Avatar Is The Work Of The Devil, Says Mark Driscoll

[Dusty Ayres]

First the Communists had their say about Avatar, now the Christians are having theirs:

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[SG-17]

If the Devil writes overly cliched plots with generic characters, then yes Avatar is a work of the Devil.


The Robot Devil most likely.

 

[scnj]

Don't insult Christians by lumping them in with this guy. He's an extremist.

 

[Sky]

If the Devil writes overly cliched plots with generic characters, then yes Avatar is a work of the Devil.


The Robot Devil most likely.

Yeah, I was coming here to say that apparently the Devil is a sucky writer then, but you already got it covered.

 

[Joy]

He goes all off on Avatar, then mentions being on the Spartacus set? HAHAHAHA!

His problem is HE doesn't know how to disconnect reality from FANTASY. It's a MOVIE, dude. Get the hell over it!

 

[Sketcher]

So the guy that says consumerism is against God has 3 TVs and two entertainment systems

 

[Aaron McGuire]

So the guy that says consumerism is against God has 3 TVs and two entertainment systems

No, no. Not just 3 TV's. 3 TiVos.

Jesus didn't want you to miss a single episode of Lost.

Aaron McGuire

 

[Dusty Ayres]

So the guy that says consumerism is against God has 3 TVs and two entertainment systems

No, no. Not just 3 TV's. 3 TiVos.

Jesus didn't want you to miss a single episode of Lost.

Aaron McGuire

That's what gets me; that he even watches that much TV to need THREE of those. I thought that most TV was the 'work of the devil' according to people like him?

 

[O'Dib]

Should every movie be based on the gospels according to this guy? "The problem is not catching terrorists, it's that you need Jesus!"

 

[Klaus]

This is the kind of guy who shows that Jesus needs me more than I need him...

 

[Kegg]

I liked l'Osservatore Romano better, but they do generally agree that the film has a pantheistic, pagan world view (albeit far less histrionic than him, and with less gratuituous references to Satan.)

This is fairly true, though I think the film likes spiritualism about nature, as part and parcel of a secular veneration of the earth, than it necessarily believes it as an article of faith. Anyone interested in new agey spirituality and the science behind climate change might just be tickled pink about some way to link the two, which is exactly what the film fantasises about doing.

That said, the most demonic film he's ever seen? Really? He needs to get out more.

Also, when he said he was on the set of Spartacus surely he doesn't mean Spartacus: Blood and Sand, does he?

If the Devil writes overly cliched plots with generic characters,

This was also a criticism the Vatican gave.

 

[OmahaStar]

Don't insult Christians by lumping them in with this guy. He's an extremist.

You're joking, yes? All "christians" are extremists by nature.

 

[Christopher]

That said, the most demonic film he's ever seen? Really? He needs to get out more.

I'm sure he's seen more "demonic" films, but they weren't as popular as this one, so he wouldn't garner as much publicity by attacking them.

 

[23skidoo]

Once in a while I am reminded that while the calendar may say 2010, in fact there are many people who refuse to believe it's the 21st century and are trying their damnedest to hold us back.

Alex

 

[Borgminister]

Don't insult Christians by lumping them in with this guy. He's an extremist.

You're joking, yes? All "christians" are extremists by nature.

Stalin and Saddam were atheists.

 

[OmahaStar]

Don't insult Christians by lumping them in with this guy. He's an extremist.

You're joking, yes? All "christians" are extremists by nature.

Stalin and Saddam were atheists.

Ok, what does that have to do with anything? You've got two extremists who were not religious. And tens of thousands who are.

 

[Borgminister]

You're joking, yes? All "christians" are extremists by nature.

Stalin and Saddam were atheists.

Ok, what does that have to do with anything? You've got two extremists who were not religious. And tens of thousands who are.

You are making an absurd blanket statement, so I thought I'd impute one of my own, how's that?

 

[Terengo]

This is fairly true, though I think the film likes spiritualism about nature, as part and parcel of a secular veneration of the earth, than it necessarily believes it as an article of faith. Anyone interested in new agey spirituality and the science behind climate change might just be tickled pink about some way to link the two, which is exactly what the film fantasises about doing.

What always gets lost in this discussion is that there's nothing spiritual about the Na'vi connection to their world, it is presented as a verifiable physical effect of a planet-wide neural network. Their connection to Eywa isn't an article of faith, but a real linkage between physical systems in their bodies and those in the rest of the ecology. This is where the analogy breaks down for me, since belief in Gaia is precisely that, a belief. The Na'vi don't need to believe in Eywa, since it's presence is as obvious as that of the big planet that Pandora orbits around.

 

[stonester1]

Don't insult Christians by lumping them in with this guy. He's an extremist.

You're joking, yes? All "christians" are extremists by nature.

Well, sad to see that bigotry is alive and well among science fiction fandom.

 

[Dr. Chandra]

First the Communists had their say about Avatar, now the Christians are having theirs:

No, that guy is having his say, not Christians.