Is Pulp Fiction a pro-Christian propaganda piece?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes. I'm surprised fundies haven't gone crazy over this movie.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

That might just be the dumbest thing you've ever posted BRTD.

[John Dibble]

That might just be the dumbest thing you've ever posted BRTD.

Every time I think he can't post anything any dumber he goes and surprises me like this.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

That might just be the dumbest thing you've ever posted BRTD.

From you I'll take that as a compliment.

Seriously people stop and think what the whole message of this movie is.

[??????????]

I can hear it now, from Americas' pulpits, "Get the Gimp".

[Earth]

That might just be the dumbest thing you've ever posted BRTD.

Seriously people stop and think what the whole message of this movie is.

If I remember the movie correctly, it centered around a case that Ving Rhames was trying to retrieve. It implied that the case held his soul. It's been a while since I've seen it, but even with a spiritual undertone, I don't see how it's a "pro-christian propaganda" movie.

[memphis]

I remember when I was a kid my grandma went to see this in the theater not realizing it was a "dirty" movie. She was really offended at all the language. Lol.

[??????????]

I remember when I was a kid my grandma went to see this in the theater not realizing it was a "dirty" movie. She was really offended at all the language. Lol.

LOL. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall!

[JSojourner]

Yes. I'm surprised fundies haven't gone crazy over this movie.

No it is not.

Plus, even if it was -- there is buttsex in it, BRTD.  No fundie would go near it.

[JSojourner]

I can hear it now, from Americas' pulpits, "Get the Gimp".

COMEDY GOLDMINE FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROFLMAO and you owe me a new keyboard.  Coffee everywhere...

[© tweed]

please make the case that it is, BRTD.

[Alcon]

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

please make the case that it is, BRTD.

The movie implies that Vince and Jules were saved and given a second chance by God. Jules takes it as a sign to turn his life around and redeem himself like what he does at the diner. Vince doesn't, and then he pays the penalty for it. Butch's story also has a theme of redemption of forgiveness.

[John Dibble]

please make the case that it is, BRTD.

The movie implies that Vince and Jules were saved and given a second chance by God. Jules takes it as a sign to turn his life around and redeem himself like what he does at the diner. Vince doesn't, and then he pays the penalty for it. Butch's story also has a theme of redemption of forgiveness.

It also had this scene. If you believe this was a Christian propaganda piece then you're reading way too much into it. Sure, you might get a bit of a religious message out of it, but the message isn't blatant enough to be considered propaganda.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

please make the case that it is, BRTD.

The movie implies that Vince and Jules were saved and given a second chance by God. Jules takes it as a sign to turn his life around and redeem himself like what he does at the diner. Vince doesn't, and then he pays the penalty for it. Butch's story also has a theme of redemption of forgiveness.

It also had this scene. If you believe this was a Christian propaganda piece then you're reading way too much into it. Sure, you might get a bit of a religious message out of it, but the message isn't blatant enough to be considered propaganda.

How is that scene related to religion in any way?

[John Dibble]

please make the case that it is, BRTD.

The movie implies that Vince and Jules were saved and given a second chance by God. Jules takes it as a sign to turn his life around and redeem himself like what he does at the diner. Vince doesn't, and then he pays the penalty for it. Butch's story also has a theme of redemption of forgiveness.

It also had this scene. If you believe this was a Christian propaganda piece then you're reading way too much into it. Sure, you might get a bit of a religious message out of it, but the message isn't blatant enough to be considered propaganda.

How is that scene related to religion in any way?

That's my point, it isn't. It's completely unrelated to religion. If this really was a Christian propaganda piece as you claim then why would such an unrelated scene exist in it?

[dead0man]

Propaganda implies somebody intentionally trying to influence others, who do you think was creating this propaganda?  Tarentino?  Roger Avary?  Propaganda by accident isn't, by definition, propaganda.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Propaganda implies somebody intentionally trying to influence others, who do you think was creating this propaganda?  Tarentino?  Roger Avary?  Propaganda by accident isn't, by definition, propaganda.

Tell that to Gully, Gustaf and anyone else accusing 300 of being fascist propaganda.

[dead0man]

Propaganda implies somebody intentionally trying to influence others, who do you think was creating this propaganda?  Tarentino?  Roger Avary?  Propaganda by accident isn't, by definition, propaganda.

Tell that to Gully, Gustaf and anyone else accusing 300 of being fascist propaganda.

Ok, I will next time it comes up.

[Јas]

I agree that redemption is a theme of Pulp Fiction; I disagree that this is enough to qualify it as "a pro-Christian propoganda piece".

[JSojourner]

I agree that redemption is a theme of Pulp Fiction; I disagree that this is enough to qualify it as "a pro-Christian propoganda piece".

The true theme of Pulp Fiction is...

"Only the truest of friends will safeguard your watch for future generations by keeping it in his ass."

[Eraserhead]

I actually understand where BRTD is coming from here. The movie clearly carries a pro-Christian or at least pro-religious message.

Calling it "pro-Christian propaganda" is over the top, but that's BRTD for you. I wonder if Tarantino is a believer... he never struck me as one, honestly.

[Beet]

Next time I see it I'll be on the look out for this. The whole Vince and Jules choosing different paths is definitely an overarching theme of the story, however to call it explicitly Christian may be overreaching.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Interesting how over 30% agree with "the dumbest thing I've ever posted"...

Next time I see it I'll be on the look out for this. The whole Vince and Jules choosing different paths is definitely an overarching theme of the story, however to call it explicitly Christian may be overreaching.

Dude, Jules quotes the Bible and then tells the robbers that he will spare them and let them live (and he even gives them all of his money, basically "turning the other cheek") as his first act of redemption. That sounds pretty explicitly Christian to me.

[Lunar]

But for it to be a propaganda piece instead of simply borrowing for a biblical theme or two in its mayem, it would have to make you want to be a Christian.

The movie doesn't do that.

The Matrix movies have extreme biblical undertones, but they're not propaganda for Christianity.

Hell, Steven Colbert's Christmas Special has lots of Biblical and Judaic undertones as well.