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Why is there no attempt at ANY biblical or theological accuracy?

posted 14 years ago by thor7685
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First off, this movie sucks hardcore without the incredibly wrong theology within it. That said, I'm am so very tired of movies using biblical stupidity to make crappy films.

The idea that God wiped the slate clean once, so obviously God will do it again ticks me off to no end, mostly because after wiping out almost all of mankind, God then told Noah that mankind would not be wiped away again. Easy bible story, Noah and the Ark, and yet so many film makers simply stop reading before the end of the story. "OMG, God has detroyed everything with a flood, let's do it differently because God will obviously want to wipe out mankind again". Seriously? Is anyone even trying?

Also, while angels and God are spoken of profusely, the fact that this movie claims the God of Christian faith, then Jesus should have probably made an appearance, you know, if for no other reason than to set the angels straight, "You know guys, I came and died so that mankind would live, so maybe wiping out the 'last hope for humanity' is pretty stupid. Also, if the child is really the last hope for humanity, then the child is probably ME, which means that God didn't tell you to wipe out mankind and kill the child since the child is me, and I am God. Thanks for your attention, now go back to your choir practice."

I watched the trailers thinking that it was Michael the angel fighting against the legions of evil to protect a child. I can get into that I guess since even if it isn't biblically accurate, it is at least in line with muddled theological thinking. But, the legions of angels coming down to wipe out mankind on God's orders by killing the unborn "last hope for humanity" is offensive to anyone who believes in God and has read the Bible. Not just the few verses that argumentative people memorize to show how "terrible" the bible is, I mean read the whole bible and then think how terribly offensive this movie is. You want to make an atheist friendly movie and mock Christian faith, then at least try to do it without being so obviously and offensively blind to your subject matter and read your source material. You want to mock the bible, God, and faith, then read the bible and some quality theological texts and then try not to be a jerk.

This script writers didn't even try to appear to have done any form of research and it shows in their foolish movie devoid of any real theological thought when it is supposed to be about God and angels.

[–] Tyrione 14 years ago

So you've read the original scriptures of the Old Testament, in the earliest Hebrew?

Get real. You're asking for historical accuracy about a collection of plagiarized Creation Myths that are thousands of years old.

Faith truly is delusional. Have faith in your Self.

[–] unknown_soul278 14 years ago

I don't know, maybe because it's a MOVIE? I didn't see 'documentary' anywhere in the ads or credits.

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[–] mekoppa 14 years ago

I just found it a bit strange that somebody who has a screen name of a Norse god is telling us the workings of a Christian god.

[–] Gjustin1974 14 years ago

As an expert on the bible and all that stuff, Thor should know better then to take the name of any other god before God.

Also I found it funny that Thor is complaining that a fictional movie is not being true to a fictional book(the bible). Thor since the bible is not held to any accuracy standards why should this movie be?

[–] m-a-brookes 14 years ago

Because it is not meant to be biblicaly accurate, what part of that is hard to understand. It is NOT a religious film, just a film that took some story elements from a book to inspire a new story.

[–] dianesellers 14 years ago

thor7685, you are hilarious and you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!! Your critique of this film and its shortcomings was right on target and EXACTLY what I was thinking as I watched it. I enjoyed a couple of the performances and special effects (really enjoyed the old lady in the diner's flip out, and the ice cream man's attack). The rest was exactly as you outlined it!

[–] michaelexarkun 14 years ago

True.
This film is in no way consistent with any mode of Bible theology or exegesis.
Simple as that.
I was somewhat entertained, but it didn't even make any logical sense.
If Almighty God wanted to wipe out humankind, then He should be able to do it without being contested.

Also, why would he want to kill an unborn child that He knows to be an eventual savior of humankind- that should be what He wants.

[–] Gjustin1974 14 years ago

Michael the bible is a work of fiction. God does not exist. Destiny and fate are what the weak people use to pretend they had no choices in life. It is an excuse and nothing more.

[–] starwolf 14 years ago

You know what amazes me?

When something is well written (or filmed well), people can come away from it with different ideas and different interpretation because it inspires thought.

When something is written half-assed (or filmed poorly) people can still come away from it with different ideas and different interpretations because it's confusing as hell and internally inconsistent.

This movie is in the later category.

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[–] daughterofolaf 14 years ago

Accuracy aside, this movie is LOL funny.

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