Worst movie ever: EXODUS: GODS & KINGS

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7_Sorrows said:
I don’t understand the connection between embracing the beliefs of the Church of Latter Day Saints and being critical of this movie.

Yes I believe Glenn Beck was a Catholic before converting. I don’t know how strong a foundation he had growing up. I do know he was an alcoholic and one of his parents committed suicide. He turned his life around and seems at peace.
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I assume you are aware that the LDS has there own book of Moses as dictated by Joseph Smith.

Mormons are fine with me, however, if they use different scripture, I think that might be of importance.

lds.org/scriptures/pgp/moses?lang=eng
 
Robyn_p said:
I think nostalgia might be clouding Glenn Beck’s judgment here. It’s not a false account at all. Moses is more human than we are used to, that’s true, and he’s definitely not perfect. But overall he’s sympathetic, and the heart of the Exodus story - God caring for his people and setting them free from slavery - is captured well. There’s a nice intro where the movie tells us the Israelites have not forgotten God, and God has not forgotten them. I really liked that bit.

Could the movie be problematic and dangerous for someone with a weak grasp of the Bible? Sure. But so could just picking up the Bible and reading it on our own if we’re being honest here. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard atheist’s say that it was reading the Old Testament that destroyed their faith. It’s messy and violent. There are things in it hard to understand and reconcile with what we know from the New Testament. God comes across as pretty cruel and even somewhat petty at times if you don’t have a good understanding of the cultural context. I think if we are going to call the movie dangerous for showing God and Moses in less than sympathetic light, we have to say the same about the entire Old Testament. Still, the movie has some good messages. It’s not really about Moses’ faults or God’s anger, it’s about God freeing His people and people keeping faith even when things look dark.

No, it’s not a perfect movie by any definition, and I don’t blame you or anyone for not wanting to see it. I’m still conflicted about it myself because there were some things I liked, and a lot I didn’t. But I don’t think there were enough flaws to call it a false account or dangerous. And like 1newcatholic said, it’s a major Hollywood movie that actually mentions God and has him directly intervening to deliver his people from slavery. That’s pretty cool to me. 👍
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Well said. I will at some point, try to see it, probably like virtually all movies, once it comes out in DVD. Very fair and even handed.

God can appear in different ways, would we say He even spoke from a burning bush?
 
7_Sorrows said:
I don’t understand the connection between embracing the beliefs of the Church of Latter Day Saints and being critical of this movie.

Yes I believe Glenn Beck was a Catholic before converting. I don’t know how strong a foundation he had growing up. I do know he was an alcoholic and one of his parents committed suicide. He turned his life around and seems at peace.
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Glenn Beck said on his radio show his friend Pat Gray who is also on the show, helped him through the time he was an alcoholic and introduced him to the Mormon Church. Beck has become very religious, but he has people like David Barton, a Protestant, & Rabbi Lapin on his show many times, so he is open to other beliefs other than Mormonism.
 
I think Beck is confusing his review with what he read in the Book of Moses, a part of the “Pearl of Great Price”, the Scriptural Canon of Mormons.
 
Path_Finder said:
I think Beck is confusing his review with what he read in the Book of Moses, a part of the “Pearl of Great Price”, the Scriptural Canon of Mormons.
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He saw the movie & from what he described…the story was not what I read in my Catholic or Protestant Bibles. Nothing to do with Mormons. :dts:
 
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