Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27785593-20170908222854/@comment-28396600-20180524175705

The Avengers:Infinity War had a very mean spirited jab towards religion in it. After Doctor Strange asks him who his master is, Star Lord said,

"Who do you think I follow. JESUS!?" In a sarcastic tone with a confused look on his face. Everyone in the theater was laughing like hyenas at that comment.....except for me who just sat there offended by what I had just heard. I don't care when adult shows like Family Guy, The Simpsons, and South Park make fun of God because they aren't intended for children. Shoot, the character on my avatar is from Drawn Together which regularly mocked religion. While I can't say that that type of humor in of itself bothers me all the time, I was NOT expecting to hear that type of thing in a MARVEL movie. MARVEL movies are often associated with kids and family viewing so hearing tons of little kids in the theater with me laughing at such an offensive line was far cringeworthy and depressing to me. I really haven't been able to see The Avengers in the same light since. Plus, there is a laundry list of other obvious jabs towards religion in the film. Including:

1. The villain Thanos is obviously meant to be an Expy of God. They are basically claiming that God is evil. I mean think about it, all of his followers refer to him as Father, he sacrificed his own child to "die for what is right", the movie stated that he made the universe in 6 days and rested on the 7th. He even referred to himself as "I am" which is something that God would regularly call himself in The Bible.

2. The villain's daughter is named Gamorah, pronounced the same way as the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah and everything.

3. Thanos was actually shown walking on water in one scene. I can't think of anything else that could possibly be a reference to aside from Jesus.

4. The ending was possibly a mockery of The Rapture. I mean seriously, American Dad did a more respectful depiction of The Rapture and that is a freaking Seth MacFarlane show!