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A waste of time and Biblically incorrect to the max

posted 15 years ago by jakeh
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This film is so idiotic and misconstrued that it is sadly funny. It is so Biblically incorrect that anyone, Christian, non-Christian, haters (that so frequent this board), or anyone who does have a spiritual bent should void this film like the plague. To see that it is marketed to Christian bookstores and distributors is extremely disturbing. Even the "Left Behind" series of films were not very well made but certainly not as bad as this mess (the "Left Behind" LeHaye/Jenkins books, however, are Biblically correct).

Also it should be noted that this was a non-union film and the actors chosen made $100/day (certainly well below union scale); so it is not only a ripoff of what might be called "a Christian-themed" movie, but Faith Films also ripped-off the actors (who, actually, might deserve it, very poor acting: just grab anyone off the street and put them in front of a camera, I guess). Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Not a good representation of a Christian-themed film by any stretch of the imagination. A travesty.

http://freecastingcall.com/casting-calls-and-auditions-in-hollywood-ca/casting-call-for-non-union-feature-film-countdown-jerusalem.html

[–] Helloween07 15 years ago

Yeah, Left Behind is soooo biblically correct. Especially the parts in the bible that say the Anti-Christ is the son of a gay man and Jewish woman, or that jesus will boil people's eyes in their sockets, or that non-believers must become christian-terrorists to avoid the apocalypse.

You sir, scare me.

[–] jakeh 15 years ago

There are no parts of the Bible that say what you say. Can you read at all or are you just making it up?

There is nothing in the Bible that says Jesus (with a capital "J") will do what you say; but you'll have your chance to speak to him face-to-face about your "beliefs," and very soon it appears based upon the current world situation.

The Christian "terrorists" in "Left Behind" were new believers (after the Rapture, non-believers before); even a 3rd Grader could understand that from the series) and were fighting to help people to come to Christ and lead them away from damnation. Also, the characters in LB were not trying to "avoid" the apocalypse, it's inevitable (read The Book of Revelation, if can you read at all) Have you actually read the Bible or any part of it? Doubt it. Go troll somewhere else...

[–] elmuhfuh 15 years ago

i pose the same question to you. have you read revelation? i dont know where you get that the left behind movie is factually correct. ill start off with a couple of things for you to ponder.

1) the movies premise is a pretribulation rapture. no one knows the hour of the rapture, not even the angels in heaven. we do not have enough information from scripture to know if the rapture is pre, post or mid tribulation. so the whole premise of the movie is built on an ASSUMPTION that the rapture is pretrib.
2) the attack at the beginning is in reference to ezekiel 38. in which god saves israel when "gog" (the antichrist) comes against israel. nikolae, who is gog in the movie, hasnt even signed the covenant or become ruler of the 10 kingdoms. even if you invent some reasons as to why the rapture is pretrib, you cannot invent a reasons as to how this is out of time sequence. not to mention ezekiel 38 says god will make it known that he destroyed the armies of persia and ethiopia that come against israel, which does not happen in the movie or the book for that matter.

looks to me like youre the troll. have you ever read the bible or do you just watch movies that "factually" portray the end of the book? for future reference, if someone says something wrong about the bible, you should do the christian thing, inform them. not point your finger and ask them if theyve ever read the bible.

[–] HHFan 13 years ago

"There is nothing in the Bible that says Jesus (with a capital "J") will do what you say;"

He didn't claim there was - it is called sarcasm (with a lower case s). The whole point of his sentence is "I don't believe the bible includes ..."

Reading comprehension for the win.

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