[daniel1212]

I agree. I wonder if the nitpickers would prefer that Biblical stories not be told at all?

A false dilemma. The Book of Acts and Revelation for two, could make very good screenplays without the carnal imaginations of Hollywood that it requires all stories to submit to.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

I agree that the Acts of the Apostles would be a great book to do a film of. A film treatment of The Book of The Revelation of Saint John The Divine would not be a wise idea, in my opinion. Amongst Protestants, there are historicists, preterists and idealists and futurists. Some believe in 'covenant' theology while others believe in 'dispensationalism'. Some even believe that the 'whore of Babylon' referenced in the Book, is the Roman Catholic church. I am quite certain that the Roman Catholic church and the Orthodox churches also have a diversity of opinions on the interpretation of Revelation.

For many people in the 'first world', much of which was once known as 'Christendom', the Bible is irrelevant or worse, so it is constantly under attack. A film, based on one of hundreds of interpretations of Revelation would be very divisive. A world that is seeking to ridicule the Bible and Christianity, would jump on the divisions that would surface in public. "They can't even get along with each other, why would I want to be one of them?" "Why would I want to get involved in a belief system where they are beating each other all the time?” “Since they fight so much, what do they really believe and how are their lives any better than mine?”

Frankly, I have seen and experienced inter-denominational ‘warfare’, and it is not pretty and most certainly does not reflect Jesus! A movie based on Revelation would hurt the cause of evangelisation instead of helping it, so I'm sure that Hollywierd will soon be working on such a movie!