Vatican In Racist Assault on Blue People

Galvasean

No, not really. Just their review of the film Avatar:

There were harsh words too from Vatican Radio, which accused the film of "being a wink towards the pseudo-doctrines which have made ecology the religion of the millennium."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/6963399/Vatican-calls-Avatar-bland.html

It's kind of daft how they criticise the film for being overly sentimental towards ecological matters, when recently they released a statement tellin us that we al need to combat climate change.

One more for the list of hypocricies.

studiorat

Dances with Blue Fellas.

Dades

Sure every knows same sex marriage is a bigger threat to humanity than climate change.

That should have been more prominent in the movie, I thought.

[Saw Avatar and it's freakin awesome, btw]

Red Hand

Dades wrote: »

[Saw Avatar and it's freakin awesome, btw]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/04/avatar-pocahontas-in-spac_n_410538.html:pac:

Nothing wrong with a peaceful religion based on sustainability-it's better to worship the natural world than something supernatural.

GLaDOS

"Its significance is in its visual impact rather than in the story, and in its messages, despite the fact that they are hardly new.

Tbh I'd agree with this, it's a good movie, but the storyline was nothign particularly groundbreaking

Dades

ScienceNerd wrote: »

the storyline was nothign particularly groundbreaking

The storyline in Aliens wasn't particularly groundbreaking but nobody complained because it kicked ass. :pac:

grumble grumble

Teclo

Galvasean wrote: »

It's kind of daft how they criticise the film for being overly sentimental towards ecological matters, when recently they released a statement tellin us that we al need to combat climate change.

One more for the list of hypocricies.

The statement did not encourage people to 'combat climate change'(as if anyone could do such a thing) but it did warn people against the eco paganism.

So there's no hypocrisy here, just one group of religious leaders standing up for their beliefs.

Dont be at yourself

If I have to choose between Jesus Christ or James Cameron, there's only one winner.

pH

Galvasean wrote: »

It's kind of daft how they criticise the film for being overly sentimental towards ecological matters, when recently they released a statement tellin us that we al need to combat climate change.

Not daft at all - atheists are the cause of climate change, and Christianity is the solution - no room there for funny looking blue people or other ideologies.

"The denial of God distorts the freedom of the human person, yet it also devastates creation."

and

"The protection of creation is not principally a response to an aesthetic need, but much more to a moral need, inasmuch as nature expresses a plan of love and truth which is prior to us and which comes from God,"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/11/pope-failure-copenhagen

Galvasean

Teclo wrote: »

The statement did not encourage people to 'combat climate change'(as if anyone could do such a thing) but it did warn people against the eco paganism.

So there's no hypocrisy here, just one group of religious leaders standing up for their beliefs.

ORLY?

Victor

A few points.

1. The Na'vi are a different species.

2. Whatever about the whole concept of "the white man leading the native to victory", isn't it "the white man in a wheelchair leading the native to victory"

Galvasean

Oh the Catholic church are just annoyed that the wheelchair bound dude was made capable of walking again by science as opposed to the blessed virgin Mary.

Teclo

Galvasean wrote: »

ORLY?

No quote there from the pope on tackling climate change, only talk of better management of scarce resources. The story and it's headline no doubt came from the AP reporters who always muck up Vatican statements.

Galvasean

Teclo wrote: »

No quote there from the pope on tackling climate change, only talk of better management of scarce resources. The story and it's headline no doubt came from the AP reporters who always muck up Vatican statements.

Considering his comments were in direct response to the word leaders in Copenhagen failing to reach a decent agreement on tackling climate change, I think it's fair to say that he is somewhat concerned.
In anyway, you are splitting hairs now. It is still hypocritical of the Vatican to criticise a film for having a pro-ecological message when they do so themselves (not that I have a problem with them having one).

Goduznt Xzst

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

If I have to choose between Jesus Christ or James Cameron, there's only one winner.

Yeah man... it's gotta be JC all the way... wait???

Overall I have to disagree with the Vaticans opinion. Coming out of Avatar I got the overall impression that it's message was "the sooner you destroy the earth the sooner we'll be forced to find another habitable planet where you will more than likely become an awesome alien with carbon fibre bones where you can pretty much bone everything on the planet, from trees, to pterodactyls, to horse things... awesome, now go do you part and kill a panda by beating it to death with a baby dolphin"

Teferi

I find that this aptly sums up the modern RCC so very well. They comment on a movie but stay silent on child abuse in Ireland. Good lads, way to stay relevant...