Conceptual movie idea

[Heat]

I know this never will be a movie, that's why i'm posting it here. It's much too touchy, and controversial, it would end up missing something, upsetting a group of people, or just flat out feel condescending toward someone, if ever made.

However, here's my movie idea/concept;

What if a theist when he dies, he finds himself arrive at the pearly gates. He is then placed in a room, with about fifty other theists, from all different religions, sects, etc. no atheists, because it wouldn't work in this case, just theists. Let's just assume as well it is basically just a room as we would picture in earth, and they all retain their physical forms. Now, they are very confused as to what they are all doing here, until they hear a voice, finally god speaks to them, however this is what god says;

"I have put you in here, you are free of physical limitations, you have endless time, no need to worry about food, water, sleep, nothing of the sort. However, take notice to the fact that you are all from different religions, and I have not told you what religion I actually conveyed my message through yet. Here's your task. You are to discuss among yourselves what the truth actually is, I will not reveal myself, and may not ever reveal myself. You are to debate your ideas, which are all you have to rely on, and regardless of what religion and doctrine you currently believe/used to believe as the true pathway to god, you are to come to a group consensus on which religion is actually the truth, and you are only allowed to give one answer. I'll give you a hint, the truth lies within a single religion, so decide which one. If the answer is wrong, you will be punished by whatever standards of punishment the religion you finally choose, describes."

So they follow this order, and discuss, and i'll leave it at that.


What do you think?

[ignoramus]

Are they allowed to punch fuck out of each other?

[Heat]

Are they allowed to punch fuck out of each other?

It would be like screaming really loud and expecting a deaf person to get mad at you for it. How you expect a dead person to get hurt, and if you hurt them bad enough what's gonna happen, will they be dead twice?

In short, yes.

[Losty]

I like the idea for a book. Not sure it'd make a great movie.

[ignoramus]

In other words, they must all agree without duress as to which is the true religion.
That's a big ask for people who have invested their whole life to just change their beliefs.
Not sure it's even possible.

How can one theist convince another of their skydaddy without evidence.
(I think I just opened up a big slimy can of worms!)

[Heat]

In other words, they must all agree without duress as to which is the true religion.
That's a big ask for people who have invested their whole life to just change their beliefs.
Not sure it's even possible.

How can one theist convince another of their skydaddy without evidence.
(I think I just opened up a big slimy can of worms!)

That's the point, it's hard.

However, if there was infinite time, and no limitations, you can definitely arrive at a conclusion. You would have time to thoroughly analyze and say "This is wrong based on ___", and the theist in question would be more likely to drop what they "Want to be true", considering they were instructed and required to follow the evidence in order to arrive as a group at a conclusion.

By the way, if they already are alive after death, they will have evidence, one being that god exists, and two that god told them that one religion is correct, so they know there is an answer.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

I know this never will be a movie, that's why i'm posting it here. It's much too touchy, and controversial, it would end up missing something, upsetting a group of people, or just flat out feel condescending toward someone, if ever made.

However, here's my movie idea/concept;

What if a theist when he dies, he finds himself arrive at the pearly gates. He is then placed in a room, with about fifty other theists, from all different religions, sects, etc. no atheists, because it wouldn't work in this case, just theists. Let's just assume as well it is basically just a room as we would picture in earth, and they all retain their physical forms. Now, they are very confused as to what they are all doing here, until they hear a voice, finally god speaks to them, however this is what god says;

"I have put you in here, you are free of physical limitations, you have endless time, no need to worry about food, water, sleep, nothing of the sort. However, take notice to the fact that you are all from different religions, and I have not told you what religion I actually conveyed my message through yet. Here's your task. You are to discuss among yourselves what the truth actually is, I will not reveal myself, and may not ever reveal myself. You are to debate your ideas, which are all you have to rely on, and regardless of what religion and doctrine you currently believe/used to believe as the true pathway to god, you are to come to a group consensus on which religion is actually the truth, and you are only allowed to give one answer. I'll give you a hint, the truth lies within a single religion, so decide which one. If the answer is wrong, you will be punished by whatever standards of punishment the religion you finally choose, describes."

So they follow this order, and discuss, and i'll leave it at that.


What do you think?

You gave the answer away when you wrote "pearly gates".  The only religion that has pearly gates as part of its fairy tale is Christianity from Revelation 21:21.

[Heat]

I like the idea for a book. Not sure it'd make a great movie.

I don't think it would even work for a book. Unless it made clear that it wasn't going to be an accurate analysis and conclusion of what religion is true, it would end up turning in to a biased analysis at its core. 

The book would most likely get terrible ratings, because unlike other controversial books, this one would most likely not offend one religion, but all religions. You could keep it more light-hearted and focus on not making it insulting, however in my opinion if I wanted to make this book good, it would have to include a lot of extreme views and backlashing by different people in order to be engaging.

[Heat]

I know this never will be a movie, that's why i'm posting it here. It's much too touchy, and controversial, it would end up missing something, upsetting a group of people, or just flat out feel condescending toward someone, if ever made.

However, here's my movie idea/concept;

What if a theist when he dies, he finds himself arrive at the pearly gates. He is then placed in a room, with about fifty other theists, from all different religions, sects, etc. no atheists, because it wouldn't work in this case, just theists. Let's just assume as well it is basically just a room as we would picture in earth, and they all retain their physical forms. Now, they are very confused as to what they are all doing here, until they hear a voice, finally god speaks to them, however this is what god says;

"I have put you in here, you are free of physical limitations, you have endless time, no need to worry about food, water, sleep, nothing of the sort. However, take notice to the fact that you are all from different religions, and I have not told you what religion I actually conveyed my message through yet. Here's your task. You are to discuss among yourselves what the truth actually is, I will not reveal myself, and may not ever reveal myself. You are to debate your ideas, which are all you have to rely on, and regardless of what religion and doctrine you currently believe/used to believe as the true pathway to god, you are to come to a group consensus on which religion is actually the truth, and you are only allowed to give one answer. I'll give you a hint, the truth lies within a single religion, so decide which one. If the answer is wrong, you will be punished by whatever standards of punishment the religion you finally choose, describes."

So they follow this order, and discuss, and i'll leave it at that.


What do you think?

You gave the answer away when you wrote "pearly gates".  The only religion that has pearly gates as part of its fairy tale is Christianity from Revelation 21:21.

Relax. It was simply a metaphor for some sort of afterlife in which the person was denied entrance in to actually being a part of said afterlife. This isn't some cat and mouse game, where i already know the answer. It's just a concept.

[Exian]

I think it could work as a movie as long as the dialogue is real strong. Ever see that one movie with Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones? They're hold up in a room together and that's the whole movie. They have discussions about life and death and it manages to hold your attention the entire time.