RE: DESTROY NOAH'S ARK
March 29, 2014 at 10:45 pm
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2014 at 10:50 pm by Justtristo.)
I have seen the film Noah and if the director had stated this story is mythological, then it would be a half decent fantasy film. However the director tried to state that this event was some how historical. I presume to please the Christian Fundamentalists, however there is plenty in the film that will upset them.
One of the things, I noticed in the film is that God intends to wipe out all of humanity, not just save a few. There is only one daughter in law who is on the ark in the film, who is presumed to be barren. God intends these people just to look after the animals in the ark and eventually die.
When Noah finds out his daughter in law is pregnant, God instructs Noah to kill either the daughter or the baby, when the baby is born. In the end Noah does not do it, the story is a retelling of the story of Abraham and Isaac in the book of Genesis. Where god instructs to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on the mountain as a way of testing Abraham's obedience to him. Only when Abraham is about to kill his son, god decides he does not want Isaac killed.
Also there is some stuff in the movie from the Book of Enoch, in particular the angels called The Watchers (who feature in the film) who help Noah build the Ark. While Christians (apart from the Ethiopian Orthodox) don't regard the Book of Enoch as canon. However some the New Testament writers quoted from that book, I presume they regarded it as canon.
Although if a film about Noah's flood which is as accurate as possible to the text, would have to feature Ham raping Noah. That alone would warrant an automatic NC-17 (Australian R) rating
One of the things, I noticed in the film is that God intends to wipe out all of humanity, not just save a few. There is only one daughter in law who is on the ark in the film, who is presumed to be barren. God intends these people just to look after the animals in the ark and eventually die.
When Noah finds out his daughter in law is pregnant, God instructs Noah to kill either the daughter or the baby, when the baby is born. In the end Noah does not do it, the story is a retelling of the story of Abraham and Isaac in the book of Genesis. Where god instructs to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on the mountain as a way of testing Abraham's obedience to him. Only when Abraham is about to kill his son, god decides he does not want Isaac killed.
Also there is some stuff in the movie from the Book of Enoch, in particular the angels called The Watchers (who feature in the film) who help Noah build the Ark. While Christians (apart from the Ethiopian Orthodox) don't regard the Book of Enoch as canon. However some the New Testament writers quoted from that book, I presume they regarded it as canon.
Although if a film about Noah's flood which is as accurate as possible to the text, would have to feature Ham raping Noah. That alone would warrant an automatic NC-17 (Australian R) rating
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