What Jurassic World actor just said about Christianity will probably ruin his career

[edhopper]

No it won't. This is just such Christian Persecution Bullshit.
There is no indication that Pratt's career is going anywhere but up, he is the star of the biggest movie of the year and is talked about to be the new Indiana Jones.
The mindset of these RW religious assholes is truly nauseating.

http://allenbwest.com/2015/06/what-jurassic-world-actor-just-said-about-christianity-will-probably-ruin-his-career/

[truebluegreen]

1. They have to feel persecuted, and suffer for their faith...

it's part of the ethos, the whole cultural story of Christianity....which is why we get the unintended hilarity of Christians claiming they are being targeted, and wars are being waged against them, in an overwhelmingly Christian country.
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I have an idea! Let's really mess with their heads and elect a Jewish guy, right after the Mooslim!

[Act_of_Reparation]

2. Sure is tough being a rich white male Christian.

Poor guy.

[drm604]

3. That is pretty dumb.

As you say, it's more of the "we're being persecuted!" nonsense. It's the type of drivel I'd expect from Allen West.

If being a Scientologist doesn't ruin careers then being something as conventional as a Christian certainly won't.

That article mentions something called "Friends of Abe".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Abe

I'd never heard of it before, but it's a group for "politically conservative Hollywood elite". "Abe" is Abraham Lincoln, which reflects the conservative practice of trying to equate themselves and their beliefs with Lincoln. Of course their use of his name, rather than reflecting any political commonality, is simply cynical PR that persuades pretty much nobody.

[tridim]

4. Nobody cares Allen West.

The fact that you do is YOUR problem.

[edhopper]

6. Yes,

ignoring right wing lunacy always works out so well for liberals.

[SheilaT]

5. Maybe we could toss a few Christians to some lions so they'd

finally get what real persecution is about.

Of burn a whole bunch of their churches down.

They truly have no idea of the meaning of the word persecution.

[demwing]

15. Probably too soon to make light

Of violence in churches, right?

[SheilaT]

16. Maybe. But it's never too soon to express total disgust

that anyone continues to defend our gun culture.

[Silent3]

7. But he's doing a movie based on evil-ution!!!!!

And in his last big role he played a character who boasted about fucking aliens! That's practically bestiality, and almost as bad as gay marriage!

I guess Mr. West is prepared to overlook all of that when he can focus on a few pious ramblings Pratt made.

[hrmjustin]

8. His career will be fine.

Westbis looking to drum up outrage where it is not needed.

[truebrit71]

9. War Criminal says what?

That guy should be in jail....

[Rob H.]

10. Right, because despite the fact

that he's going to be in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and the inevitable Jurassic World sequel, and might be the next Indiana Jones, his career is OMGRUINED because he talked about his faith in a country where most people are members of his faith.

[edhopper]

11. Yes but not in Hollywood

becasue there they are atheists or worse JEWS!.

[Angry Dragon]

12. AW is my hero and to many

[edhopper]

13. I think you didn't mean what you just wrote.

AW is a hero to too many?

[Humanist_Activist]

14. Uhm, where did Pratt say he was a conservative? He's a Christian...

no surprise there, given the demographics of this country, but that doesn't make him conservative. Given the friends he has, including some of other religions and possibly non-believers, he's most likely a liberal Christian, or at least a moderate.

ON EDIT: I doubt he's a Kirk Cameron. His mainstream career ended because he refused to work with people in a secular workplace or context.

[edhopper]

17. I can't find anything about his politics

yes he's a Christian, but there isn't much about him being conservative. He is into guns, but believes in registration and background checks.

And then there is the very idea that conservatives in Hollywood are shunned and don't get work.
Non-working conservative actors like Kelsey Grammer, Bruce Willis, that politician Arnold Whatsanugger and that director guy from the GOP convention, Clint something. No work for them?

[Humanist_Activist]

18. True, and most of them are either extremely moderate Republicans or libertarians...

of one stripe or another.