Sappy and Bland--A movie about people fighting to keep from being exterminated...It looks like the Nazi Pope is finally showing his true feelings about Jews.
They got one thing right: Avatar is just a space-aged version of "Dances With Wolves." And frankly, the idea of downloading what makes a person a person from one body to another was very far-fetched.
The strength of this movie lies in the visual spectacle, not a message.
The "Vatican" doesn't necessarily imply the Pope. More than likely, the mid-level bureaucrat that issued this statement didn't even see the movie. One thing this movie is not is "bland". Anti business, yes. Not pro-military I can go with as well. It even might suggest that the people who colonized the Americas (think Cortez) might have torn into an advanced civilization who did not build machines of war. The fact that it is generating so much controversy is because it isn't shallow at all. In fact, it's exactly the opposite of what "The Vatican" has stated that it is.
Perhaps more significantly, the Vatican takes the movie to task for flirting with what it says is the worship of nature as a substitute for religion. **********************
Does anyone really give a rat's patuti about what the Vatican thinks about a movie?? And what business is it of theirs what religion or lack thereof a fantasy, fictional, race of people have. I doubt folks on another planet are going to be running around talking about Jesus.
"Why do all religions have commandments to do good or condemn what is bad in their opinion?"
Because they are attempting to manipulate and control the masses.
"Is God both good and bad, what's the Eastern term for that? Is God for light and darkness spiritually speaking?"
Not sure. Google can probably help you there.
"Why throughout the Bible representatives of God command us to chose what is good over what is evil? if it just is? Why did God reveal this truth to us?"
He didn't. Humans wrote that book. See my first answer, above, then, for the reasoning as to the "why"s you are asking about.
"Why do all religions have commandments to do good or condemn what is bad in their opinion?"
Because they are attempting to manipulate and control the masses.
"Is God both good and bad, what's the Eastern term for that? Is God for light and darkness spiritually speaking?"
Not sure. Google can probably help you there.
"Why throughout the Bible representatives of God command us to chose what is good over what is evil? if it just is? Why did God reveal this truth to us?"
He didn't. Humans wrote that book. See my first answer, above, then, for the reasoning as to the "why"s you are asking about.
"by cleric60 Hello slownewsday. I was wondering if only humanity is God in your belief system or is God also the lower animal world? Also, if you believe in a God--Good do you believe in a Devil-evil/bad? And what's wrong with Romans 1:18-22? in your opinion? "Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord (Jermiah 23:11)"
Anything living, of course. How could it be otherwise? There is no divide.
I don't believe it's either good nor bad - it just is.
And per the bible quote, life is in all of those places, sure.
Forgot to address your question re: Romans 1:18-22. It's just a laughable Bible quote, really. Of course there's a "believe in this or else" clause - it wouldn't be a religious tome otherwise.
Thanks for your reply, slownewsday. So God is neither good or bad? Why do all religions have commandments to do good or condemn what is bad in their opinion? Is God both good and bad, what's the Eastern term for that? Is God for light and darkness spiritually speaking? Why throughout the Bible representatives of God command us to chose what is good over what is evil? if it just is? Why did God reveal this truth to us?
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A bunch of old, fat, white dudes, in robes.
YAWWWWNNNN...........
The last person most people would go to for a movie review is some boring old fat guy who walks around in his robe all day.
The strength of this movie lies in the visual spectacle, not a message.
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Does anyone really give a rat's patuti about what the Vatican thinks about a movie?? And what business is it of theirs what religion or lack thereof a fantasy, fictional, race of people have. I doubt folks on another planet are going to be running around talking about Jesus.
Because they are attempting to manipulate and control the masses.
"Is God both good and bad, what's the Eastern term for that? Is God for light and darkness spiritually speaking?"
Not sure. Google can probably help you there.
"Why throughout the Bible representatives of God command us to chose what is good over what is evil? if it just is? Why did God reveal this truth to us?"
He didn't. Humans wrote that book. See my first answer, above, then, for the reasoning as to the "why"s you are asking about.
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Because they are attempting to manipulate and control the masses.
"Is God both good and bad, what's the Eastern term for that? Is God for light and darkness spiritually speaking?"
Not sure. Google can probably help you there.
"Why throughout the Bible representatives of God command us to chose what is good over what is evil? if it just is? Why did God reveal this truth to us?"
He didn't. Humans wrote that book. See my first answer, above, then, for the reasoning as to the "why"s you are asking about.
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Oops, Forget it...
Hello slownewsday. I was wondering if only humanity is God in your belief system or is God also the lower animal world? Also, if you believe in a God--Good do you believe in a Devil-evil/bad? And what's wrong with Romans 1:18-22? in your opinion? "Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord (Jermiah 23:11)"
Anything living, of course. How could it be otherwise? There is no divide.
I don't believe it's either good nor bad - it just is.
And per the bible quote, life is in all of those places, sure.
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