Posted on 10/02/2013 6:01:24 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
...This [column is] about AMC's smash TV series "Breaking Bad" -- the most Christian Hollywood production since Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ." (Not surprisingly, both were big hits!)
It may seem counterintuitive that a TV show about a meth cook could have a conservative theme, much less a Christian one, but that's because people think Christian movies are supposed to have camels -- or a "Little House on the Prairie" cast. READ THE BIBLE! It's chockablock with gore, incest, jealousy, murder, love and hate.
Because the Bible tells the truth, the lessons are eternal -- which also marks the difference between great literature and passing amusements. Recall that even Jesus usually made his points with stories.
(Excerpt) Read more at anncoulter.com ...
Walt became Gollum.
Liked Mike too!
Just as a matter of point, off topic, why do people here doe this regarding the Pope?
We spend time listening ad following along with news analases of Mark Levin and Rush.
We know WE KNOW the media is biased against tradition, rules of the constitution, Christianity, and we know who they are.
Yet, when it comes to the Pope, we not only take any old NYT, or in this case, the Chicago Tribune, and if any conservative bashes the Pope, accusing him of not following the Bible, it is taken as fact.
Even when she says, this is not a fact, it’s hearsay, which is not acceptable in my law world, nor as a fact finder, but, it’s the Pope, so, you know, no one’s around.
so here, perhaps you can explain how you go from, reportedly says, to ‘what the Pope said’.
Now it’s fact, and the pope doesn’t know scripture.
He has read Proverbs.
The Pope has a doctorate in Theology.
And it’s pushed so angrily that Catholics don’t follow the Bible, but, the fact is, The Church does follow the Bible meticulously and philosophically, never arguing against it.
Read this article for an interesting take on conservatism in the X-Files, which by extension, would include Gilligan.
I found it a perfect examples of Buddhism and it fits nicer than Ann’s sophmoric article.
*note: “Suffer” == Dukkha, where suffer is a verb and Dukkha is a noun. Think of it as a state of being.
Chiefly
We suffer in life. We cause others to suffer and others cause us to suffer.
Suffering stems from desires, jealousy, unfufilled goals and we suffer because we cause others to suffer.
Ridding ourselves of desires will alleviate suffering.
Take the Noble Eightfold Path for enlightenment which perfects our souls and makes them ready for God, Jesus, and Heaven.
There's certainly a deliberate effort to have the viewers see Walt's character as having shed the Heisenberg alter-ego in the finale. There's a certain amount of redemption in that. Yes, the series is one long morality play - an extended essay about the costs of bad decisions.
And a Los Pollos Hermanos apron!
I watched Sons of Anarchy and I decided to drop it. Nothing to do with anything that shocked me, but because of the bad writing, acting,cartoonish plot, and production values. In comparison with Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, and even Justified, Sons of Anarchy is purely minor league. The casting is ludicrous. Clay is supposed to have lived in N. California his entire life, but how come he sounds like he just arrived from the Bronx. Charlie Hunnam proves he is no Christian Bale. They have to keep his dialogue stilted and simple so his British accent will not pour out. It must be I do not synch with Kurt Sutter. Watched first season of The Shield, it also did not measure up with the other series I have watched through the years. Compared to the Sopranos and The Wire it was also minor league for the same reasons stated above.
Coulter has lost it big time. I dutifully watched every episode of Breaking Bad and there was never the hint of any Christian Parable. It was entirely a show dedicated to greed and unbridled Hedonism. In the end the main character laid down in his own self made hell and began his short instantaneous journey to eternal damnation.
There were no redeeming characters and no hint of redemption for anyone. In the end everyone goes to Hell.
If Coulter sees a Christian Parable in that show, then I’d have to question her version of Christianity.
I loved the show, but there was nothing in it that could point to any kind of Christian allegory.
Low Winter Sun stinks to high heaven also. It was a cure for insomnia. I had higher hopes for Mark Strong. He was great in Tinker, Tailor and also in Body of Lies.
Someone once said, “sometimes a cigar is just a good smoke.”
Exactly. It was a great show, as long as you didn’t try to get any meaning out of it. There was no meaning. That was the point.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
It doesn't sound like fun, judging from Ann's column; three different times she references someone throwing up. Sounds utterly degraded and disgusting, not to mention depressing. I have to admit I'm curious, since I've heard almost universally rave reviews. But I'm turned off by the premise. I got hooked on Sopranos because I had cable TV back then, and I happened to catch an episode while flipping channels. But all I have now is Roku and broadcast TV, so watching Breaking Bad would require a conscious decision.
Ann's review was well argued and eloquent, but it still struck me as just a fancy rationalization for her guilty pleasure.
I also never watched it, but all of the hype makes me sure that was the correct choice!
Pay for a month of Netflix ($7.99 or use the free trial), they have all of it available without commercials. My girlfriend and I watched all of it in a week before the series finale.
Breaking Bad doesn’t work as a Christian parable. No one in this show is redeemed at all. Perhaps it would work as a cautionary tale but even that would be weak because the people doing the evil are made to appear so sympathetic.
Ann’s so-called hero, Hank, is one of the many whose pride led to their downfall. In fact, reflecting her own theme, Hank’s love for his kleptomaniac wife over love for God had him allowing her to steal from places without apology or restitution. His ego kept him from seeing the odd things Walt did as the acts of a brilliant criminal.
As an already doomed angel of death who takes out all the evil around him, Walter does very well. But it seems that neither the good nor the evil fare very well around Walter White.
You have been deceived. You cannot blend non-Christian man-made philosophy with Christianity. We are all sinners and cannot be made "perfect" until we go to Heaven and receive glorified bodies and sinless minds. Only by following God's word and only God's word can we become more Christ-like, but perfection is not possible for sinners until after death.
The Walking Dead is chewing gum. Fun, but not much to it.
Breaking Bad is a full course gourmet meal with a smokey brandy to finish it off.
I agree with most of your post...but The Shield was in the same league as The Sopranos, The Wire and Breaking Bad. In humble opinion....gosh I’ll miss those shows. The golden age of television may have passed.
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