i am sparticus: A Multitude Of Ways To Abuse The Plot Of Matrix Revolutions To Turn It Into A Christian Allegory

A Multitude Of Ways To Abuse The Plot Of Matrix Revolutions To Turn It Into A Christian Allegory

All over the country right now, people are watching the Matrix Revolutions, and all over the country, people in trendy Christian leadership are thinking of ways of twisting the themes in the movie into sermons, small groups and bible studies. For the record, I think that while you can draw out Christian analogies from pretty much anything, it's quite hard to draw out good ones. Secondly I think that just because a film isn't a Christian allegory, that doesn't make it a bad film. Thirdly I think that to draw deep profound meanings out of something that the creators are confused about, is stupid.
With that all said and done though...

How To Abuse The Plot Of Matrix Revolutions To Turn It Into A Christian Allegory

1.  Everyone thought that Jesus would be the saviour of the Jews, force all the other races/religions ( the gentiles) into submission and make the nation of Israel even better. However he confused them all by being the saviour of the Jews and the gentiles. He showed them that everyone who believed in him would live forever in heaven.
    Everyone thought that Neo was going to be the saviour of the Humans, force all the races/religions into submission and make humanity even better. However he confused them all by being the saviour of the humans and the machines. He showed that they could live happily together as long as the humans didn't mind their babies being used as batteries.

2.  The Jewish people thought that it was the foreign nations who were their enemies, however it turned out that God was behind those nations, and that what they really should be concerned with how they behaved toward God and toward each other.
    The Humans thought that it was the machines who were their enemies, however it turned out that that the some dude with white hair in a room with lots of tvs was behind the machines and what they really should be concerned about was Hugo Weaving. Well, him and all those machines that wanted the humans turned into batteries. And all the crazy humans who wanted to go back into the matrix. And all the crazy humans possessed by Hugo Weaving.

3.  Satan thought that by killing Jesus he would win his war against God. However by killing Jesus he put the final nail in his own coffin. What no one could understand, but God, was that Jesus knew what he was doing all along.
    Agent Smith thought that by killing Neo he would win his war against ummm... whatever it was that he was so mad about. However by killing Neo he exploded in shiny special effects. What no one else could understand, even the directors, was exactly what Neo was doing all along.

And so forth.
Thanks to Paulo for reminding me with his posting about this red fire hydrant post. Blog link tastic

Right Now

Hazel

Your Comments