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superectojazzmage · 12 days ago

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#the two most surface-level readings of Christinity (at least in the anglosphere)#are noncommittal feelgood ''well Jesus' message was really just that He wanted us all to be good and care about each other''#and fire-and-brimstone ''everyone I don't like is going to Hell and they deserve it''#both of which kind of undercut the whole ''God Himself became a man and faced down painful death and damnation in your place#''accept Him into your life as your Lord and let your broken and dying heart and spirit be transformed'' bits

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay is just such a deeply unserious movie. I get what they were going for but if you have the barest surface-level knowledge of theology the whole thing turns into a black comedy where you watch a bunch of idiots kill each other over a piece of cardboard.

#hollywood absolutely does think christianity is just some video game-esque karma system where you can go to heaven or hell based on points #because the most exposure most of them have had was exactly this kind of cultural christianity and they can't ass themselves to do research #because they view the faith and people in general who exist outside their echo chamber with barely concealed contempt #their view of anyone outside of their gated community is as a redneck fundamentalist #screeching about how everyone around them is going to hell for drinking beer or having sex #and that unwillingness to engage with anything beyond that strawman manifests as these shallow and bizarre Hot Takes #though other times it's just done because there's not MEANT to be any serious engagement with christianity as a real world religion #and the writers are just using ideas from judeo-christian mythology and writings for style #or basing their own worldbuilding off aspects common to real world religions #which is probably what the suicide squad example stoat is talking about was doing #which itself is just a dumber version of a much more intelligently written story from the comics - specifically gail simone's secret six -#in which bane is basically hit in the face with the fact that all his “noble” justifications for his evil actions are seen right through #and he's still damned to hell for his sins despite trying to pass himself off as some kind of lovable rogue #to which he responds by basically devolving into nihilistic despair and gives up on even trying to pretend he's a good person

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