Comments on: #9. Comparing Braveheart to Christianity.

By: aaronmichaud

aaronmichaud — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:54:20 +0000

not that I wish I could've seen

By: Alisha

Alisha — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:09:23 +0000

I'm pretty sure anyone can find a christian analogy in any movie if they try hard enough!!! lol….i know i always sit there wondering what kind of Christian theme i can make out of it!!! lol….

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:57:59 +0000

Favorite movie! When I think of FREEEEDOOOM, I do also sometimes think, STELLLLLA, but mainly from Seinfeld remembering the original…

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:32:46 +0000

Love this post! I know my husband would too. Last year for our anniversary I wanted to do something really special for my husband and make him feel all manly and stuff so I got him the biggest, coolest, heaviest sword I could find =0) He loved it! It was especially cool because it had all sorts of Robin Hood detailing and my husband and I first met when he was playing Robin Hood in a play in college (which is where I fell totally head over heels for him because unlike everyone else who looked like they had no idea what they were doing with their swords and quarterstaffs, he was a black belt and was doing actual flips and rolls and it was AWESOME!!!)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:44:16 +0000

Dr Who and the little mermaid!
okay, has anyone seen the last episode of Dr.Who (new version- David Tennant)third series (with Martha) where theres the evil time lord who makes the Dr really old and then the DR tells Martha to travel the earth and 'spread the word' and she does and she comes back to confront the evil dude and says something like "I didn't need a weapon, I only used faith and hope" or something and then the Dr gets revived by everyone "knowing his name" (before which the evil guy scoffs and says "you're going to save the world with prayer!" or something) and then the Dr says "I only have one thing to say to you- I forgive you" and then evil guy runs. Oh and he also tempts Marthas mum to kill him but the Dr tells her not to.. and he says after his revived "the only thing you couldn't stop them from doing was thinking for themselves" or something…. and MAYBE its a stretch but it really seemed like they were alluding to something.
I also had a friend go on a rant to me about how the little mermaid had similar metaphors but I wont go into that since I've yabbered for too long…

By: Dragonfly

Dragonfly — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:04:55 +0000

I've seen "The Incredibles" used at a kids Bible camp, and Braveheart at a church I used to go to. The pastors wife was speaking that week instead of him (he was away) and she threw in "and oh, I think Mel is just yummy!" Kind of detracted from the experience for me…

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:05:10 +0000

A couple years ago, my campus fellowship had a retreat and we flew in this guy and his wife to speak. We broke up into gender specific groups. The guy started talking about being a man, then he lowered the projection screen, showed us clips of William Wallace, then proceeded to rip-off ideas from John Eldredge about being a man.

I think he forgot that Braveheart was not the book in the Bible in between Malachi and Matthew and that most of us had already read Wild At Heart.

I think that he also neglected, like many men's ministries often do, that I am a complex man. I love Braveheart and yet at the same time I love the sweet melodies of Ben Folds on piano, the movie Serendipity, and fields of white flowers.

I can still be a man and pursue my woman with valor, honor, and courage…but I don't have to beat her over the head with a club and drag her back to my cave or rescue her from her tower and whisk her away via horseback. Sometimes my sword is a comforting cup of coffee to open up conversation and my horse is my Grandpa's old mini-van.

Us men come in all sorts of varieties. I pray that ministries start opening up to that idea

By: David Golightly

David Golightly — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:49:00 +0000

Fact: Christianity is a powerful mythology that you relate to much in the way you relate to a movie that is really powerful and deeply affecting and really, really wish it were real. I think the copius movie analogies kind of prove that point.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:37:00 +0000

Along with the topic of Christian analogies…
I have probably seen the Indiana Jones “Leap of Faith” scene about 3 different times used as an illustration before a sermon.
Ah yes, and the Matrix.
And at one point, we watched The Lion King at church. It can be stretched to be an analogy.

By: O4

O4 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:01:00 +0000

Oh I’ve alway wanted a sword! I’m not alone! This is great!

Sigh. Guess I’ll stick to fencing with the Bible for now, but some day look out!!!