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Apr 20, 2004 9:33:59 GMT -5
Post by jim cunnigham on Apr 20, 2004 9:33:59 GMT -5
why is it that there is such an interest in cult films like Donnie Darko , when there is little or no interest in the real deal, "the Bible" . i am certainly no preacher but i cant understand why people can't find the same interest and enthusisim in the real deal.
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Apr 23, 2004 16:05:34 GMT -5
Post by Seraphin on Apr 23, 2004 16:05:34 GMT -5
::)The fact is people are so full of pre-concepts, so full of empty traditions (like Christmas, Easter and so on), so full of Moses, John Baptist, Mary and Mary Magdalen -the movies who portray them over and over again - ... they just don't care anymore for the message within the Bible. It's like Shakespeare, I suppose. Everyone agrees it's great, but no one really reads it... it's a shame!
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Apr 24, 2004 18:04:12 GMT -5
Post by IIVII on Apr 24, 2004 18:04:12 GMT -5
Well, i think we see alot of movies that relate to the bible. However, most of them just relate to the story of Jesus. Why? Unfortunatly, thats one of the only stories the general population really knows. I guess you gotta take what you given. It could be worse, the only real religious stories that get turned into movies come from christianity. So consider how people of other religions feel.
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Apr 26, 2004 12:26:24 GMT -5
Post by Seraphin on Apr 26, 2004 12:26:24 GMT -5
But that's because the Cinema Industry is mostly European and North American, and there so Christian or Atheist... the cinema we know, at least. But Bollywood reflects the hindu religions and traditions, and the chinese and japanese films their own philosophy of Confucionism and Xintoism and so on. So I don't think that the people who are not Christian do not feel bad at all. But let me point one thing you are right: most people know the story of Jesus. But only the story, not the message within it and that is what we must be sorry for.
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Apr 26, 2004 21:15:55 GMT -5
Post by IIVII on Apr 26, 2004 21:15:55 GMT -5
I think one major reason we see movies about christ or "christ related" movies is that the majority of people today don't know the rest of the stories in the bible. I think hollywood refrains from making these lesser known stories for that reason. People like to go see movies they already have an understanding of. Although it would be interesting to see a "Sodom & Gomorrah" movie .
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Jun 13, 2004 19:28:08 GMT -5
Post by ElHeftismo25 on Jun 13, 2004 19:28:08 GMT -5
a better question is after seeing the film and talking about God, why the hell would you post as Jim Cunningham?
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Jun 13, 2004 21:38:21 GMT -5
Post by Twitchmonkey on Jun 13, 2004 21:38:21 GMT -5
why is it that there is such an interest in cult films like Donnie Darko , when there is little or no interest in the real deal, "the Bible" . i am certainly no preacher but i cant understand why people can't find the same interest and enthusisim in the real deal. I dont look at donnie darko inb a christian sense....it does show the possiblity that a higher power was involved but it doesnt need to be a christian god
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Jun 14, 2004 11:25:09 GMT -5
Post by IIVII on Jun 14, 2004 11:25:09 GMT -5
It doesn't need to be a christian god but this story does in fact take from the story of christ. It's even hinted as so when you see "temptation of christ" above Donnies head as he walks from the movie theatre.
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Jun 14, 2004 22:39:28 GMT -5
Post by Twitchmonkey on Jun 14, 2004 22:39:28 GMT -5
It doesn't need to be a christian god but this story does in fact take from the story of christ. It's even hinted as so when you see "temptation of christ" above Donnies head as he walks from the movie theatre. So does the Metamorphisis....or some people say....but like the metamorphisis it doesnt need to be seen as the story of christ though it does borrow a similar theme
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Jul 19, 2004 17:54:46 GMT -5
Post by 'Guest' on Jul 19, 2004 17:54:46 GMT -5
why is it that there is such an interest in cult films like Donnie Darko , when there is little or no interest in the real deal, "the Bible" . i am certainly no preacher but i cant understand why people can't find the same interest and enthusisim in the real deal. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D shut up dude :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Jul 20, 2004 16:30:49 GMT -5
Post by bloodandroses on Jul 20, 2004 16:30:49 GMT -5
1. Because the Bible doesn't make you think outside the box, or at all, really (in fact, it clearly discourages it, starting from genesis- i.e. eve eats forbidden fruit from "tree of knowledge", gets kicked out of paradise that"god" built for us on the one condition that we just except everything at it's face value, don't question anything, just be glad we're in paradise. as a result, all mankind suffers for all eternity by being deprived of this "paradise" (until they go to heaven, which means having "faith" in the bible, which will discourage them from any activities that might stimulate one's abstract thought or provoke in them any sort of connection with a *real* divine power.)
2. maybe to some people, the bible isn't the "real deal". Maybe they look for fulfillment by reading books, watching movies, and/or listening to music that prods them in abstract thinking mode. nature, painting, or whatever floats their boat. Plus the whole power and suppression conspiracy of the Catholic church probably gets to some people
3. movies (and i think all art) are open-ended, subjective, personal experiences. You can take them to mean whatever you want, take what you want from them and leave the rest, take things you are going through and paste them onto the tapestry of what is already there. Even reading this board, you can see how one movie affected many different people in many different profound ways. The bible (while fraught with inconsistancies and contradictions) was meant to deliver one message However, it does not succeed. It leaves at least me completely confused and often angered, while still i sense an underlying feeling that there is something, one thing, i am supposed to be taking from it. (what that message is? i'm guessing "follow us. salvation only through us and what we say. We will tell you how to experience things and what to do and feel) And preachers, in my experience, seem to think the same thing. So much of it is concrete, do this or this will happen, that if it weren't so confusing and self-contradictory, it might be constrictive and frightening, as well as leave no room for any additions to the tapestry.
4. movies are fun. stories of punishment, death and destruction, killing of innocent babies, etc. not so fun
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Jul 20, 2004 16:33:17 GMT -5
Post by bloodandroses on Jul 20, 2004 16:33:17 GMT -5
by the way, why did you make your user name jim cunningham? hopefully it was meant as a satire or joke. otherwise that's pretty fucked up, man. no offense meant, just wondering (and hoping you don't admire the guy or something)
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Jul 22, 2004 21:52:09 GMT -5
Post by balki on Jul 22, 2004 21:52:09 GMT -5
um that's like asking why more people watch baseball on tv than church television.more people will be interested in DD than the Bible because there are more non-christians than christians....
I for one,am a christian but I'd rather watch DD than read the Bible.It's more fun,it's entertainment.it's not meditation,I have to discipline myself to read the Bible because it's not always easy to take.The Bible convicts me and makes me realise there are things I need to change in my life.I believe thats the reason a lot of people would rathe read "alice in wonderland" than read the Bible.it's just the way things are.
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