Stupid things religious people say

[Fake Messiah]

"Hollywood insults and criticizes my religion while embracing other religions."

"Hollywood despises me because of my strong religious beliefs and the sense of justice that results from them."

Christians:

In a recent interview on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Mel Gibson candidly discussed the challenges Christianity faces within the Hollywood industry.

He revealed that during the making of The Passion of the Christ, he encountered severe backlash, stating that Christianity is the only religion “allowed to be treated with contempt” in Hollywood.

Gibson further noted that the film industry is dominated by “progressive and strongly liberal” voices who, according to him, often embrace other religions but criticize Christianity for its perceived links to “the white race, patriarchy, and colonialism.”

https://orthodoxtimes.com/mel-gibson-at-...monastery/

Muslims:

British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmad and a group of activists have launched a campaign to combat ‘toxic portrayals’ of Muslims in the popular film industry dominated by Hollywood.

“The problem with Muslim misrepresentation is one that can’t be ignored anymore and it’s one that I cannot fix alone,” Ahmad, an Oscar nominator actor, who represents a minuscule number of Muslims in Hollywood, said in a video he posted on Twitter.

“I ask myself, if I'm an exception to the rule, what must the rule be about people like me?” Ahmad said, adding that exceptions don’t change the rules, but rather highlight them.

“The progress that’s been made by a few of us doesn’t paint an overall picture of the progress of most of the portrayals of Muslims on screen that are still either non-existent or entrenched in those stereotypical, toxic two-dimensional portrayals,” he said.

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/toxic-...s-12764892

Western movies from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to "Aladdin" promote negative stereotypes of Muslims by casting them all too often as villains, a British Muslim pressure group said on Thursday.

"There is no such thing as a Muslim good guy," said Arzu Merali, co-author of a report by the Islamic Human Rights Commission that argued that movies played a crucial role in fostering a crude and exaggerated image.

The commission's study, based on soundings taken from almost 1,250 British Muslims, also found that 62 percent felt the media was "Islamophobic" and 14 percent called it racist.

"Cinema, both in Hollywood and Britain, has helped to demonize Muslims. They are portrayed as violent and backward. That reinforces prejudices," Merali told Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyl...L25857138/

Jews:

Hollywood is failing Jewish-Americans despite a history together

Less than a year and a half ago, comedian Dave Chappelle was spouting the antisemitic trope that “Jews control Hollywood” on Saturday Night Live (SNL): “I’ve been to Hollywood, this is just what I saw... It’s a lot of Jews. Like, a lot.”

Interestingly, his racist comments drew 4.8 million viewers, a record number for that season’s SNL, and a further eight million plus viewers on YouTube.

Many celebrities, particularly those in the liberal arts sector, increasingly feel pressured to adopt and espouse the fashionable and highly vocal cause du jour so as not to damage their brand. This has become particularly prevalent over the past few months following the Hamas attack on October 7 that led to the war against Hamas in Gaza.

As pro-Palestinian sentiment has grown and become more vocal, causing a steep rise in Jew and Israel-hatred, these crowd-pleasers have been either cowed into silence or are bending over backward to make sure they don’t offend groups like Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) that could damage them or their brand.

THIS WAS brought into sharp relief earlier this week at the Oscars. Celebrities had to make their way through a pro-Palestinian demonstration before entering the theater, which set the tone for what was to follow.

Jewish director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech for his Best International Feature award for The Zone of Interest was perhaps the most shocking and disturbing part of the ceremony.

“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present – not to say, ‘Look what they did then,’ rather, ‘Look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads, at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present. Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?”

While his speech has drawn criticism from Jewish groups far and wide, it was met with wide applause in the auditorium.

Although Glazer used his speech as a vehicle to air his views on the conflict, at no time did he, or anyone else there, mention the hostages, 134 of whom remain in Gaza. The yellow ribbon pins highlighting their plight were in short supply too, some even removing them as they made their way into the theater, not to cause a scene.

So, far from Jews controlling Hollywood, it would seem that in order to get ahead, now more than ever, they must bury their Jewishness and keep their heads down or prostrate themselves before the antisemites to curry favor, while distancing themselves from their fellow Jews.

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-792015

Hindus:

The Western perspective has often misconstrued Hindu culture, perpetuating a detached, mystical perception borne out of Orientalist stereotypes. Such a limited view fails to capture the rich complexity and historical dynamics of Hindu society, which has always been an integral part of a global socio-political progression.

Hollywood, as a proxy of its European founders, has often echoed these idiotic perceptions in its portrayal of Hindus. This has led to the propagation of historical stereotypes rather than fostering a nuanced understanding of Hindu culture. Hollywood’s representations have more reflected their creators’ cultural biases than an informed appreciation of the history and culture of Hindus society.

The history of Hindus’ stereotypical representation in Hollywood traces back to colonial India when the discourse was dictated by missionaries, anthropologists, and officials who presented Hindus as primitive and unsophisticated. These narratives laid the groundwork for Hollywood’s longstanding tendency to perpetuate these misconceptions about Hindu culture and society.

Seventy-five years after the death of the colonial era, Western institutions like Hollywood have failed to shed their colonial mindset and continue to propagate the theme of Western superiority, routinely portraying Hindus as simple-minded, humorously naive, and socially inept or childlike. Conversely, they also frequently depict Hindus as sinister, malevolent, and antagonistic to Western principles and actions.

The tradition of Hollywood’s stereotyping of Hindu culture can be traced back to 1939 when the movie “Gunga Din“ depicted Hindus as savages. The film features them as fervent worshippers of the Goddess Kali, engaging in human sacrifices conducted under the oversight of an unhinged Hindu priest.

https://stophindudvesha.org/deconstructi...of-hindus/

Buddhists:

Why I'm shunned by Hollywood because I support Tibet: Richard Gere says the studios won't hire him in case it upsets China

The 67-year-old believes it his outspoken criticism of China and his Tibetan activism that has scared off the big studios, who are worried his casting could upset the superpower - which has quickly become the world's second-biggest box-office market.

'There are definitely movies that I can't be in because the Chinese will say, "Not with him,"' he told the Hollywood Reporter. 'I recently had an episode where someone said they could not finance a film with me because it would upset the Chinese.'

The American Gigolo star was even banned from the Academy Awards in 1993, after he spoke out about China's occupation of Tibet and its 'horrendous, horrendous human rights situation' when he was invited to present the award for best art direction.

The Buddhist, who has a long standing friendship with the Dalai Lama, is banned for life from China.

Gere claims he was not bothered by the Academy ban, saying: 'I didn't have to put on a tuxedo again. I was fine with that.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ywood.html