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New '2012' movie is clearly anti-Catholic

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Niall O'Dowd

Published Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 8:19 AM
Updated Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 5:29 PM

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'2012,' the latest end of the world movie.

"2012," the new blockbuster movie from director Roland Emmerich about the end of the world, is clearly anti-Catholic. It stars Irish-American actor John Cusack, who is obviously along for the payday. 

Now, I'm no Bill O'Donohue, the blowhard head of the Catholic League who sees blasphemy in every mention of his religion not stamped and approved by the Vatican — and most of the time Bill and I disagree strongly.

But "2012" is something else. 

Consider the trailer I just watched. As the Website Creative Minority Report noticed:

At the 20 second mark: The arms of the Jesus the Redeemer statue in Rio De Janeiro fall off and the statue topples.

34 seconds: 50,000 people with candles standing in St. Peter's Square look up at the Pope, who's looking down at them.

36 seconds: Lots of people all making the sign of the Cross. Then the fireballs begin to drop.

50 seconds: There's an image of St. Peter's Basilica toppling.

52 seconds: The trailer cuts to Cardinals inside praying as they see the art on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel  breaking apart, and presumably crushing them.

54 seconds: Those people who were praying with candles outside are now screaming and running. The dome of St. Peter's is crashing down on top of them. 

Holy Toledo, that's a lot of destroyed Catholic icons right there!

We don't see Mecca crumbing, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir fleeing the premises. No sings of Hindu gods crashing or the Taj Mahal collapsing.

No, just good old Catholic mayhem.

Emmerich has made no bones about  his own anti-religious bias.

The Guardian reports that in his house "Mao and Lenin fill the length of the living room wall, and an Old Master-style painting of the Crucifixion shows Jesus sporting a Wham T-shirt"

Wham was the group started in the 1980s by George Michael, who is nowadays most famous for being arrested for soliciting sex outside men's bathrooms in Britain.

In the guest bathroom, Creative Minority Report says there is a portrait of Saddam Hussein. In a closet is a painting of John Paul II reading his own obituary

Let's not jump to conclusions here, but when it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's usually a duck.

Or a dog of a movie getting cheap thrills out of a fantasy of destroying the icons of a world-revered religion.

That's Hollywood, folks.

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Posted by afreeman on November 18,2009 | 08:30AM
Well ...I suppose you have to fill your daily quota Niall..
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Posted by Siobhan39 on November 18,2009 | 07:01AM
Please . . . anti-Catholic, NO. Consider it a compliment that those are Catholic structures you see crumbling. They are recognizable world wide. Very few structures of other religions are that well known. Consider it a compliment.
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Posted by plasticpaddy on November 17,2009 | 12:59PM
If he ever even existed! Ye argue so much, when ye are so similar. Is it even necessary to 'know' which chruch/creed is right, it doesn't matter. Upon your death you will find out if you were right, or you may find out nothing and just give new life to the earth as fertiliser. No one knows, and no one knows if anything that was written is actually true, believe what you want and keep your religious beliefs to yourself and in the privacy of your own homes.
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Posted by TonydeNewYork on November 16,2009 | 02:06PM
Portia777 Jesus himself founded ONE, HOLY,CATHOLIC and APOSTOLIC church. Soooooooo stop all your hate and come to the only church Christ founded on earth.
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Posted by Portia777 on November 16,2009 | 07:24AM
The Roman Catholic church has nothing to do with jesus. Of course the walls will crumble when the sheep wake up to the scam of all patriarchal religions. Who in their right mind would be proud to be a member of this barbarian blood thirsty cult.?
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Posted by IronMountainMovies on November 16,2009 | 07:21AM
I think you'll find that the destruction of St Peters, etc is probably more to do with reflecting the end of culture as opposed to being anti catholic. This 2012 hokum is based on the fact that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012. This apparently, is proof that the world will end in 2012. Why else would the calendar stop at 2012? Has anyone considered the possibility that the Mayans simply ran out of ink?






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