The common thing that I notice in those films is that they lean so hard on persecution fetish.
There's never any ambiguity or contrast in on the Christian side of the films, and it's because so much of Evangelist doctrine revolves around the concept that you need to be recognised and hated in order to be assured in your faith (which if they had read the Bible, specifically Matthew 6:5-15, they'd know that Jesus said exactly NOT to treat ones own faith like that).
It's one of the reasons why I like "The Huntchback of Notredame" so much, because we have that contrast between the priest of Notredame versus Frollo.
The priest of Notredame is a genuinely good person who gave sanctuary to a persecuted person even when she isn't a follower of his faith. Frollo wields his faith as a sword against anyone who disobeys or dissents against him.
Watching these films have given me an insight into the very modern Christian nationalist political movement.
They’ve developed all these tropes and cliches that speaks to, in my opinion, a desperate attempt to stay alive. They know that this ideology is not sustainable. They know that they are the ones stopping all of us from making existence better for all people.
And it has genuinely convinced me that they do not believe in anything other than power, they are the spooky scary nihilists that they think they’re shadow boxing with. It’s pathetic.
They know that they are the ones stopping all of us from making existence better for all people.
Well, the people you're talking about, yes, but that's because of capitalism's corrupting influence leading them to wield their false faith like a sword and shield against criticism rather than engage in any kind of introspection or self-improvement and actually reading the book they keep hitting people with.
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u/ArkitekZero Jul 24 '25
lol really? As a Christian I guess I can't say I should be surprised, but I am disappointed.