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Post by maya55555 on Aug 2, 2018 22:12:35 GMT
Why is Hollyweird so kind to the Mormons but tear down everything in the Roman Catholic Church's doctrine?
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Post by geode on Aug 3, 2018 5:49:31 GMT
Why is Hollyweird so kind to the Mormons but tear down everything in the Roman Catholic Church's doctrine?
I personally am not aware that "Hollyweird" treats the Mormons and Catholics all that differently in terms of depicting rituals or their respective doctrines whether in either a positive or negative manner. This could have been an interesting subject if you had stated it as an honest and objective comparison, rather than what amounts to a one-sided attack on one group (at least an implied attack). I think to people who are not part of any religion the practices or rituals of most any "faith" or religion seem rather odd or weird, whether it be ritual animal sacrifices, Mormon temple rites, or concepts such as transubstantiation. If I think or ponder on them, virtually all such beliefs or rituals seem odd and illogical. But defending one's own religion by attacking another seems to me to be a poor practice, and just the sort of thing that gave birth to the saying, "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." So, I think instead of posing a dubious conclusion as a question, it would have been much better to ask the question, "Does the Hollywood film and television industry statistically treat Catholics or Mormons more negatively? And in the reverse mode, which is treated positively a greater percentage of the time?" From my own experience I have seen both attacks and praise of both Catholics and Mormons in TV shows and movies, contrary to your unsubstantiated "sweeping generality" post.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Aug 3, 2018 9:16:26 GMT
Well now, M, I've been very busy these last five years collating information on various religious, political, and social matters, and I haven't given a great deal of thought to it, but I think it's because the Mormon Church is more easily portrayed as an oppressed people, and the Catholic Church is more easily portrayed as an oppressor. It's the price to be paid for being the largest Christian denomination in the world. The Mormon trek to Utah can be spun like the Book of Exodus, with Mormons being abused because they are different until they finally make it to their own "promised land." It's just my theory, and combined with a fistful of loose change it will get you cup of coffee almost anywhere in the world....except perhaps for Salt Lake City. Have you ever seen that movie "The Avenging Angel" from 1995? It was pretty good. As Mormon murder mystery movies go, I cannot remember seeing a better one.
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Post by maya55555 on Aug 3, 2018 12:46:38 GMT
geode
Sad that you are so sensitive to the plight of what you perceive as an attack on the Mormon church. Your paranoia is showing.
So you have set yourself up as a better poster. Hardly.
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Post by Cody™ on Aug 3, 2018 13:03:07 GMT
Mormonism = False cult.
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Post by Isapop on Aug 3, 2018 13:09:39 GMT
For the benefit of those (like me) who'd rather not spend 15 minutes in the possibly futile hope that anything really interesting will be offered, what do you consider to be the two most striking facts revealed by the speaker?
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Post by geode on Aug 3, 2018 13:32:15 GMT
geode
Sad that you are so sensitive to the plight of what you perceive as an attack on the Mormon church. Your paranoia is showing.
So you have set yourself up as a better poster. Hardly. I don't think a honest person would see my post as being an over-sensitive reaction. Unlike your OP my reply was objective and did not take sides. I think you are the one who is too sensitive and you started this thread as a result. Did somebody attack Catholicism recently and this is your reaction to that? Your choice of a video simply indicates that you are a religious bigot. In case you didn't notice, I did not defend the Mormon church. I neither defended nor attacked it or the Catholic Church. However, I did point out that somebody with no dog in the race could mock Catholic rituals in the same way your intent was to moxk Mormon rituals in your OP. I am not sure I am a better poster, but in terms of being far less of a hypocrite than you are I might well be closer to what Christ taught us that we should be as Christians.
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Post by geode on Aug 3, 2018 13:36:18 GMT
A "False cult"...? As opposed to a "True cult" as some of your posts indicate that you belong to? Some of the positions you take do seem to fit the definition of cult to at least the same degree as the Mormons.
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Post by geode on Aug 3, 2018 13:49:36 GMT
Well now, M, I've been very busy these last five years collating information on various religious, political, and social matters, and I haven't given a great deal of thought to it, but I think it's because the Mormon Church is more easily portrayed as an oppressed people, and the Catholic Church is more easily portrayed as an oppressor. It's the price to be paid for being the largest Christian denomination in the world. The Mormon trek to Utah can be spun like the Book of Exodus, with Mormons being abused because they are different until they finally make it to their own "promised land." It's just my theory, and combined with a fistful of loose change it will get you cup of coffee almost anywhere in the world....except perhaps for Salt Lake City. Have you ever seen that movie "The Avenging Angel" from 1995? It was pretty good. As Mormon murder mystery movies go, I cannot remember seeing a better one. If the Mormons actually do get more favorable treatment in Hollywood productions, I guess this might be a reasonable explanation. I have not perceived this to be the case, and think it might just be an assumption made out of the paranoa of the person starting this thread.
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Post by yougotastewgoinbaby on Aug 3, 2018 13:52:24 GMT
Why is Hollyweird so kind to the Mormons but tear down everything in the Roman Catholic Church's doctrine?
Because Roman Catholics rape children.
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Post by geode on Aug 3, 2018 13:54:02 GMT
Well now, M, I've been very busy these last five years collating information on various religious, political, and social matters, and I haven't given a great deal of thought to it, but I think it's because the Mormon Church is more easily portrayed as an oppressed people, and the Catholic Church is more easily portrayed as an oppressor. It's the price to be paid for being the largest Christian denomination in the world. The Mormon trek to Utah can be spun like the Book of Exodus, with Mormons being abused because they are different until they finally make it to their own "promised land." It's just my theory, and combined with a fistful of loose change it will get you cup of coffee almost anywhere in the world....except perhaps for Salt Lake City. Have you ever seen that movie "The Avenging Angel" from 1995? It was pretty good. As Mormon murder mystery movies go, I cannot remember seeing a better one. I have not seen "Avenging Angel" so thanks for bringing it up. I will check it out. Here it is online, to watch for free.
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Post by maya55555 on Aug 3, 2018 17:27:27 GMT
geode
SHEESH! Three posts in a row about the quality of my posts. Get a life.
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