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To: newheart
I saw it. It was an unnecessarily vile and profane Kung Fu movie with not one single act of Christianity and the inference that religion was the cause of the apocalyptic "flash". In the end, after all that, the Bible is put on a shelf with the other great religious books to complete the set.

Like I said, there's a way to tell this story and this wasn't it.

18 posted on 02/09/2010 9:54:13 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Deb
....."not one single act of Christianity".....

That's the point, there were no Christians except Eli. Do you think the natural state of man is to exude kindness and morals? Christians are blamed today for the world's ills, they were blamed in Roman days, and I'm sure they will be blamed till Jesus comes. If we attacked Iran today, would the world say we did right or Iran was blameless? It has always been Christians in the way of Satan having his way. It will always be so. The "end" you spoke of was the Bible was the first book printed after they fixed their press, just as the press was invented to print the Bible for the masses.

Your "lens" for observing the movie is set and I think you missed some of the messages sent. I find it remarkable for Hollywood to make such a movie, and you think it was a disaster. It depends on your outlook I suppose. Hollywood will not team up with Billy Graham as a consultant so you takes what you can get. The movie wasn't Biblical, but there are themes that are.

20 posted on 02/09/2010 10:13:37 AM PST by chuckles
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To: Deb

Well, I suppose we can agree to disagree. The movie isn’t perfect, but as a work of art coming out of Hollywood, it is amazing and your suggestion that there is not one act of Christianity in it is even more amazing. But it certainly your choice to view it in that way.

BTW, just curious, but what is the reference for your tag line? Sounds a bit violent to me.


23 posted on 02/09/2010 10:37:31 AM PST by newheart (History is an outbreak of madness--Ellul)
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To: Deb

But consider this.

Ten years ago the book would have been the Koran or some such thing. Society is gradually shifting.


32 posted on 02/09/2010 3:02:59 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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