(July 31, 2017 at 12:50 am)Astonished Wrote: I don't know if anybody here is a fellow fan of things like the Bible Reloaded youtube channel or the God Awful Movies podcast but I would have to assume some or most of us have at least heard of them and can easily look it up and get a gist of their purpose and sensibilities.
So, we all know that aside from the occasional high-quality Hollywood production like Noah, or Exodus: Gods and Kings, etc., most of what's produced are garbage by those opportunistic faith-heads looking to make a dishonest buck are putting out loads of Xtian films designed to denigrate non-believers and other faiths and stroke their own egos while promoting the worst of their own teachings.
It's already rather disgusting, the sort of writing and themes that go into these but I want to point out a particular example of their filmmaking that I would bet a kidney every single one of us on here has heard of, if only the title: God's Not Dead.
Subtlety is not their thing, as you are slapped in the face with the following:
Islam is bad and treats women like objects. Atheists aren't really unbelievers, they're just mad at god. And they're all completely obnoxious, insensitive, disrespectful, disloyal, stuck-up, intolerant assholes who push their agendas on others, not a single one being an exception. They should be killed for their lack of belief. Xtians are horribly persecuted for no reason at all. Science is either totally wrong or supports theism and creation. Only Xtians behave morally. Everyone wants to hear everything they have to say and supports them just because they are willing to stand up and say it, and they're never wrong.
So...I mean, I look at how much money that movie and its sequel (with, as is assumed, a third entry on the way) earn on theatrical releases and, at least by comparison to the Ark Park, it's frightening how many people have been able to sit through that and not publicly decry it for being a poor representation of their faith.
It seems we're lucky most people who profess faith are, if this is any indication, too cowardly to act upon their convictions even if they agree with the underlying messages in their holy books. But this passive-aggressive shit is hardly any different from any other propaganda released to push a tyrannical agenda. I don't see anyone getting called out over anti-defamation or attempting to incite violence in these films. Does this just not bother anyone or what?
More importantly, is there any kind of response that's appropriate? If there was a means of producing ant-propaganda, is that a viable counterattack or there just nothing to be done?
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I'm a big fan of religions competing in the marketplace of ideas. Tell me how your faith is less fucked up than the Mormons, for instance, and how you cherry pick scriptures 28% less than those slacker Methodists !!!
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