The current protestant branch of Christianity is controlled behind the scenes by UK bankers and Zionist lobbies who wish to see christianity erased (or prostituted). The 501c3 pastors are culled behind closed doors through legal and financial threats and sexual blackmail. The cultural deterioration you're referring to is not an organic devolution, but the bloody puddles seeping under the door of a cultural invasion by these aforementioned groups. You will not have a serious reform until you round up the pastors who are being controlled (or are themselves agents) from the UK and Zionist lobbies and defend them or expose the agenturs. And you will not do that without addressing the U.S. corporation in D.C. and being prepared to have a few "very publicized" standoffs.
By the way, Donald Trump works for the UK bankers and Zionist lobby. They are not friends of the protestant church. They are seeking to destroy you.
Great video. Just want to point out that plenty of CS Lewis fictional works outside of Narnia are very dense and ambiguous. That Hideous Strength is probably one of the greatest magical realist sci fi stories of all time.
So I know you talk about Narnia being too simple and I agree. But lewis also wrote the space trilogy and till we have faces which I think are a lot more complex.
Just my littlest humblest opinion to add afew disscussion from this video. I think that it's also important to see how studies around films, theology, artistic licenses, & philosophy analysis meaning communicating to one another (as you've mentioned that either one extremely an filming agenda obbessive or the latter as shoving hard the likeness propaganda). Although to be honest I have few skeptics either with abundant slipping messages (which could become wild open minded & subjectively may I worry blurry to strange conversations….if you know what I meant since this is from "art is subjective" view usually making me confuse). Nevertheless of course, I doubting myself even to opposite approach as too blatant or narrow gap (especially when our message is only one sided around intelectual topic & rarely let ourselves enjoy the film's artistic melancholic feeling & beauty or in other words losing other senses aspects for the sake of 1 or 2 things)……So I guess my conclusion in the end is for having as possible nearly harmonious chats between the mind, heart, slice of life, & some transcendal hope (of an eschatology)……So yeah, appreantly it was not just about 1 vision 1 man but unification of abundant hope into the mastery world (or church) in all & all of these godly works for the Word……Ok, maybe I'm too abstract so it's just my random opinion. Always great videos you have to be self reflection.
I adore this video. It was Fulton Sheen who said that we must know the rain to understand the rainbow, just as we must delve deeply into the agony of Good Friday to comprehend the majesty of Easter. I also find that the entire Narnia series becomes a lot more appropriately deep and interesting outside of the very blatant LWAW. In a lot of ways, I think the protestant tradition has fallen into the realm of pandering, wanting to offer free and easy celebration, or a very blatant and straightforward message in the chosen. It's one thing to understand the message of Christ, but it's another to put it in the context of our real world, full of suffering and confusion. Without that context, and how quite frankly difficult it is to sometimes reconcile the salvation of Christ with the world we see with our eyes. It invites such tremendous skepticism to see such an easy and unthoughtful answer to all of the pains and difficulties to this problem of evil. I grew up protestant in a superficial way which I found to be unsatisfying intellectually before turning to atheism. Catholicism found me much later, which practically in many cases in the US felt protestantized. Anyways, I think I just realized that I'm very curious as to the interactions that Protestantism have with the Book of Job. I find that to be the most poetic and thoughtful book that delves into the most difficult and painful parts of faith. I wonder if you have any insights?
0:44 Interestingly, I can think of one film off the dome that fits Abed's vision: Jesus of Montreal (1989). To those who have not seen it, I highly recommend watching.
Interestingly, there is arguably a Protestant movement that is based on aesthetics; the contemporary Evangelical movement in the United States. There is a passage in the introduction to Du Mez's Jesus and John Wayne that describes this effectively; the rise of an Evangelical market (books, songs, films, shirts, etc.) created a consumerist culture. Ironically, the this kind of focus on images plays a factor in many of the issues with Protestant films in the second and third sections of the video essay. The films do not engage with emotional tension or ambiguity in part because they are essentially products made to be sold to bible study groups and evangelicals to feel good.
I'm an author rather than a filmmaker, but this is exactly the kind of discussion I've been looking to hear more often! Thanks for making this, hope you do more on the subject if you have anything else to say.
My guy YES! I also have seen Keefe’s video and I agree with the thought that Christian films lack depth. In my experience I can’t share those films with my non Christian friends cause of low quality or more like the corny ness of the premises. I’m a animator now and a beginner writer. I want to be the change but struggle to break out of this type of Protestant Christian filmmaking. These essays help remind me where Faith based Art can grow. I appreciate the quality and the work you placed behind this. Keep it up. You got yourself a subscriber.
I'm sooooo happy I found your channel… love the way you approach to the topics, please keep doing the good work
The current protestant branch of Christianity is controlled behind the scenes by UK bankers and Zionist lobbies who wish to see christianity erased (or prostituted).
The 501c3 pastors are culled behind closed doors through legal and financial threats and sexual blackmail.
The cultural deterioration you're referring to is not an organic devolution, but the bloody puddles seeping under the door of a cultural invasion by these aforementioned groups.
You will not have a serious reform until you round up the pastors who are being controlled (or are themselves agents) from the UK and Zionist lobbies and defend them or expose the agenturs. And you will not do that without addressing the U.S. corporation in D.C. and being prepared to have a few "very publicized" standoffs.
By the way, Donald Trump works for the UK bankers and Zionist lobby. They are not friends of the protestant church. They are seeking to destroy you.
Great video. Just want to point out that plenty of CS Lewis fictional works outside of Narnia are very dense and ambiguous. That Hideous Strength is probably one of the greatest magical realist sci fi stories of all time.
So I know you talk about Narnia being too simple and I agree. But lewis also wrote the space trilogy and till we have faces which I think are a lot more complex.
Where can i watch these movies?
Just my littlest humblest opinion to add afew disscussion from this video. I think that it's also important to see how studies around films, theology, artistic licenses, & philosophy analysis meaning communicating to one another (as you've mentioned that either one extremely an filming agenda obbessive or the latter as shoving hard the likeness propaganda). Although to be honest I have few skeptics either with abundant slipping messages (which could become wild open minded & subjectively may I worry blurry to strange conversations….if you know what I meant since this is from "art is subjective" view usually making me confuse). Nevertheless of course, I doubting myself even to opposite approach as too blatant or narrow gap (especially when our message is only one sided around intelectual topic & rarely let ourselves enjoy the film's artistic melancholic feeling & beauty or in other words losing other senses aspects for the sake of 1 or 2 things)……So I guess my conclusion in the end is for having as possible nearly harmonious chats between the mind, heart, slice of life, & some transcendal hope (of an eschatology)……So yeah, appreantly it was not just about 1 vision 1 man but unification of abundant hope into the mastery world (or church) in all & all of these godly works for the Word……Ok, maybe I'm too abstract so it's just my random opinion. Always great videos you have to be self reflection.
I adore this video. It was Fulton Sheen who said that we must know the rain to understand the rainbow, just as we must delve deeply into the agony of Good Friday to comprehend the majesty of Easter. I also find that the entire Narnia series becomes a lot more appropriately deep and interesting outside of the very blatant LWAW. In a lot of ways, I think the protestant tradition has fallen into the realm of pandering, wanting to offer free and easy celebration, or a very blatant and straightforward message in the chosen. It's one thing to understand the message of Christ, but it's another to put it in the context of our real world, full of suffering and confusion. Without that context, and how quite frankly difficult it is to sometimes reconcile the salvation of Christ with the world we see with our eyes. It invites such tremendous skepticism to see such an easy and unthoughtful answer to all of the pains and difficulties to this problem of evil. I grew up protestant in a superficial way which I found to be unsatisfying intellectually before turning to atheism. Catholicism found me much later, which practically in many cases in the US felt protestantized. Anyways, I think I just realized that I'm very curious as to the interactions that Protestantism have with the Book of Job. I find that to be the most poetic and thoughtful book that delves into the most difficult and painful parts of faith. I wonder if you have any insights?
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A fascinating video!
0:44 Interestingly, I can think of one film off the dome that fits Abed's vision: Jesus of Montreal (1989). To those who have not seen it, I highly recommend watching.
Interestingly, there is arguably a Protestant movement that is based on aesthetics; the contemporary Evangelical movement in the United States. There is a passage in the introduction to Du Mez's Jesus and John Wayne that describes this effectively; the rise of an Evangelical market (books, songs, films, shirts, etc.) created a consumerist culture. Ironically, the this kind of focus on images plays a factor in many of the issues with Protestant films in the second and third sections of the video essay. The films do not engage with emotional tension or ambiguity in part because they are essentially products made to be sold to bible study groups and evangelicals to feel good.
I'm an author rather than a filmmaker, but this is exactly the kind of discussion I've been looking to hear more often! Thanks for making this, hope you do more on the subject if you have anything else to say.
My guy YES! I also have seen Keefe’s video and I agree with the thought that Christian films lack depth. In my experience I can’t share those films with my non Christian friends cause of low quality or more like the corny ness of the premises. I’m a animator now and a beginner writer. I want to be the change but struggle to break out of this type of Protestant Christian filmmaking. These essays help remind me where Faith based Art can grow. I appreciate the quality and the work you placed behind this. Keep it up. You got yourself a subscriber.