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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.

[–] ztpt 9 years ago

Its all fictional..this movie and the bible you know that right,alas the bible isnt consistent towards itself due to its t many itterations,authors and translations how can it then be consistent to another work of fiction?

We inherited this tripe from the late roman empire and their political mess after they violently wiped all the old inherited faiths ,they pushed this fantasist nonsense on its citizens and many of us keep it up to this day

[–] Devon_Rex 9 years ago

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.

It's almost like they think 'God and angels' are a load of complete bollocks.

I'd do an 'eye roll' but honestly, who cares?

[–] montoblonde 9 years ago

First off, now this is just a guess here... IT IS A FREAKIMG MOVIE!!!

Second, this movie was not great but it was decent.

[–] jmillerdp 8 years ago

Using "Biblical" and "accuracy" in the same sentence doesn't help your credibility! 

I. Drink. Your. Milkshake! [slurp!] I DRINK IT UP! - Daniel Plainview - There Will Be Blood

[–] townroad2003 8 years ago

It's just a fictional movie.

[–] wartengu 8 years ago

The bible is a work of fiction, nothing more. There's nothing accurate about it.

[–] sth78 8 years ago

I'm with you. And I'd like to add that the Percy Jackson movies also take very lightly on the Greek mythology.

[–] [email protected] (2042) 6 years ago

Also the writers clearly don't know anything about the Trinity. But how would Jesus appear if He's suppposed to be in His mother's womb upon conception? Last, the OT stated that God would not bring the earth unto destruction by the same method, the Great Flood. It doesn't mean He won't destroy man and the earth by other means.

1. Is the baby supposed to be Jesus? Because His second coming is supposed to be the end of the world and he certainly won't come back as a baby but in his original body that resurrected on the third day.

2. God is a Trinity, 3 persons, conaubstantial, 1 God. They are in accordance with one another Jesus is the Word and the HS is the Breath, not one works against the other or alone, they are in communion with each other since it is 1 God, not 3. So why would Jesus come back as an infant opposing the Father? And how would He do it without the Father and HS?

3. Michael is the angel that fought Lucifer who rebelled against God, it isn't Michael's place to question God's decision or to even be put in a position to side with one over the other since there is only 1 God, not 3. And it was really out of his character to rebel against God as if he was like Lucifer.

4. It doesn't matter if the girl is poor, uneducated, a waitress who disbelief own a car but it matters that sh is pure and without sin since she is the ark of the covenant that houses the Word of God.

5. It makes more sense that she houses the antiChrist since her housing Jesus contradicts everything mentioned in Scripture.

6. How does Michael have a material body even when he's not supposed to be made of matter like humans?

7. Why would the angels and Michael be ordered and be will g to kill God? Since Jesus, the Son, the Word, the Redeemer is God, killing Him is killing God and akin to killing God the Father and the HS. Who would order them to kill God even? The Father? That doesn't fit into Christian theology. And how would these angels even have the power to do so?

At the end of the day, the film is just plain stupid and deserves its rating. I roundness get stressed over it.