christian PROPAGANDA - The Small One (1978) Discussion

[–] PapaT_86 13 years ago

I'm surprised no one here has noted that the director, Don Bluth, is not a Christian. He is a Mormon, or if you prefer a member of the Church of Later Day Saints, who I believe have had one or two disagreements with Christians over the years...

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[–] srnumber9 13 years ago

There should be some sort of code you type into these boards that automatically launches "If you don't like the movie, don't watch it."

If you don't want to be a Christian, don't.

If you can't endure other people being Christians (or Jews/Moslems/Hindus/Pagans/Druids/Atheists....) then learn to suffer, because the world doesn't revolve around you and the rest of us aren't changing to humor some bigot.

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[–] Furienna (3327) 3 years ago

Wow...
This short is only vaguely about a Christian story and not at all about Christian teachings.
Joseph shows up in the end to buy the donkey, but that's it.
And we also only see Mary in silhouette and never hear her speak.
There's no subtext, that tells you that you must be a Christian or burn in Hell or anything.
And still, some people can't stand even the smallest reference to a Bible story.
It is incredible how narrow-minded some people can be in the name of "enlightenment".
And I wouldn't be surprised if the OP never even watched the short, but hated on it anyway.

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[–] AmeriGirl26 (12517) 3 years ago

I loved watching this as a kid. We'd watch it as part of a tape mom had made years ago that had a whole string of Christmas programs she'd recorded from HBO and Disney Channel. My brother loved it too.

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[–] Furienna (3327) 3 years ago

For me, I grew up with the story as an audiocasette/story book combo.

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[–] AmeriGirl26 (12517) 3 years ago

My brother and I did that with many Disney stories! :D I loved having the cassette player nearby, chiming to tell us to turn the page, and we could follow the narrator as we went along. It's a great way to help kids learn to read ;)

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[–] Furienna (3327) 3 years ago

Ah, that is what I did as well. Good times!

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[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7453) 3 years ago

I just gotta say, the TC is an arrogant jerk. He doesn't believe in the U.S constitution because he thinks nobody should be allowed to be a Christian. Which imo makes him a fascist. Then again he also was probably a troll.

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[–] AmeriGirl26 (12517) 3 years ago

I could swear that it was okay to be a Christian in America. Or did they finally turn it into a crappy atheist state like France and not tell anybody?

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[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7453) 3 years ago

Of course. I was just talking about the TC. Then again he may not have actually believed that crap and may have just been trying to get a rise out of everyone.

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[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 3 years ago

Freedom of religion is part of the First Amendment. The U.S. has no state-established religion and citizens are free to practice whatever beliefs they subscribe to.

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[–] Furienna (3327) 3 years ago

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[–] Furienna (3327) 3 years ago

We must hope that he has matured away from his hatred by now.

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[–] Satan2016 (23682) 3 years ago

What a pathetic Marxist! You just proved you are the religious fanatic here.
Also misrepresented Satanism. Doesn't permit rape and murder.

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[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7453) 3 years ago

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