RE is Everywhere!
Cinema
Some recent films totally based on religious themes:
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Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
The ring represents evil. The basic message is that only the humble will be able to combat its power. |
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
More of the same: Also death and resurrection moments from both Gandalf and Aragorn |
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Signs |
A priest loses his faith and finds it agian with the help of his kids and an alien or two. |
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A Walk to Remember |
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The 6th Day |
Arnie faces moral decisions over whether cloning is right or not. He decides that only God should make life! |
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Bedazzled |
Satan shows up and is gorgeous. (Liz Hurley) All about temptation! |
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Gladiator |
A man who spends the entire film thinking about his
afterlife. The slogan?
"What we do in life - echoes in eternity" |
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Angela's Ashes |
Struggle of a half Catholic half Protestant Family in Ireland |
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Dogma with Ben Affleck Matt Damon |
All about angels finding their way back to heaven. |
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The Green Mile With Tom Hanks |
All about a prisoner who can perform miracles but will be executed |
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Stigmata With Patricia Arquette |
About a woman who receives the stigmata, the wounds of Jesus. |
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End of Days With Arnold Schwartzenegger |
Biblical Prophesy film about the Devil taking over the world at the end of time. |
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East is East |
A British comedy about Islamic Arranged Marriage. |
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Joan of Arc With Milla Jovovich |
About St. Joan, a girl who led France with God's help. |
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Holy Smoke With Kate Winslet |
A woman gets involved in an Indian Cult. Opening Soon |
Other films with religious themes:
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Indiana Jones with Harrison Ford |
All three films are based on religion. Raiders of the Lost Ark: Judaism Temple of Doom: Hinduism & Voodoo The Last Crusade: Christianity |
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Ghost with Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore |
What happens when we die? |
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Schindler's List with Ralph Fiennes |
Jewish escapes during the Holocaust |
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City of Angels with Nicholas Cage, Meg Ryan |
An angel who falls in love with a mortal |
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ET with the little guy himself |
All about someone from another place who does miracles, heals people, dies and rises again. Now where have I heard that before? |
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The Prince of Egypt with Val Kilmer, Sandra Bullock |
About the beginning of Judaism, with Moses! |
| The Matrix | A Messianic Film. Neo is trying to save humans from certain death. He has special powers, has been predicted by prophets, dies and rises again stronger than before. Who does that sound like? |
TV
Not just songs of praise:
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Simpsons with Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa & Maggie |
A Christian Family trying to live life the best they can. |
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Buffy with Sarah Michelle Gellar |
Supernatural evil being fought in Sunnydale. Vampires have rejected God, read Dracula if you don't believe me! |
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Dawson's Creek with Dawson, Pacey, Joey £ Jen |
Teenagers trying to understand their sexuality and morality. What is right? |
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Friends With a lot of Friends |
Ross and Monica are Jewish, Joey is Catholic. There are a lot of RE joke in there, you just don't get them! |
Garforth
St. Mary's, St. Benedicts, The Methodist Church, the Evangelical Church, Dayspring (at Garforth Community College) and that is just off the top of my head!
The Web
Just click here to see how many religions are on the net!
In your computer!
Double Click on the time in the bottom right hand corner. It should probably say
That is meant to be the amount of days, months and years since the birth of Jesus. Wow, so much RE!