Good Vs. Evil God V. Devil
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After watching the Movie Constantine I was empowered to talk about it. In particular i want to talk about the Catholic Views and the consequence of those, however before I do this I should give a run down of the movie.
Constantine the movie is set in present day Los Angeles, the movie features Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, and the world is placed on the precarious balance of good versus evil. Earth was describes as being world trapped between two others, on one side Heaven and then Earth and then Hell, and there are angels and there are demons. These are the workers of both lords and the sides are equal, it was described as an agreement between God and the Devil and that no one Angel or one Demon could step onto earth and they could influence but never directly interfere. However all agreements are meant to be bent, even between God and the Devil and so half breeds were born, not angel or demon not human.
Certain humans were gifted to see these creatures of heaven and hell, John Constantine was one of those and also keeper of the balance, not by force but by choice, John Constantine had trouble dealing with his gift. He was treated as crazy and placed on drugs and was given such therapies such as Electro Shock Therapy and he attempted to take his own life, a mortal catholic sin. He was revived after a few minuets however this was enough time to see the eternal torment of hell, so he became the keeper of the balance in an attempt to buy his way into heaven.
The movie deals with some pretty serious catholic issues which I wish to discuss, is the sin of suicide unforgivable? The movie portrays an extremist view of heaven and hell, John Constantine is advised buy the angel Gabriele that he will never be admitted to heaven because of his sin. Despite this John Constantine fights on. Is the sin of suicide that unforgivable. In my personally opinion it is not. My forgiving and loving God forgives all but why does he condemn those things, what about the hurt inflicted by his clergy members?
Socially the movie shows a very strange use of themes and motifs, the movie uses very biblical names for its characters for example Constantine, Angela, Gabriele and Lu (as in Lucifer). When the devil comes to earth to collect John Constantine’s soul after he commits suicide the devil is given a human character, however all the times God intervenes he is not depicted by anyone, it’s a devine act. Why? I don’t have an answer, what in our society could happen by giving God a human face, its happened before, admittedly in a comedy, but none the less.
Questions for those who have religious opinions, many do but are unwilling to share, so anonymous comments are welcomed. God V. Devil Good V. Evil do they exist to the extent the do in the movie?
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After watching the Movie Constantine I was empowered to talk about it. In particular i want to talk about the Catholic Views and the consequence of those, however before I do this I should give a run down of the movie.
Constantine the movie is set in present day Los Angeles, the movie features Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, and the world is placed on the precarious balance of good versus evil. Earth was describes as being world trapped between two others, on one side Heaven and then Earth and then Hell, and there are angels and there are demons. These are the workers of both lords and the sides are equal, it was described as an agreement between God and the Devil and that no one Angel or one Demon could step onto earth and they could influence but never directly interfere. However all agreements are meant to be bent, even between God and the Devil and so half breeds were born, not angel or demon not human.
Certain humans were gifted to see these creatures of heaven and hell, John Constantine was one of those and also keeper of the balance, not by force but by choice, John Constantine had trouble dealing with his gift. He was treated as crazy and placed on drugs and was given such therapies such as Electro Shock Therapy and he attempted to take his own life, a mortal catholic sin. He was revived after a few minuets however this was enough time to see the eternal torment of hell, so he became the keeper of the balance in an attempt to buy his way into heaven.
The movie deals with some pretty serious catholic issues which I wish to discuss, is the sin of suicide unforgivable? The movie portrays an extremist view of heaven and hell, John Constantine is advised buy the angel Gabriele that he will never be admitted to heaven because of his sin. Despite this John Constantine fights on. Is the sin of suicide that unforgivable. In my personally opinion it is not. My forgiving and loving God forgives all but why does he condemn those things, what about the hurt inflicted by his clergy members?
Socially the movie shows a very strange use of themes and motifs, the movie uses very biblical names for its characters for example Constantine, Angela, Gabriele and Lu (as in Lucifer). When the devil comes to earth to collect John Constantine’s soul after he commits suicide the devil is given a human character, however all the times God intervenes he is not depicted by anyone, it’s a devine act. Why? I don’t have an answer, what in our society could happen by giving God a human face, its happened before, admittedly in a comedy, but none the less.
Questions for those who have religious opinions, many do but are unwilling to share, so anonymous comments are welcomed. God V. Devil Good V. Evil do they exist to the extent the do in the movie?
Society's Moto : Damnnant quod Intellegunt
posted by Zac Chalkley at 12:11 am
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The views of the catholic church in regards to the matter of sin, evil, death etc are not actually those that are shown in the movie constantine. neither is the whole idea of heaven and hell being separated by earth. these are what people have been lead to believe however they are not actually the beliefs of the church.the whole idea of the devil is not actually a teaching of the catholic church. There is a wicked one who is reffered to in the bible several times but this is seen more as a representation of evil. not literally as an evil being called lucifer or satan. the whole idea of good vs evil according to the catholic tradition is as strong in the world as it is in the movie. however unlike in the movie the whole battle goes on in every single human. evil is present in everyone (including innocent children)and it is whether or not each person chooses to follow the path of evil and destruction that is present in them that ultimatley determine whether or not they can be considered good. the God vs Devil thing does not exist according to the catholic tradition as the devil itself does not exist. this relates to the battle between good and evil however rather than the battle between two powerful beings it is because of free will that god gave humans that evil is present. sin is an attitude rather than a wrong doing however when it comes to suicide the person is destroy7ing what god created. thqats possibly why is could be seen as unforgivable. most things in the catholic church are forgiven and i think that suicide is the same. but im not sure about that. this is long, a little off topic and complex catholic philosophy but i hope it is entertaing to read and gives you more to think about.
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