Lonewolf Diaries: Brad Pitt Leading the Anti-Christian Charge
by Steven CrowderI should say right off the bat that I can’t just blame Brad Pitt. The plague of closed-mindedness permeates every corner of Hollywood… Brad Pitt just happens to be the one who’s most recently crystallized it so perfectly. Much like the time Megan Fox tipped Tinseltown’s hand when she said that if given the chance, she’d urge Megatron to only murder the “white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating people in Middle America,” Brad Pitt had a tongue-slip with his anti-Christian comment this weekend. However, I must give credit where credit’s due folks: he made the comment on the Bill Maher show. It takes guts to take such a stance on that program. Doesn’t at least a part of you admire his moral fortitude?
To start with, Brad Pitt said that he was thinking of running for mayor of New Orleans, on an “Anti-religion, pro-legalization of marijuana and pro-gay marriage” platform. I know, I know… What a risky position to take in Tinseltown, right?
After Brads continued “anti-religion” commentary, Bill Maher decided to step up the game with his uniquely hateful brand of bigotry that’s made him oh so popular with 13-year-old atheists everywhere. In a display of “compassion,” Pitt went on to say, “Well I don’t think any Christians watch this show anyway.”
See what happened there…? Without even realizing it, Brad Pitt’s showed us that his use of the word “religion” is really inter-changeable with “Christianity,” as is the case with most of Hollywood. The entertainment industry is never anti-Religion; it’s simply anti-Christian. This goes both hand-in-hand with Hollywood’s obsession with immorality, as well as their compulsion to take shots at society’s whipping boy while praising themselves for their “risky performances.”
Brad then went on to say, “I never wanted to step on anyone’s religion” (don’t worry, that doesn’t stop him from doing so immediately afterward), “Until I started to see it define policy.”
Ooooh okay Brad, I get it. You don’t mind people having a strong worldview… Until it begins to manifest itself through their actions… Unless of course their world-view is “pro-marijuana” such as your own as displayed by your subsequent trip down memory lane where you fondly recalled your joint-rolling escapades.
Hollywood Bottom-line: If someone’s “religion” is nothing more than moral relativism, it should absolutely determine policy. If it actually adheres to an established code of conduct/ethics, you better keep it to yourself you, jerk!
*Note*: Keep in mind that none of this applies to Islam. You see, in Hollywood, the most anti-gay, anti-women, anti-peace religion gets a free pass in the name of political correctness. Just keep this in mind if you’re trying to make sense of everything.
“I was raised in a religious household… It just didn’t work for me in the long run,” Brad went on to say. Heck, I guess it wouldn’t work for me either if I wanted to live a life of hedonistic bliss similar to our Hollywood counterparts. If I were living a life of booze, sex and cocaine-off-of-the-ladies-hipbones, the last thing I’d want is to have held myself accountable to a power greater than myself.
Hollywood, we get it. The Christian faith just doesn’t work for you “in the long run.” However, for a large percentage of this country (the same country that makes your movies millions of dollars), it does. So please, for all of our sakes, keep your “beliefs to yourself” and just “stop the hate.”
Can I get an “Amen”?
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we thought it was Las Vegas, not New Orleans…
Either way, the erstwhile Pitt is just reflecting his community. And they don't like religion much. Seeing there seems to be a thread of continuity between this and his 'Inglorious Basterds' film- meaning killing Nazis is like, to quote the unfortunate Ms Fox like Megatron killing all those bible thumpers…
Who not only pay to see her films but patrol her neighborhood, guard her freedoms, transport all of her worldly goods. Same for Mr Pitt. He is invulnerable, you know- nothing bad can happen to him because he's rich and famous and darn it he's BRAD PITT.
Let's just hope he doesn't realize his own mortality any time soon. Maybe then he'll find out that there is a higher calling.
I think Pitt will find that even in a place like New Orleans, quite a few people won't take to his point of view. It's fine to disagree with people, but he's taken the next step toward incivility. A lot of people (even those who might agree with him on policy) will find that distasteful.
AMEN, all caps, to every single thought expressed in this essay! And then some!
My list of people I will never again give my money via movie tickets is getting quite long indeed. To quote a forgettable character from Kill BIll:
"F&!$ing with you kid's money is the only way to get through to you!"
Hit 'em where it hurts.
Hollywood is Uber liberal, uber liberal = socialist/communist/religion haters..They have been so brainwashed into believing that everything about religion is bad that they don't even remember WHY they started hating it in the first place. It's just THE thing to do when one lives in Hollywood. Or CA for that matter.
Amen
AMEN, my friend, AMEN
Well, you see, being anti-religion doesn't necessitate being anti-Islam.
After all, what is Islam but a nihilistic personality cult?
"nihilistic personality cult", sounds like Hollywood. No wonder they slobber over Islam so much.
I could possibly respect Brad Pitt ONLY if he stood in the center of Bourbon Street and said the same thing! Amen
Hollywood is NOT religion haters- they actually LOVE religion. Just their religion. Hedonism is religious for them. Mother Gai is religious for them. Green is religious for them. Too bad drugs, alcohol, tobacco, anorexia, complete abject greed is their religion, also. While it's OK for them to accept people blowing themselves up and murdering others (including targeted Jews) in the name of religion, to "love your neighbor as yourself", be a "blessed peacegiver", "offer the other cheek" to those who hate and despitefully use you, to "mourn with those who mourn", to refrain from "lusting after a woman" (i.e. show some real respect to woman), to realize that "as you have done it undo the least of these you have done it undo me", to repent AND forgive ALL people- well, that's simply not a religion in Pitt's eye nor is it obviously a life-style.
Amen
AMEN, from an Atheist. I just do not understand the need to bash a religion, especially the Christian beliefs of this Country and its founders.
Another problem is that Pitt is a White guy.
Note that current mayor Ray Nagin got re-elected despite screwing up during Katrina by playing on Black voters' fear of "racist" White politicians. I bet Nagin will play the race card against Pitt if he runs for mayor of New Orleans.
AMEN and AMEN!!
Adherents to the "no religion" platform: Josef Stalin, Enver Hoxha, Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, Che Guevara, and Brad Pitt.
Great company there, Brad.
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New Orlean's is the wrong place for an Anti Religion platform. Have a family member who is the Pastor of a Church just outside New Orleans and to hear him tell it "Business is a Boomin'" in the Religion Industry. Maybe Brad should step off Bourbon Street and check out the real New Orleans before he speaks again……….
The fact that most of the movies from Hollywood just plain suck makes it that much easier to spend my money elsewhere too.
How many people realize that "Global Green", Pitt's "Greensheep" organization, is the U.S. offshoot of "Green Cross International", which was founded by…… Wait fot it…… Mikhail Gorbachev. Anyone remember HIM?
My list of people I will never again give my money via movie tickets is getting quite long indeed. To quote a forgettable character from Kill BIll:
Don't forget that sage of the ages, John Lennon….
Imagine no John Lennon……
It's easy if you try…….
Egoist and doper……
His brain was truly fried…..
Dystopian one-worlder,
Follow him to hell.
Woo Hoo Oooooo
Friend of Aleister Crowley
and I even spelled it right,
Hasta luego Yoko,
Screeching loudly all through the night.
huh… my quote got cut off. Well, here it is:
"F^!$ing with you kid's money is the only way to get through to you!"
Hit em where it hurts, imo
I have been an atheist for nearly my whole life, but have never been able to stand other atheists for very long. Most of them are rather ignorant and intolerant of religion, much like Bill Maher. Oh sure, I was like him (and other atheists/agnostics) back in high school. I left that behind a long time ago, along with all of my Ayn Rand ; )
The problem with most atheist/agnostics is that they don't question how we got here, or why, and fail to acknowledge 1,000's of years of the human experience… as well as all the civilizations of the world. I was raised in a Roman-Catholic household, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong- but isn't the Constitution kind of an end result of the reformation and enlightenment? Because after 1,500 or so years, Christians started asking the hard questions, as Jesus wanted? About how our faith could lead to a better society? This wasn't just pulled out of thin air.
Now I really have no faith or spirituality whatsoever, but I am very fond of the power of ideas. There really is no American race (well besides Native Americans and Clint Eastwood maybe). We are a republic united by a common ideology. Every time I get into an argument with another atheist I ask "how many civilizations has atheism started?" Try that sometime, It usually frustrates them and will most likely end the conversation right there : )
It does not matter whether God exists or not, he has IMMENSE power…
Richard Dawkins should take lessons from you…
Lennon's a hippy-dippy idiot with no concept of reality.
I said it before, and I'll say it again.
We need to change the name of that California enclave of enriched hedonistic slime from "Hollywood" to…
"HELLYWOOD"
Brad Pit-Of-Hell would go for it. It would work for him in the long run, doncha think?
Amen. Yeah funny that. "Anti-Religious" certainly did segue quickly into "Anti-Christian." Always does, my friend. Always does.
The thing that really burns me is that its OK to make fun of Jesus Christ in so many despicable ways…….
but heaven forbid you even draw a cartoon of Mohamed…..
I just remember the words of a very kind, forgiving man I know…..
"Father forgive them, for they know not what they do"
They remind me of the kids I went to school with, pretending at some sort of intelligence by bucking the so-called status quo. Most of us eventually grow up enough to see the inherent value in traditional morality, even if we don't neccessarily ascribe to it ourselves. Some lose themselves in that morass, however. Pity.
I remember when I admired Pitt because when asked about the war in Iraq he said he'd stay quiet about it because he was just an actor and that was a question for elected officials.
A few years later and he runs his mouth incessantly. I think he does it to please Angelina.
Great post Deez. I believe that our nation has room for everyones ideas on faith and every person has room for the respect due one another. It gives me a little hope for all our futures to see an open mind.
What is wrong with Hollywood today? Why is there such a disconnect between the people and the culture (media, art, ect.)? Pitt seems way to comfortable expressing himself lately. Twenty years ago this would be a PR nightmare, but the Hollywood lefties today feel like they are the majority. Pitt has managed to have a golden image, but now the real Pitt has been unleashed.
With all the talk on the left. you would think that a society that lacked Christians would embrace homosexual rights. However, history says otherwise. Nazi Germany and Stalins Russia did horrible things to homosexuals. We could also look at modern day examples of homosexuals being persecuted by Communist China and Islamofascists.
Michael Medved makes the argument against gay marriage without even discussing religion in this article. Of course, the left never wants to admit that there are many other legitimate reasons to be against gay marriage. It is just easier for them to paint their opponents as people who "cling to their guns and religion"
http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2008...
"It just didn’t work for me in the long run…."
My guess is the long run will not work out so well for him either.
Thanks Kevin, I am at peace with my decision, so many who believe as I do are not.
Mahvelous, simply mahvelous…and you rook mahvelous….
uber liberal = perverted druggie malcontents
The love to make fun of Jesus but on the other hand they say that Jesus was a liberal and loves them . People believe that drugs don't fry your brains?
As the West continues to turn away from its Christian heritage, it shouldn't surprise (people who have studied the Bible) that the West is unable to see the real danger that it faces from Islam. Sometimes people simply refuse to see the obvious. On several occasions (in biblical history) people were prevented from seeing the obvious by God. This is probably what is happening to western civilization today. In less then 50 years the West, especially Europe and Canada, is going to wake up with Muhammad's boot on their neck. Islam, which despises almost every one of today's liberal causes in a way that only another fanatic can appreciate, will fill the vacuum left by rejected Christianity.
I wish that America would avoid what is inevitably going to happen to her allies, but it seems unlikely.
BTW, who is Brad Pitt?
Speaking of Megan Fox.
Doesn't she look like Roger the alien from American Dad? You know, when he dresses up to be a hot chick.
I swear it's uncanny.
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I'm too young to remember John Lennon, but I was influenced in my opinion of him by one heartbreaking quote from his son: "Dad's always telling people to love each other but come he don't love me?"
There is only one supreme being belief that isnt a religon. It is the philosophy of Natural Law. All other beliefs in a supreme being are a form of religon. Youre absolutely right Steven, this is anti-Christian not anti-religon.
A caveat to your first paragraph: For a brief time after the Revolution, Russia did experiment with lifting the lid on sexual and other behavior as part of a general backlash against Judeo-Christian teachings. The early Nazis were worse; Ernst Roehm (Hitler's right hand man, for a time) and many other party members of importance were homosexuals. It was only when both regimes realized such things were not going to fly in the general culture that a crackdown on gays began (ending murderously for Roehm and thousands of other homosexuals). But yes, if Hollywood and the Left are so big on gay rights, why are they silent about the treatment given to homosexuals in the Middle East?
Islam has no qualms regarding the use of any power it may possess to achieve further power, and power is the one thing nihilists respect.
put his b*lls in a vice and he'd be the first one begging god for help.
AMEN!!! God bless you for your boldness! I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ! Christ said we would be persecuted for our beliefs.
I'm agnostic, but tend to find most other agnostics very wishy-washy and, yes, oblivious to the nature of civilization and its formation, religion, etc. It seems as if for most agnostics, agnosticism is just a way to allow them to never take a stand, and give them a safety net "just in case"… as if an Old Testament style god who would cast atheists into hell would give such cowardice a pass.
What, like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35425033@N05/3833101...
"I'm not the boss of the customers, but I'm the boss of you, and I'm telling you to keep that shit kicker hat at home. "
Not completely forgettable
AMEN! BROTHER, I'VE GOT NEWS FOR BRAD PITT, NO ONE REALLY CARES WHAT HE THINKS, EXCEPT GOD & THE DEVIL. GOD LOVES HIM EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN HIM. AND SATAN HATES HIM…IT'S A BATTLE FOR HIS SOUL AND BRAD WAS GIVEN "FREE WILL" BY THE "GRACE OF GOD" JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. IT'S UP TO BRAD AND BRAD ALONE IF HE WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN OR HELL. SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS CHOSEN HELL!!! IT'S HIS CHOICE. I'LL PRAY FOR HIM AND MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL…BUT I DON'T THINK SO! THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO HEAVEN AND THAT'S BY ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE: NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME. JOHN14:6
Oh, for the day when male actor heros were real he men.
and he can't even act. I believe in people who do good for goods sack and not for the political correctness and false image. BIG EGO! NO SUBSTANCE! IN the trash bin with commie Jane Fonda.
However, I must give credit where credit’s due folks: he made the comment on the Bill Maher show. It takes guts to take such a stance on that program. Doesn’t at least a part of you admire his moral fortitude? THIS IS A VERY IGNORANT COMMENT. SORRY, DON'T MEAN TO INSULT YOU. BUT THE TRUTH IS HE HAS NO MORAL FORTITUDE! IT DIDN'T TAKE GUTS TO TAKE SUCH A STANCE ON THAT PROGRAM. EVERYONE KNOWS BILL MAHER IS AN ATHEIST ALSO! IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN GUTS AND MORAL FORTITUDE!!! TO GO ON BILL MAHER'S SHOW AND EXHALT (to praise or worship) GOD/JESUS CHRIST!!! GOD BLESS ALL AND AMERICA!
No wonder he doesn`t like the Christian religion. He is living with a woman he`s not married to and his children are bastards.This way he can dull his consience. poor Brad He is in for a rude awakening.
I found your post both thoughtful and thought provoking. Great post – but you did forget John Wayne. He is definitely a part of the American race.
You really need to understand the idea of sarcasm. Read the rest of the post, especially the last couple of paragraphs. I can understand that sarcasm is hard to do online so I'll give you some room.
"Traditional" morality is like a "classic" car… if it's running it's a fine thing, if not it's just very very old non-functioning lump. Most of "traditional morality" is, at this point, fit for either a musuem or the scrap-heap, but it really oughtn't be on the road.
"I think he does it to please Angelina."
Who wouldn't?
Don't lie, remember Santa's watching…
Hells yeah! Damn that orphan-adopting, charity-donating scumbag! Shoulda totally done the right thing and put some of that money down on symbolic finger-jewelry and a big public spectacle where some guy makes it "officially okay with the big guy" if he sleeps with his ladyfriend. What a selfish jerk…
Um…… Brad Pitt does not like someone to act on their belief unles it is smoking pot. OK
But if you smoke Pot then you won't be able to act Uh …………………………………………..
The thing to do is to stop going to their atrociously boring and worthless movies.
I lived in South Louisiana many happy years. There are no counties there, only parishes. Good luck, pal. You're not the Pitt, but the pits. "…It just didn’t work for me in the long run,” Nope, you mean the short run. Blink and your life will be over. To whom will you pray at that awful moment, Louie Mayer?
No, it would not work for him as he does not believe in Hell either. The hedonist can not aspire to anything higher for they are unwilling to be held to account. Likewise there can be no Hell, for the very idea of consequences affirms that there is a standard to aspire to in the first place.
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Do you guys actually listen to the comment? He isnt planning on running for anything, he was asked and he responded sarcastically.
Also the sunday school I went to I was taught as a christian. Only god judges.
Amen! Love that we are like-minded thinkers….
Actually, in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus taught (I believe chapter 7?) "judge not, that ye be not judged" while in the Gospel of Mark (??? chapter 12???) Jesus taught "judge not unrighteously….(least the unrighteous judgements are meted out to you). Anyway, the context, I believe, is equating judging with condemnation or punishment, rather than calling a spade a spade, or making a judgment as to the morality of a situation. But, I agree that too many go over the top using scripture to slice someone else's behavior instead of their own.
I agree with the Uber Liberal 100%, but I don't like the fact that you put EVERYONE in Hollywood, CA under that label. My sister lives there and assure you she in one of the PROUD, card carrying Republicans and is Lutheran. She is definately the minority and gets grief all the time, but she stands her ground. She does not follow "what is popular" she stands for herself and her beliefs and doesn't sway to popular opinion!
Religion is bullshit, God is far more powerful than any book.
Christians think they own God but they do not. They just use the name of God to enslave others with their bile.
I love Jesus, yet I cannot stand Christians
Christianity requires one to realize that we are all sinners and need the grace of God to receive forgiveness and salvation through Christ Jesus.
I don't like Brad Pitt's movies and I am disgusted by his lifestyle, but at the same time I pray that he will one day seek the one that can save him from the life of hopless despair that has made him so bitter.
Pretty sure that when people use the word "Hollywood" here, they're referring to the industry, not the city of the same name.
Really sorry to see Brad Pitt go down this path as well. I used to quite like him – he seemed a bit more thoughtful than the usual garden variety celeb. I guess it becomes inevitable living in the Hollywood bubble. I wonder if he and Tom Cruise are on talking terms – or will he spare Scientologists? Rhetorical question – Christians only.
Quiet, you! The Persecution-Complex Ceremony is underway and any attempts at critical thinking will be expunged. Amen!
They get that from Nietzsche, I think…
And what exactly are you trying to get across sparky?
EXACTLY Tom!
I appreciate your tolerance, but I suspect that what you really are is agnostic.
What I mean by that is, atheism is a dogma, whereas agnosticism is a logical, science-based conclusion based on a lack of sufficient evidence to formulate a dogmatic position.
You can't tell me that "god" doesn't exist, because you can't possibly know that. You can, however, assert that there isn't enough objective evidence to support the postulation of a god. That's the difference in a nutshell.
Agnostics are rarely aggressive in their efforts to proselytize. Why would they be?
"So please, for all of our sakes, keep your “beliefs to yourself” and just “stop the hate.” "
I so wish that my religiously inclined friends would heed your advice as well Mr. Crowder.
I appreciate your tolerance, but I suspect that what you really are is agnostic.
What I mean by that is, atheism is a dogma, whereas agnosticism is a logical, science-based conclusion founded on a lack of sufficient evidence to formulate a dogmatic position.
You can't tell me that "god" doesn't exist, because you can't possibly know that. You can, however, assert that there isn't enough objective evidence to support the postulation of a god. That's the difference in a nutshell.
Agnostics are rarely aggressive in their efforts to proselytize. Why would they be?
Did he also say that you should persecute those who do not share your beliefs?
Read the comment in this section and imagine they are directed at you because you believe differently. If you can do that you'll understand why some people come to hate the public face of religion
That the no religion platform has been used by some of the most egregious murderers of this past century. State mandated religion and state mandated irreligion are equally harmful.
Hope I made myself clear, chief.
It flows a little roughly, but it's words of truth. Dillonesque maybe…
"Theo van Gogh had more ba!!s than any Ron Howard or Speilberg or any Hollywood bigshot"
Yes. What you said, needs to be said again.
Yes, comments usually made in jest by people on a blog is a stellar way to gauge one's true beliefs….
That you did, I appreciate the clarification though in the context of the original post by Mr. Crowder, it seems like a lot of hyperbole to link Pitt to Stalin. Carrying on with that line of thinking, any one of the posters here could be linked to Torqemada in the same fashion.
"It does not matter whether God exists or not…"
Sigh. See my post above. You aren't an atheist; you're agnostic.
Well, both sides have their morons.
Your bombthrowers call people like me delusional and stupid, and Christian bombthrowers say you're immoral and soulless.
I'm Catholic, you're atheist. Cool. The world doesn't end.
As a nearly life-long atheist I find a lot of atheists are tolerant, but perhaps half are not. Even a number of my fellow cryonicists appreciate the culture and love of life we have inherited from Christianity. I went to Catholic schools for 12 years and I'm glad I did, because I got a grounding in individual responsibility and a firm grasp of right and wrong that has withstood my shift in beliefs.
It's a shame about Ayn Rand. If she were around today, she ought to find herself more sympathetic to religion than to militant atheists, crystal and gaia and voodoo cultists and other upstarts who malign mainstream Christianity so vociferously. Then again maybe she would refuse to see it that way.
Here's something to consider, though. In the battle for the minds of Islamic youth, which is ultimately more powerful: the teachings of the glorious Ayatollah, or Britney Spears writhing around on a pole?
Western culture corrupts. Heck, it corrupted me and I've never properly thanked it…
The downside of that is, there'll always be some pathetic creature willing to strap a bomb to his chest just to make the pain stop. But I think radical Islam may have a hard time surviving the age of the internet. They're rioting on the streets of Tehran already.
You paint with a very broad brush. The Christians I know love Jesus and show it in their daily lives.
'Enslaving others'? There’s always going to be people who use religion (all religions) as a front for their own personal agendas. None of it negates Christ’s message. You should reserve your anger for those who indulge in these deceptions and hijack the Christian name. Peace.
I thought Ron Howard's next project was going to be a film adaptation of "The Satanic Verses".
Maybe I heard that wrong…
I'm praying for your CAPS LOCK key. Try laying on hands…
You're much kinder than I am. Sarcasm done right communicates very well in print. As in the above example.
There's a particular, fairly common form of learning difference where the kids process everything literally and don't understand sarcasm at all. I forget what it's called; my wife teaches those kids. Brenda, I think, remains undiagnosed.
That's actually pretty funny. I gave you your thumb back…
Your just not the "right" kind of Christian. I'm a Calvinist…we can judge people all day long.
"not of the Elect…out of the pool ."
You're just not the "right" kind of Christian. I'm a Calvinist…we can judge people all day long.
"not of the Elect…out of the pool ."
That being the case, you really have no idea who Jesus was. And you don't know very many Christians.
"Inglorious Bastards" looks like another job for Bit Torrent…
Amen, brother!
BF..I can understand where you're coming from but if the NON religious sector would just leave the religious sector alone and stop trying to change them and their views and vice versa, we would ALL be much better off.
Oh, boy, where to begin? I guess I'll just start with the idea that maybe you are not neccessarilly a liberal if you do not like to belong to a religion. I don't like Islam, I don't like Catholicism, and I certainly don't like evangelical Christianity. I like Judaism, particularly secular Judaism. Mormonism, I'm just going to be indifferent to. And I certainly don't like Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid. Gee, that must make me a secular Jewish republican? Actually, I just don't claim any party affiliation. And another thing: you know nothing about the history of Hollywood in regards to religion if you just flagrantly claim that these people have no reason to despise Christianity. The Catholic Church vigorously enforced strict censorship policies on the film industry from the 1930s to the 1960s. Some movies were still banned in cities like Philledelphia despite this kind of censorship. Sure it may have opened filmmakers' minds to find creative ways around these policies, but do you know how ridiculous it was back then when the Motion Picture Association fined the makers of "Gone With The Wind" just so Clarke Gable could say the phrase "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." I mean, to say it flagrantly, DAYUM!
We do know he was being sarcastic when he said he'd run for mayor, right? And re: the Christians watching comment…it sort of makes sense when you're on a show hosted by a very public atheist. Why do so many commentators get their panties in a bunch over things that they clearly haven't read/watched themselves? And I'm sorry, if you don't have a few wistful memories of your youthful excesses, God bless you, but you've lived a dull life. Brad seems to be a devoted family man who spends a great deal of his time doing charity work. And he's still hot. I never understand the derision toward people who decline to make movies openly mocking terrorists. Why would a family man willingly expose himself to deadly retribution from a bunch of violent fanatics? As the Wizard told the Lion, "you're confusing courage with wisdom." In any case, carp at him all you like, Brad's going to have another #1 film this weekend.
there is no hell in the Old Testament, son; it's the new testament god who casts unbelievers in hell
Well, ultimately, Buddhism is really atheistic, as is Taoism, so… you'd have to say Chinese civilization arose from a basically atheistic philosophical environment…
They also make sweeping statements about people who believe differently than they do… oh wait, that was you.
AMEN brother Crowder.
"…isn't the Constitution kind of an end result of the reformation and enlightenment? Because after 1,500 or so years, Christians started asking the hard questions, as Jesus wanted? About how our faith could lead to a better society? This wasn't just pulled out of thin air."
I'm not Roman-Catholic, so I don't know how your upbringing influenced that belief at all, but one of the teachings of the LDS/Mormon church is that God did greatly inspire the Constitution of the United States, and that it was a culmination of all the years of religious searching throughout the Reformation and various other spiritual awakenings. There was a purpose for having the Constitution written the way it was, and for a small group of farmers to take on and beat the most powerful armed forces in the world, that often outnumbered them ten to one. I won't go on babbling about my religious beliefs, but I did want to say that yes, there are a lot of us out here that agree with that line of thinking.
– BEGIN QUOTE –Pitt went on to say, “Well I don’t think any Christians watch this show anyway.”
See what happened there…? Without even realizing it, Brad Pitt’s showed us that his use of the word “religion” is really inter-changeable with “Christianity,” as is the case with most of Hollywood. The entertainment industry is never anti-Religion; it’s simply anti-Christian. This goes both hand-in-hand with Hollywood’s obsession with immorality, as well as their compulsion to take shots at society’s whipping boy while praising themselves for their “risky performances.” — END QUOTE —
Very well said, very well summarized. It's really Christ, Christians and Christianity that are targeted by "Hollywood" while, more specifically, it's the challenge if not threat to each individual human soul: vanity and wordly rewards that compete for one's devotion and that separate (very often) individuals from God. So the Left manufactures 'god' or 'gods' like self, imaginary personalities, philosophies, governments…
In Brad Pitt's case, it's a shame he's taken the low road because he's a talented actor whose performances (most of them) I quite admire and appreciate. This cadly remark by him, however (here, quoted) makes him much more difficult to bear, on screen or off. The guy's been called, I'll pray he tries to answer receptively.
As an Atheist i take VERY serious issue with the position that mr. pitt takes. Although i do not hold a belief in God, i respect those who do and to attack them as hollyweird thinks it has to do at EVERY given opportunity is not only repugnant to me but disgusting and shows the arrogance of those who think that because they can 'act'.
Just WHO do these people think they are to malign the belief system that built the country that allows them the freedoms and rights they have. Christianity may not be the chosen avenue for everyone, but A LOT of people base their lives on their belief and faith in it.
Again, i ask: just WHO do these people think they are…?
Thanks for the theology lesson, Fred Phelps…
Those Californians are living on borrowed time anyway. They live with fires, earthquakes and lack of water and they got a really big mean ocean right directly in front of them. When their homes are going up in flames and that ocean decides to come smashing in onto their multi-million dollar homes and their supermarket shelves are empty and their children are crying for food they are not even going to have the luxury of a God to pray to. then they'll realize that their famous names don't put their families out of harm's way or feed their children. They act like they are exemp from pain, sickness, death, hunger and sadness. Yeah, This entire country had better learn to have faith in God because God is all anyo of us have. It' will just take a couple more years to realize that this time It's not going to get better
After reading the blog, here's my serious 2 cents:
I'm Roman Catholic. I have doubts like every human being. Religion is a sticky subject with many because so many people can say what they believe, yet I cannot gauge their morality or level of belief by response nor do I attempt to do so.
I have just come to a different conclusion about how the world began. You may think otherwise, that's great. Intellectually, I just cannot buy into atheism. It makes no sense to me, just like religion may make no sense to you. I find my faith to be a way of finding the truth that baffles us all. It has introduced me to science, math, and wonderous theology by numerous scholars.
I do not hate atheists. I have never severed a friendship over religious differences, and it would be petty of me to do so.
After reading the blog, here's my serious 2 cents:
I'm Roman Catholic. I have doubts like every human being. Religion is a sticky subject with many because so many people can say what they believe, yet I cannot gauge their morality or level of belief by response nor do I attempt to do so.
I have just come to a different conclusion about how the world began. You may think otherwise, that's great. Intellectually, I just cannot buy into atheism. It makes no sense to me, just like religion may make no sense to you. I find my faith to be a way of finding the truth that baffles us all. It has introduced me to science, math, and wonderous theology by numerous scholars.
I do not hate atheists. I have never severed a friendship over religious differences, and it would be petty of me to do so.
No.
Er, when did we declare monopoly on God? Did we trade with Islam and Judaism for a holy man to be named later?
I'm sure Lucifer takes comfort in your words. It makes the burning so much more palatable.
Mahvelous, simply mahvelous…and you rook mahvelous….have I told you that?
Hollywood is scared sh!tless of Islam…Hollywood is one car bomb away from being totally cowed into a Euro-stupor where they let their craft and lives are taken away from them.
Theo van Gogh had more ba!!s than any Ron Howard or Speilberg or any Hollywood bigshot. van Gogh is dead, and Ron Howard beats up Christians, no Islam baiting for him, hmmm?
I said this in an earlier post. Brad needs to shut up. He's marginally talented at best, and not really aging well – so there go two of his main attributes. He's beginning to remind me, physically, of Colonel Sanders. When he spouts off now, it kills any inclination I might have to see his latest movie, and instead just slings a huge craving on me for a plate of extra crispy fried chicken. I'll take the money I would spend on your movie ticket to KFC, thankyouverymuch, Bradley, and then have some left over for rabbit food for the rest of the week.
I think religion is BS too but netheir do I care for the Holloywood dooshbags..
Amen, Steven.
One of your best.
I think Pitt has some sort of weak personality defect. He seems to take on the personality of those he is around. When he was with Anniston, he was her. He was George Clooney for a while. Now he's turned into Angelina Jolie. well, the current Angelina Jolie–not the cutting her self up, heroin shooting, brother kissing, blood vile wearing version of herself but the new ever breeding, spokesman for the third world Jolie. Hey Brad, buy yourself your own personality.
Its always dangerous to impute
special virtue to the cute…
To: Brad Pitt
Re: Your opinions on politics, religion and other weighty matters,
Your wife has nice boobs. (I've seen 'em)
lolz, I don't think Jesus would think very highly of you for dissing your fellow believers in Christ. If you claim to be a Christian and aware of your own sins and misgivings, then how can you hate your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ? "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and ware justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."
Hey, and since you love Jesus, doesn't that make you a Christian? Since, yah know, a Christian is someone who loves Jesus and such. So, you must not be able to stand yourself.
Absolutely. Because Christians don't revere Jesus either.
Deez, for an atheist, you certainly seem to have a lot of interest in religion. I also note that you do not like atheists and want to argue with them and belittle their opinions.
"The problem with most atheist/agnostics is that they don't question how we got here, or why" These are pointless questions so why even ask them?
You seem to be an atheist in search of a reason to embrace religion.
Pitt could never know the meaning of "moral fortitude"….it's well beyond his pay grade (just taking a statement from who Pitt would call HIS true messiah). And for once Maher is absolutely spot on….no true Christian would EVER watch his pathetic little show….we do all we can to keep evil out of our lives.
I guess the author never saw any of the episodes (or his movie) where Maher trashed Islam. Let's not forget it was George W. Bush who called Islam a "religion of peace" in order to sound inclusive.
What I have seen of the interview I believe his ego is larger than I could have imagined! What kind of person would even consider nominating someone like him for office? He could pick Sean Penn as Lt. Mayor. Now there's a winning pair!
Not to mention all the money coming in from the Middle East to help produce their movies…
She grosses me out. Give me Ginnifer Goodwin instead!
Face it– christianity (and all other religion) is worship of the Easter Bunny. Fairy tales from the Bronze Age. You're still killing each other over it.
It's time to GET over it. Kudos to Pitt for speaking truth to insanity. Expect much more atheism– we're going to tear your pedophile churches to the ground.
It is not Christianity in particular that they are against, it's only that Christianity prevails as the primary religion of the country, so it is targeted. Much the same way you would if Scientology or Islam was the religion "in power."
1 John 2:9-11
9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. 10Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. 11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.
The list of people I will not pay money to see is growing by the day- he has a point of view, but he feels that his POV is more relevant than anyone else's. This is a Christian- based nation, and while we are tolerant of others viewpoints, some viewpoints have consequences, just as some actions do. There are levels of tolerance, and not everyone has the same level.
This is the primary reason for manners- manners are the lubrication of society- without them, there's too much friction, and someone or some thing gets harmed.
Manners are becoming increasingly scarce in society today, and Mr. Pitt might meet someone who has run low on manners- then he could be in trouble.
Wow, hardly very Christian of you. Why take yourself down to his level?
The NWO needs to destroy any idea that competes with their world view. The idea of God is absolute poison to their socialist/fascist agenda. They must destroy the foundation of western society, Christianity, to install their absolute rule on earth. So why not attack Islam? How is it that one dog can control a hundred sheep? Fear. They will need a bogeyman such as Islam to scare the herd of sheep into giving them absolute control. Even now, look at how the west is throwing away liberty for the sake of some security. Not that there isn't danger out there. But is what's happening to our society correspond to the threat?
And the NWO agenda fits right in. When you are a living Hollywood god, life is already paradise. Mansions, planes, parties, the lifestyle.Who wants the REAL God and the REAL Heaven messing that up with all that personal responsibility, accountability, and constraint on your actions?
I can lay ny head to sleep after I say my prayers at night Brad…. thanks take care
BYE, BYE!!!!
What about that little ounce of truth thing?
You are sooooo tolerant- I expect we'll have to do a prayin' over you one day. You know what they say, "Trust in God, but keep your powder dry."
As far as that wussy Pitt- well, he can't get much more lightweight than he is now. Neither can you.
It is not the religion that fails, it is the people who fail. You don't blame the religion, just what venal people have done with it.
Angelina is kinda breeding as fast as the rest of the world, isn't she? Pity- she coulda been a contender.
Actually, I believe that Cruise has tried to recruit Pitt and Jolie for Scientology.
While the censorship you refer to was extreme, can you say with all honesty that we (and the film industry) are better off with NO limits? Or does that just make the entire film industry one big porn site? I would like to see some films I can take my grandchildren to without any little "subliminal" messages about gays, inclusion, or anything complex.
Lets let kids be kids- they have to grow up fast enough, What's the hurry here? Just so they are properly indoctrinated?
Brad Pitt is a coward. Notice how these posturing fools keep themselves insulated from ANY open debate with the public, just like their collectivist comrades in politics.
What are you afraid of, Pitt? You really want to shoot off your mouth, then do it in a debate. One minute each for position, then the microphones alternately turn off and on every 30 seconds. I'll debate you on the subject of religion, which is your code word for christianity because you are afraid of a certain other religion you dare not name.
You're just another stupid-ass diseasocrat punk from the Hollywood vermin. People put more analysis into their choice of toothpaste than you'll ever put into your views about God or religion. I refute your sophmoric schoolboy crap in my freakin sleep.
Keep living an intellectually sheltered life, coward.
Sing it!
Pitt reminds me of the parable of the Sower.
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: a sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."—Luke 8:4-8.
Amen, Mr. Crowder.
While I always agree with your points on moral relativism as a religion, I'd also like to point out that for many (especially artists and creative types), it's a personality issue. By nature they are anti-authoritarian and pursue avenues that are against the establishment. But I like to think about what they would be like if they were born in China or North Korea or Iran, I can't help to think that they would be pro-Capitalist, pro-American, pro-Christian, pro-Individual, pro-Freedom, etc, etc.
Praise the Lord and give me another Amen to that. You have vivisected the so called hollywood thinking with precision and flair.
Reminds me of the episode of South Park where they wanted to show Mohammed but Comedy Central wouldn't allow that scene to air.
However, they had no problem with the end of the show where Jesus literally sh*t all over President Bush and the American flag.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/103233
Amen
Well said, Sir.
@ BF_Huckabee, who wrote:
"Read the comment in this section and imagine they are directed at you because you believe differently. If you can do that you'll understand why some people come to hate the public face of religion…"
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Imagine, instead, that Pitt's remarks were/are directed toward "Blacks" or "Hispanics" or "Jews"… (I realize the first two are not related to religion in any membership sense, but I'm posing the issue here of what has become trendy, acceptable ["cool"] speech among entertainment and the Left and that is, to ridicule Christ, Christians and Christianity while then promoting as grand or righteous, of sorts, all manner of behaviors, 'values' and individuals associated with that). It really does come down to people who are set in being led astray who do, indeed, hate the light). I tried reading a popular magazine the other day (net version) and it was quickly disgusting as to just how vain the whole thing was, the articles, the comments, it was essentially like a meeting ground for all-things-humanly-egomaniacal, and, it quickly reduced the value of what the site was about ("design") to bitter dust.
And just how much content is produced annually by "hip Hollywood" that uses defaming, disgustingly vile images and references to and about Christ and Christianity? I was roaming through PPV the other day and out of hundreds of titles, a good 80% of them were about various forms of blood-suckers (cannibals, in other words) as heroic and somehow lovely (in the films, not in my point of view, however), possessing spirits, priests and religious persons as insincere, craven predators, etc.
You know what that is? That perspective is evil.
AMEN!!
Brad Pitt you are a common piece of trash!
If Brad Pitt and Bill Maher are the intellectuals on the left then I would be ashamed to be a leftist. Maher is a third rate intellect who demagogues against strawmen set up to make him look good. Pitt called Maher's documentary a rallying cry. For what? They build nothing but seek to destroy the very fabric of society and the foundations of civilization. They reject springs of living water for cisterns that will not hold water. If character truly counted, then these two would not.
What, that some guy who acts in movies is LEADING THE ANTI-CHRISTIAN CHARGE!!? Oh noes! Somehow I think Christianity and Christians everywhere will survive.
Brad Pitt is a coward. Notice how these posturing fools keep themselves insulated from ANY open debate with the public, just like their collectivist comrades in politics.
Hey Brad, how's that intellectually sheltered life thing going, anyway?
Self-RighteousWood.
The way the current Administration is headed, we may find out sooner than later.
I have to know: who makes up the secret cabal of atheists you think are trying to destroy western civilization?
It has been stated several times but another Amen! Steven. Maybe someone could ask Jennifer Aniston her take on Brad's moral and ethical views.
The protesting in Persia has been cancelled due to a purge(no not vomiting that chicken salad for lunch, just google Russian trial solves by). Let's all just avoid the bath with the biblical cleanser, sorry Rex the revolution will fail. Stock up on rechargable batteries and a hand crank , and root for Weapon Brown to defeat the Syndicate, go blockhead go, get the cheese. C'mon home soon Snoop, your boy piddles at the sight of Amish.
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As an atheist (atheist with a small "a"; I encourage everyone to cling to their guns, religion, or whatever else they want to cling to, it's a free country after all), I'm always mystified by the outrage by religious people when people disagree with them. Don't you have omnipotent God on your side? So what do you care what some silly movie star says? I mean, nobody's paying them for their brains, are they? Who cares what they think? And do you honestly think that Brad Pitt has any chance (or real interest) in running for mayor of New Orleans? Please. Freedom of thought and freedom of speech means we get to think and say things they don't like, and they get to think and say things we don't like. Don't you like our system? If the point of the article is that Brad Pitt shouldn't dislike Christians, well, why shouldn't he? Doesn't he have the same right not to like Christians as Christians have to not like Brad Pitt?
Brad Pitt is what many progressives are: moral and physical cowards. He claims he likes "to kick ass!". Yeah, right. Following a choreographer, a bad ass does not one make. You said it exactly he doesn't want to look in the mirror and realize he's a mess.
Everything is false. False bravado, false "swagger". I hope this gutless pretty boy is reading this. Right now men his age are fighting insane maniacs in 110 degree weather, with 100 lbs. of gear, get paid garbage money and the only thing they're "humping" is there gear.
His "wife" Jolie is in Iraq looking out for Iraqi refugees and the people he pisses on is helping her cause.
I know Jolie is a flaming progressive too but my point still stands.
I loathe the attitude people like Pitt have. I always saw him as a shell of a man. In the long run what will he have to show for his life?
Lastly, Hollywood doesn't insult Islam is because Hollywood is full of wussies and wimps. Gutless turds, most of them.
Brad Pitt is what many progressives are: moral and physical cowards. He claims he likes "to kick ass!". Yeah, right. Following a choreographer, a bad ass does not one make. You said it exactly he doesn't want to look in the mirror and realize he's a mess.
Everything is false. False bravado, false "swagger". I hope this gutless pretty boy is reading this. Right now men his age are fighting insane maniacs in 110 degree weather, with 100 lbs. of gear, get paid garbage money and the only thing they're "humping" is there gear.
His "wife" Jolie is in Iraq looking out for Iraqi refugees and the people he pisses on is helping her cause.
I know Jolie is a flaming progressive too but my point still stands. How long before he dumps her for a new piece of ass. Megan Fox maybe?
I loathe the attitude people like Pitt have. I always saw him as a shell of a man. In the long run what will he have to show for his life?
Lastly, Hollywood doesn't insult Islam is because Hollywood is full of wussies and wimps. Gutless turds, most of them.
What a jerk, I'm so sick of Hollywood actors and actresses always opening their big mouths whenever they get the chance! Cuz the thing is, I *gasp* don't really care how much you love Obama or how eye-opening it is to be gay. I swear, when Oprah starting drooling over Obama, I started laughing. She didn't care so much about his political views as she did that he was black. Well, only 1/2 black, but I'm sure the black outweighs the white inside him. Of course it does.
Anyways, when celebs like Brad Arm-Pitt start opening their yappers, that's when I start plugging my ears and reading Steven's articles. Sometimes I have to wonder if Brad like decided to just be a rebel. yeah, I mean cuz Christians are mean hypocrites…right
Oh well, we'll see who gets to go to Heaven…him or Sarah Palin…my money's on Sarah
-Maggie-
Most of the time I CAN'T STAND CROWDER. I think he's a pompous c*cks*cker, who rarely backs up anything he says with fact.
With that said, though, without standing near his mostly stupid, vainglorious opinion of himself and others like him (mainly white males), I will say that atheists are too concerned with religion and spend too much time trying to decry people of faith rather than trying to expand critical thought into our society.
Christopher Hitchens serves as a perfect example. In his smug self-righteousness about religion without the wilingness to consider other points of view, he's so smart he's stupid.
Actually, he reminds me of Crowder.
Pitt is a sometimes actor. As a philosopher he is anemic. As an intelligentic, he is a lost soul. I will pay him no more attention nor pay for access to his films. Hollywood is a pitt all its own!
Tankfurdig…you forgot the dominant religion in Hollywood…The entertainment and news industry is owned and operated by the Jews. Their world view is that if there are no state religions then they will be left alone to practice their faith. It's why the communist party and push in Europe in the 1900's was dominated by Jews. Read your history.
I can'y wait for Jennifer Anniston to write a tell-all book debunking the myth of Brad Pitt!!!
Amen
BINGO!
I honestly don't think Pitt was acting in "Burn After Reading." Yeah, I'm thinking not THAT intellectual. Maher, well, he just scares me.
The Catholic Church didn't censor the film industry; it created a rating system for its own people. The film industry also had and has its own rating system that resulted and results in some voluntary film changes in order to get rated for a wider audience. A studio could make a vile film earning an "X" rating from the Valenti committee and a "forbidden" rating from the Catholic Church, but the studio was not prevented from making it.
The current slasher and Tarantino movies are far worse than any "X" or "forbidden" movies in the old days.
I think there is a large portion of the "Atheist" crowd that actually believes in their hearts that there is a God. They just deny His existence in an effort to enjoy their Hedonistic pursuits without guilt (usually unsuccessfully, leading to anger). It does not help that many Christians think their job in this world is to literally scare the Hell out of non-believers. Being Christian is about respecting God, and respecting each other, and believing that Jesus paid the price for our sins.
We harden their hearts against God and ourselves when we nitpick their lifestyle in the way we do. It is hard to take their criticisms without striking out at what we perceive to be their failings, but that is what we need to do. Make them justify their hatred. It becomes much harder if we are not casting stones at them.
As if I'ld reveal the location of the secret underground volcano lair without seeing the secret handshake first!
Well, first of all, don't think cabel. Think mafia dons jockeying for dominance. Work together when it benefits them, through each other under the bus when necessary.
So, let us take the case of the highly documented cliched poster boy of the NWO, Soros. The wonderful thing about him is that you don't even have to take the word of a tin foil hat wearin blogger. The man considers himself a philosopher-king. In his own words, you can read his several books outlining his idea of an "open society" where the soveriegn nation state is reduced to nothing more than administrative districts under the control of a loosely defined world financial body who exacts tribute from the subserviant territories by way of carbon offset taxes. These are his words buddy, not mine. All there. Read "Open Society" and "Bubble of American Supremacy". His plan is to undermine traditional organizations that support inherent civil society by way of infiltration from NGOs that work to supplant organic national groups and replace them with organizations under their control.
The umbrella for this operation is the Open Society Institute, that is currently at work in dozens of countries, including the US. A case in point that he laments is the failure of their test case, the Soviet Union. The financial unraveling occurred at a rate much greater then they anticipated, before they were properly infused into society. They are not making that mistake in America. To see the dozens of supported groups, here's a start for you:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/funderprofile….
As for his religious views, there is little to go on. From the list of some of the groups he funding, I think it would be safe to say not traditional: NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood, Catholics for a Free Choice, Population Services International, Lindesmith Center, Fund for Drug Policy Reform
remember, this is JUST ONE of them. You can say the same about Rockefeller. Don't even start with the blind alley foundations: Pew, Carnegie, Ford, Kellog, Tides, MacArthur. Look at Goldman Sachs take over the the "O"ministration.
There is an army working to transform the world into their private utopia. And those silly stooges on the left think they're going to have a place at that table!! For every dollar cap and trade drives up food costs, expect 100+K of the worlds poor to die. And they KNOW that. By my definition, that is evil. Fortunetly, for entertainers like Pitt, they will always need jesters at their court.
The list keeps growing of Hollywood types whose movies I won't be paying to see. Some other guy had a good point here last week: When was the last time a celeb put money in MY pocket?
AMEN Steven..Brad, Brad, you bad boy you…let's see Megan Fox (who is an idiot) was yakking about.. “white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating people in Middle America,” uh Brad, Springfield, Missouri??? Oh wait, $$$$$ gives you some sort of "credibility"??? Yet another reason to NOT go see your movies!
Well, from now on i will NEVER see any of his movies at the box office, i wont even buy them… If i ABSOLUTELY have to see it, ill rent it from redbox for a buck, then copy it. No more supporting of this arrogant prick.
You must have been dropped on your head when you were younger, as you are obviously retarted!
That's why the creators of South Park are absolutely brilliant.
Brad Pitt can not act.His only 'draw' would be his looks.He insists on using bad accents in certain pictures which only makes me cringe.He's ruined many movies with his wooden 'talents?" but still they want you to believe he's a big draw.lmao..wonder how much money this next movie will lose while still getting his sky high salary.wonder when the 'heads of studio's will finaly admitt he's not an asset.Oh..and save your money$$ nothing he is in is worth the price of a discount ticket.
because they want you to think there is something wrong with YOU if you have certain beliefs.Don't give them the satisfaction of pumping more money into their already deep pockets.With this community(hollywood)money is their religion,love,life,politics and bottom line.
God still loves Brad Pitt.
I'm about his age, and went for 11 years to the same church he grew up in. I went as a young adult. He was gone by the time I started attending there. It had alot of good people when I went there, but it did not teach it's children about creation and apologetics. Thus, members wonder why their children go off to college and don't come back. It's also part of the reason alot of kids get into trouble in high school. They have faith, but the constant unopposed drumming of the evolution faith in school and society gets to them and affects their faith in Christ and their life decisions.
I went to the same university as him, too, I think, Southwest Missouri State. I took Introduction to the Old Testament. I was taught the "Documentary Hypothesis" theory that many OT books were constructed from different oral sources, rather than what the Bible itself says, casting doubt on the veracity and obfuscating the meaning of the scriptures. Then I learned from Josh McDowell's books, and other sources, that this hypothesis is a bunch of baloney discredited many decades ago.
Concerning evolution, which I had my doubts about in both high school and college, but could not at the time and did not have the time to research or refute, I have since learned it is the sheerest bunch of baloney ever constructed. I tried to get creation books into the church library, donating them, but the library committee was not on the same page as God on this subject (they were mostly public school teachers, too), and the deacons were asleep on it, even though they confess they hold the scriptures to be the inerrant word of God.
One of the very nicest, decent, most intelligent girls I knew in high school, a year older than me, had her faith finished off, apparently by a Methodist University. She had gone to a state school, but the SAD lifestyle she saw, (sex, alcohol, drugs), discouraged her. She experienced the same at the Methodist school, and I assume that at the second institution, the liberal deconstruction of everything she believed was the reason she quit taking her Bible back to school with her.
But nothing can separate us from the love of Christ, and I think that even applies to His adopted children who faulter.
I agree that too many Christians cast stones- but that wasn't my point. Whether one accepts Jesus as Divine with a specific spiritual purpose was not my point. My point was that the philosophy of Jesus as recorded is an extremely noble and difficult one to live by, and that the philosophy should be extolled and admired rather than denigrated.
"Let's just hope he doesn't realize his own mortality any time soon. Maybe then he'll find out that there is a higher calling. "
Feel the love. It's hard to understand how such a thuggish, extortionist vision of religion wouldn't appeal to Pitt.
Yes New Orleans leans left, but it doesn't lean crazy. Sorry Brad.
I'm not surprised when I hear these things because Jesus said it will be like this.
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you.” John 15:18-20
What???? Care to explain your comment which makes NO SENSE?
True, but Buddhism does involve some belief in something greater than oneself, does it not? I think that is the key. There is some kind of a "moral code" to follow instead of the moral relativity of the garden variety atheist.
Pitt is dumber than I thought.
With all the dozens of preachers I see constantly on TV, radio, billboards, blah blah blah.. and you guys are offended by a few people voiceing their atheist opinions….
Christianity had 2000 years to make the world a better place. Guess what, they call it the Dark Ages.
Good riddance to Christianity…. with free acsess to education and uncensored information on the internet I dare say we are entering a new era where people will be less likely to accept faith based beleif systems without also being exposed to information critical of faith.
hurrah for that.
You are correct in that- and the film would've been shown in a "film" house that had floors that were more than ordinarily "sticky". And unless you were a certified" perv", you didn't really go there, 'cause it was too creepy.
AMEN! They hypocrisy of Hollywood never ceases to amaze me.
In a way it's good that these days celebrities are being so open about their hatred for Christianity. Better to have it all out in the open rather than pretending it's not so.
Thank you for pointing out that people can be opposed to same sex marriage for reasons other than anything religious. No one seems to believe it, even when you lay out the argument.
They don't want to believe it.
As a Christian, I appreciate any atheist who is as thoughtful as you've been here. Thank you.
(And darn, but that is a great point you made with the question about civilizations! I'm going to have to keep it in mind for future use.)
Fair enough.
Though, it occurs to me that if you WERE in Mr. Pitt's position at the moment, it's likely that not only could you STILL say precisely that AND actually expect to get it… but you wouldn't have to add the "instead"…
No! Jesus says to love those who persecute us. We are commanded to share His love with others. He taught in Revelation 3:20 that we're supposed to be polite. He said, "Behold I stand at the door & knock; if anyone hears My voice & opens the door, I will come in to him & will dine with him & he with Me." Jesus shows how we are to share gently & loving. People who are rude & hurtful toward those who don't believe in Christ are wrong. They either are not true believers or are not mature in their faith enough to know right from wrong when sharing their faith. We need to stand firm in our faith & true believers don't want to shove our faith down your throat. We also don't want secularist to shove their beliefs down our throats. We can agree to disagree. I will pray for you that God reveals Himself to you, quietly with love.
AMEN -
Yeah, STFU unless you agree with Steven. The hell were those people thinking having a different opinion?
Respect your forefathers,respect yourselves.Forefathers in this case being Americas founders who ALL believed in a higher power.The lefttist idea of control media and Hollywood to control the country will backfire on all of them.Such plans always do.
Respect your forefathers,respect yourselves.Forefathers in this case being Americas founders who ALL believed in a higher power.The leftist idea of control media and Hollywood to control the country will backfire on all of them.Such plans always do.
"tear your churches to the ground." Gee, spoken like a true totalitarian. Stalin would be proud of you – he tore a lot of churches to the ground too – and killed an awful lot of people.
There are too many religions that disagree with others, that it is hard to believe that any of them are real. False hope is all joining a religion brings.
jonathan replied to your comment on Lonewolf Diarie / Big Hollywood:
"You must have been dropped on your head when you were younger, as you are obviously retarted!"
Jonathon as per your comment on my statement "Religion is bullshit, God is far more powerful than any book.
Christians think they own God but they do not. They just use the name of God to enslave others with their bile.
I love Jesus, yet I cannot stand Christians.
How is this for a position: Millions of people were killed or forced into this religion of the ultimate peacemaker JC.
I find that fact, to at once be highly ironic, and utterly disgusting all at once.
I love the message of christ yet I will quote Gahndi: "I like your Jesus, yet not those "Christians" They are so unlike Jesus."
Gahndi made that assumption thanks to the British, and there manipulation of the caste system in India in order to maintain the empire.
Look at the Spaniards, and what they did to the Natives of Central and south America.
Since the indians, were brown they were not even considered humans.
Yet even in a mission in Paraguay where a fellow named Father Gabriel started a mission and taught the Natives about JC taught them to play music, to sing opera, and to bulid a community out of the Jungle the Competing powers of Portugal and Spain essentially declared these Christian Indians to not be human beiung at all but mereley trained, like a dog, or a donkey.
By establishing this decree the hunt was on to enslave these gentle native who came to embrace the aspect of Western Culture that Jesus's message was supposedly about (true or not the gospels are amazing stories).
Father Gabriel took a stand to protect these natives, and was killed for it.
JC would have died with those Indians. Yet the Spanish who claimed to be so into Jesus that they killed and enslaved MILLIONS in his name.
For that astounding feat of ignorance I vomit.
All religion is utter bullshit.
If you really want to talk to God put away your holy books and take a trip to the forest.
Listen to the birds along a lapping lake and revel in creation.
God is everywhere, and caters to everyone in their own way of understanding.
Yet religion obfuscates this by separating us, rather than simply letting us all be as one- which we are.
Alllah, Buddha,Jehova, Jesus, Ford—–Priced as marked.
It's all relative.
Screw religion.
God Rules
Hmmm…ever heard of the Spanish?
I guess being "Christian" absolves Cortez of his pox on human culture, and Columbus too, and the American's, Spain, and Britain as well.
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”- Mahatma Gahndi
I will make the same statement on any religion.
God Rules. Not words not doctrine.
All religious texts have great parables, yet for al that wisdom in words very few actually carry them out they bastardize their texts.
I'm essentially flaming the fundamentalists- of any religion.
Fundamentalism is downright satanic as it has killed MILLIONS.
Hmmm…ever heard of the Spanish?
I guess being "Christian" absolves Cortez of his pox on human culture, and Columbus too, and the American's, Spain, and Britain as well.
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”- Mahatma Gahndi
I will make the same statement on any religion.
God Rules. Not words not doctrine.
All religious texts have great parables, yet for al that wisdom in words very few actually carry them out they bastardize their texts.
I'm essentially flaming the fundamentalists- of any religion.
Fundamentalism is downright satanic as it has killed MILLIONS.
Good one!
Hmmm…ever heard of the Spanish?
I guess being "Christian" absolves Cortez of his pox on human culture, and Columbus too, and the American's, Spain, and Britain as well.
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”- Mahatma Gahndi
I will make the same statement on any religion.
God Rules. Not words not doctrine.
All religious texts have great parables, yet for al that wisdom in words very few actually carry them out they bastardize their texts.
I'm essentially flaming the fundamentalists- of any religion.
Fundamentalism is downright satanic as it has killed MILLIONS.
Hmmm…ever heard of the Spanish?
I guess being "Christian" absolves Cortez of his pox on human culture, and Columbus too, and the American's, Spain, and Britain as well.
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”- Mahatma Gahndi
I will make the same statement on any religion.
God Rules. Not words. Not doctrine.
All religious texts have great parables, yet for al that wisdom in words very few actually carry them out; they bastardize their texts.
I'm essentially flaming the fundamentalists- of any religion.
Fundamentalism is downright satanic as it has killed MILLIONS.
That is the problem with Religion, it skates the edges of truth, and whether true or not people will act out on that faith based acceptance, without ever knowing the truth.
For me church is a forest on top of a mountain, with a lake. To just sit and observe nature is a far more powerful experience.
To be in that situation and ponder existence and just let God come visit you is stunning.
I have spoken to God in such places. I mean I felt so connected with the universe. Sitting there in my tent just absorbing truth, ethics, and the pursuit of peace and fellowship amongst men.
I have a strong idea of what Jesus was about, however fo as many people whom I have met who claimed to be "Christian" all I found were lost people cling to ignorance and using JC to express said ignorance.
Gahndi was a Hindu and he and Jesus had more in comment than most professed Christians do.
I would love to meet a true follower of Jesus. My Mom claims to be one, yet she is the most judgmental and narrow minded person I have ever known.
Many of her friends are just like her: Self righteous, blind, and full of contempt for others who do not think exactly like they do.
I had one friend. Lou. Lou was an Episcopalian Bishop whom was a friend of a former Housmate of mine in DC.
Lou was near the end of his life when I met him. Lou was Gay. (yet had never had sexual relations with men, yet knew he was gay at his core and wanted all of us to be one with God).
I am not Gay, yet it took a Gay Bishop who was dying to really turn me on to God. We spoke upon the first time we met until late in the morning about Life, the Universe, everything.
What a night. Lou was the only christian I met who actually inspired me.
All the others frankly make me weep.
Look at the track History of Spain, Britain, Portugal, the USA….Yuck.
Those who would use religion to crush another culture are clueless, as to who God really is
Hmmm…ever heard of the Spanish?
I guess being "Christian" absolves Cortez of his pox on human culture, and Columbus too, and the American's, Spain, and Britain as well.
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”- Mahatma Gahndi
I will make the same statement on any religion.
God Rules. Not words. Not doctrine.
All religious texts have great parables, yet for al that wisdom in words very few actually carry them out; they bastardize their texts.
I'm essentially flaming the fundamentalists- of any religion.
Fundamentalism is downright satanic as it has killed MILLIONS.
That is the problem with Religion, it skates the edges of truth, and whether true or not people will act out on that faith based acceptance, without ever knowing the truth.
For me church is a forest on top of a mountain, with a lake. To just sit and observe nature is a far more powerful experience.
To be in that situation and ponder existence and just let God come visit you is stunning.
I have spoken to God in such places. I mean I felt so connected with the universe. Sitting there in my tent just absorbing truth, ethics, and the pursuit of peace and fellowship amongst men.
I have a strong idea of what Jesus was about, however fo as many people whom I have met who claimed to be "Christian" all I found were lost people cling to ignorance and using JC to express said ignorance.
Gahndi was a Hindu and he and Jesus had more in comment than most professed Christians do.
I would love to meet a true follower of Jesus. My Mom claims to be one, yet she is the most judgmental and narrow minded person I have ever known.
Many of her friends are just like her: Self righteous, blind, and full of contempt for others who do not think exactly like they do.
I had one friend. Lou. Lou was an Episcopalian Bishop whom was a friend of a former Housmate of mine in DC.
Lou was near the end of his life when I met him. Lou was Gay. (yet had never had sexual relations with men, yet knew he was gay at his core and wanted all of us to be one with God).
I am not Gay, yet it took a Gay Bishop who was dying to really turn me on to God. We spoke upon the first time we met until late in the morning about Life, the Universe, everything.
What a night. Lou was the only christian I met who actually inspired me.
All the others frankly make me weep.
Look at the track History of Spain, Britain, Portugal, the USA….Yuck.
Those who would use religion to crush another culture are clueless, as to who God really is
Hmmm…ever heard of the Spanish?
I guess being "Christian" absolves Cortez of his pox on human culture, and Columbus too, and the American's, Spain, and Britain as well.
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”- Mahatma Gahndi
I will make the same statement on any religion.
God Rules. Not words. Not doctrine.
All religious texts have great parables, yet for al that wisdom in words very few actually carry them out; they bastardize their texts.
I'm essentially flaming the fundamentalists- of any religion.
Fundamentalism is downright satanic as it has killed MILLIONS.
That is the problem with Religion, it skates the edges of truth, and whether true or not people will act out on that faith based acceptance, without ever knowing the truth.
For me church is a forest on top of a mountain, with a lake. To just sit and observe nature is a far more powerful experience.
To be in that situation and ponder existence and just let God come visit you is stunning.
I have spoken to God in such places. I mean I felt so connected with the universe. Sitting there in my tent just absorbing truth, ethics, and the pursuit of peace and fellowship amongst men.
I have a strong idea of what Jesus was about, however fo as many people whom I have met who claimed to be "Christian" all I found were lost people cling to ignorance and using JC to express said ignorance.
Gahndi was a Hindu and he and Jesus had more in comment than most professed Christians do.
I would love to meet a true follower of Jesus. My Mom claims to be one, yet she is the most judgmental and narrow minded person I have ever known.
Many of her friends are just like her: Self righteous, blind, and full of contempt for others who do not think exactly like they do.
I had one friend. Lou. Lou was an Episcopalian Bishop whom was a friend of a former Housmate of mine in DC.
Lou was near the end of his life when I met him. Lou was Gay. (yet had never had sexual relations with men, yet knew he was gay at his core and wanted all of us to be one with God).
I am not Gay, yet it took a Gay Bishop who was dying to really turn me on to God. We spoke upon the first time we met until late in the morning about Life, the Universe, everything.
What a night. Lou was the only christian I met who actually inspired me.
All the others frankly make me weep.
Look at the track History of Spain, Britain, Portugal, the USA….Yuck.
Those who would use religion to crush another culture are clueless, as to who God really is.
I can stand myself just fine. I love Jesus, and Buddha, and the White Buffalo Woman. I love Kali. I love God.
I love Jesus. Not Christians. Most of them who claim to love him have no concept really of him.
So No I am not a Christian. I simply love Jesus.
His message was solid.
Or was it? Perhaps it was all made up because people need to have such a message.
Buddah said some pretty profound things too.
Aristotle said many things- especially on ethics that are much of the groundworks for "Christian ethics" (Thomas Aquinas). The teachings of Pagans inspred the Christians.
Truth is truth is truth.
AMEN! God love ya! That was amazing. I also recall reading somewhere in The Bill of Rights that there was something called "Freedom OF Religion," not freedom from it. A higher power keeps one humble. Not that humility is what Brad Pitt is known for. I don't see anybody comparing him to Jesus.
Ah yes. The point madly at the people you hate and hope it diverts attention from your own flaws evasion.
Posted multiple times. Nice cut and paste. You didn't really read what I said, did you? Just noticed it was generally negative and posted a page-long screed in the hopes of drowning it out.
Bored now.
Oh look, the Atheist Inquisition. Actually, I did expect it.
I doubt you will do anything, anonymous little weasel.
Superstition is the eternal plague of the mankind, be it Christianity, Islam, Environmentalism, or Socialism. Disappointing to see young Crowder whooped up and compromised in the fervor.
Amen, Steven! Amen!
I can't add much more than what's already been said. It's a shame because I actually like Pitt's movies (love Mr. and Mrs. Smith) and find it disheartening that he feels the need to make a big deal out of his dislike for Christians.
You're right, of course, that when Hollywood/liberals speak of "religion", they of course mean "Christianity". Scientology, Kabbalah, Islam, Wicca, Flying Spaghetti Monster….you name it and the left will tolerate, if not wholeheartedly embrace it, as long as it doesn't invoke Christ. But bring up being a follower of Jesus, and all of a sudden you're maligned and bashed and made out to be intolerant, hateful, and obviously you keep the bodies of dead, gay hobos in your basement. Along with your pregnant barefoot wife.
I could overlook his politics; it's no surprise to me that Pitt's a huge lib and, as far as I know, he kept most of his views (up til now) pretty quiet. And, unlike the others of his mindset, he's actually putting his money where his mouth is and doing something in New Orleans, versus just preaching to the rest of the world what *they* should be doing. What I won't stand is having Christ maligned by him through his attack on Christians. When Paul met Jesus on the road to Damascus to persecute more Christians, Jesus said, "I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting!" (Acts 9:5). He didn't say "Whose people you are persecuting", but took it personally.
So yeah, I have no more use for Mr. Pitt.
You're missing the point.
Steven was quoting what the left always says when someone tries to share their Faith with them. "keep your beliefs to yourself" and that Christianity is some sort of hate filled, intolerant group, so "stop the hate".
In contrast, lefties see nothing wrong with forcing *their* beliefs down everyone's throat. Ever hear of "Climate Change"? How often are we preached to about *that*? And anyone with a dissenting view is shouted down as a blasphemer and idiot. OH! Another good one….get a liberal on a role with Evolution. Any talk of everything being the result of God and you're labeled as some 5th century lunatic.
And the healthcare debate? Which side is bussing in and calling to arms people in support of what they want to do? I don't see the right calling out Union thugs to beat up those voicing their opinions.
So no, Heidi, you have it backwards. It's the left that says "STFU unless you agree with us". Steven's just using their words against them.
Tommy Flanaygan FTW!
There is an army working to transform the world into their private utopia. And those silly stooges on the left think they're going to have a place at that table!! For every dollar cap and trade drives up food costs, expect 100+K of the worlds poor to die. And they KNOW that. By my definition, that is evil. Fortunetly, for entertainers like Pitt, they will always need jesters at their court.
Remember, tSoros is JUST ONE of them. You can say the same about Rockefeller. Don't even start with the blind alley foundations: Pew, Carnegie, Ford, Kellog, Tides, MacArthur. These groupd provide cover to the rich and famous, including hollywood types who don't want to be identified with the radical ideas that they support. Look at Goldman Sachs take over the the "O"ministration.
The umbrella for this operation is the Open Society Institute, that is currently at work in dozens of countries, including the US. A case in point that he laments is the failure of their test case, the Soviet Union. The financial unraveling occurred at a rate much greater then they anticipated, before they were properly infused into society. They are not making that mistake in America. To see the dozens of supported groups, here's a start for you:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/funderprofile….
As for his religious views, there is little to go on. From the list of some of the groups he funding, I think it would be safe to say not traditional: NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood, Catholics for a Free Choice, Population Services International, Lindesmith Center, Fund for Drug Policy Reform
Maybe true.
Remember the adage: No matter what she looks like, some dude some where is tired of putting up with her crap.
The Colonel is talking about the liberated pansexual hippy Jesus of mainline Protestant "christianity." He's actiually right: real Chritians don't revere that particular Jesus.
Amen!!!
So, let us take the case of the highly documented cliched poster boy of the NWO, Soros. The wonderful thing about him is that you don't even have to take the word of a tin foil hat wearin blogger. The man considers himself a philosopher-king. In his own words, you can read his several books outlining his idea of an "open society" where the soveriegn nation state is reduced to nothing more than administrative districts under the control of a loosely defined world financial body who exacts tribute from the subserviant territories by way of carbon offset taxes. These are his words buddy, not mine. All there. Read "Open Society" and "Bubble of American Supremacy". His plan is to undermine traditional organizations that support inherent civil society by way of infiltration from NGOs that work to supplant organic national groups and replace them with organizations under their control. http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategor...
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