story with relevance.
“Heroscapers is too old for that crap.” ~IamBatman "Hahahah! You losers! I told you so!!" ~Clancampbell |
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I choose not to see certain movies with religious themes becuase some just don't interest me. If I don't see them it's not because I assume that they are trying to teach me something religious in that movie. I look at them as telling a story and it doesn't have to have the same religious/political or social views as I do for me to see them. While I don't agree with the propaganda agenda behind this movie, I respect your opinion on the matter Johnny, even if I don't understand it. I've spent enough time in this thread and will wait until I see the movie before expressing more opinions on it. Good evening. Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you ...Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man TUTORIAL FOR RE-BASING FIGURES 3hrs 43mins 32secs = 1242nd of 8808 overall - 1988 Honolulu Marathon |
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