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I'm curious as to why no one attacks Christianity via film. I'm not trying to rub resident Christians the wrong way, but there is a lot of angst in this world. I'm not seeing it. There was foo over the Golden Compass and its meaning, but what I'm seeking is something that's more "in your face."

No institution has been safe from screenwriters, directors, even the actors themselves, to parody, mock, bash, harange, and utterly protest on the big screen and the glittery glamoury or the amazing silzer screen (distinguish made to represent small films and indie films -low budget v. major films and "blockbusters"- mega budget), except Christianity.

Why no action films where the US is run by militant Christians? Why no films set in the Inquisition about people getting out of a sticky situation? If you're going to degrade other religions (see that godawful Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) let's put some smut about Christians.

Why is this a topic never breached in the film industry unless "the Church(s)" (Catholic or Prostant) maintains good guy status?

the god who wasn't there
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It's been done, you're just not looking close enough. I see no reason to attack anybody's belief system though, you should be wanting to see attacks on radicals and hypocrites that use Christianity (or any other religion) as an excuse to harm others or fatten their wallets. Damn witches... ;)

I'm pretty sure christianity is mocked in films very commonly...

Wouldn't The Cruciable count under that as well?

Not in the slightest

I was suprised when the exorcist came up in topic for me after I moved to the U.K that it was origanally banned... And for some time as I believe.

But then just yesterday it was good Friday and it was as big a shopping day as christmas eve.

In Australia we don't ban the Exorcist but we hardly even open a pub on Good Friday...

So, I'm confused as fuck as to where priority lies with these Freaks!

That's because it varies from denomination to denomination and region to region.

Well, what my point is we are not extreame religous freaks as to ban a movie about the church in Australia... But working conditions in the UJ.K ar absolute shit and they don't even get good friday of, it's just called a bank holiday and every one works, but they don't get penalty rates they just get an extra days holiday.

Penalty rates in Australia are time and a half or double time and a hal i'm staring to forget for a public holiday.. then if you don't have to work on the public holiday you recieve full pay...

So this system is screwed.

But back to the point. What I was Origanally getting at is that they seem to be useing easter as a bigger marketing/shopping campaighn here in the U.K,.
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Which once against makes no sense to me in a town like Glasgow with one football club catholic and the other Prodistant... fucked if I know how they justify themselfs at church.

I mean if they are so ritcheous about there religons that they fight in the streets about it why don't they care at easter?

Escape from LA and V for Vendetta had countries run by Christian religious fanatics. Kingdom of Heaven had Christians as the bad guys.
And any movie that has the KKK as the bad guys, because the KKK is militant Christian. The neo-Nazis in American history X were called the "Disciples of Christ" or something. That just what I can recall off the top of my head, I'm sure there are more.