Egypt Gov. Ban's 'Bruce Almighty'

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[GulliverSwift]

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian authorities have banned the Jim Carrey film "Bruce Almighty," saying the comedy infringes on God's sacredness.

Madkour Thabit, who heads the state-run censorship body responsible for audio and visual productions, criticized the movie Friday for featuring "actors playing the role of God."

"The name of the movie - 'Bruce Almighty' - indicates that there is someone who can do anything and everything," Thabit said in a statement faxed to The Associated Press. "Such traits belong only to God."

In the film, Carrey plays a TV reporter who gets a shot at being God for a week.

In June, Egyptian censors banned "The Matrix Reloaded" on religious grounds, saying it challenged the topics of existence and creation.

[GulliverSwift]

"Such traits belong only to God."

God and Muhammed, that is.

The Paedophile Prophet.

[rintense]

I loved this movie and thought it had a very positive message about God.

[Cicero]

Actually, a pretty good movie, I thought. There are problems with it, no doubt, but the theology is interesting.

What must especially displease the Muslims is that it demonstrates God's gift of free will. Freedom is incompatible with Islam.

[Hillary's Folly]

Personally, I found the movie so unbelievably trite that it should be banned on that alone.

[APFel]

How misguided. They should have saved their ire for films such as "Oh, God Book II" and "Oh, God, You Devil". :)

[GulliverSwift]

My only complaint with it is that Neo's dialog with Smith was pretty unsatisfying. Smith asks him "Why do you continue to fight, to try to exist?" Neo replies, "Because I choose to."

It's an interesting line but it's somewhat disappointing. As you said, free will is the supreme message of the entire trilogy. But what else can it be if one doesn't believe in God?

[GulliverSwift]

Oops, wrong movie. I was just reading a Matrix thread.

But the comment still applies (minus the belief in God part)

[GulliverSwift]

Personally, I found the movie so unbelievably trite that it should be banned on that alone.

Well, the Koran is unbelievably trite as well. I haven't seen them ban that.

[drstevej]

***What must especially displease the Muslims is that it demonstrates God's gift of free will. Freedom is incompatible with Islam.***

BEND YOU, SHAPE YOU by the Arminian Brood

You are all the Almighty I need, and "Brucie" you know it,
You can't make this beggar a king, a clown or a poet.
We've got  free will full blown.
We got you knocking outside
Out in the cold,
You better mind.
Bend you, shape you
Anyway we want you,
Long as you love us, it's all right
Bend you, shape you
Anyway we want you,
We got the power to turn on the light.

Calvinists tell us we're wrong to view you so badly,
But there's a spirit driving us on, we follow it gladly.
So let them laugh we don't care,
Cause we got nothing to hide,
Almighty Bruce by our side.
Bend you, shape you
Anyway we want you,
Long as you love us, it's all right
Bend you, shape you
Anyway we want you,
We got the power to turn on the light.