Comments on: Hollywood Sells Out, Makes Better Movie!

By: SB

SB — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:44:51 +0000

I don’t really see as plausible that the Catholic Church is more wrong because it’s bigger. Agnosticism means you don’t know. But whatever.

By: Timothy Burke

Timothy Burke — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:44:07 +0000

Well, on two grounds. The first is just personal experience (Catholicism is the faith I experienced most myself growing up), but it seems to me that you can also judge churches by the kinds of things they do in the world rather than by their theology. In theological terms, I wouldn’t see Catholicism as any worse–in fact, it’s rather more attractive to me personally than some other Christian congregations. In terms of concrete policies and actions in the world? I think there’s some grounds for seeing the Catholic Church as flawed in distinct ways, partly because it is a large and hierarchical organization. (e.g., if you come across a particular Protestant minister who does morally or politically dubious things, in many cases, that affects only a single congregation or community.)

By: SB

SB — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:45:26 +0000

If you’re really agnostic, why are you more hostile to the Catholic Church? A lot of the Catholic bloggers on this film have pointed out that the rewriting of the book for the purposes of the film makes the film read like the simplest anti-Catholic propaganda, which I found hard to believe, until I read your blog. They’re all false, but the Catholic Church is especially false?

By: dnexon

dnexon — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:49:00 +0000

Tim, I think you’re protesting a bit much about the “God” thing. The Authority is our God, but, as understood in forms of Gnostic Christianity, that God is actually the Demiurge.

By: back40

back40 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:34:54 +0000

Thanks. I’ll now be better able to just enjoy the flick, as a flick.