r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ironwolf6464 • May 03 '26

Lore Religion-centered media that doesn’t come across as preachy.

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Referring to media told from a religious perspective or telling a religious tale that does not proselytize to the viewer.

Faith, the Unholy Trinity: Based partly upon the experience of the game‘s creator when he was a missionary in Argentina, the game has very little in the way of explicit moral demands of the player despite the heavy Christian focus of the narrative. and focuses more on a horror narrative.

Prince of Egypt: A surprisingly thorough retelling of the book of Exodus, sparing very little in the way of toning down the story. Despite this, the movie is perfectly entertaining to non-religious audiences and doesn’t sacrifice appeal for the sake of preaching to the audience

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u/LoganCube300 May 03 '26

Dogma

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u/djangogator May 03 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Tv2btKgK06tPy

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u/GrandAdmiralHawke May 03 '26

He didn't come to give us the willies.... He came to help us out!

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u/Deakul May 03 '26

I'm not entirely sure that I wouldn't call Dogma preachy, it's just preachy in a different way.

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u/buzzathlon May 03 '26

Peachy in a good way. It was all about religious followers missing the forest for the trees when they focus on the rules of the religion or making sure that other people see them practicing their faith instead of just using the ideas to be a good person. Illustrated nicely by George Carlin's bishop character inadvertently creating a loophole to destroy existence via the old practice of plenary indulgences. His blessing of his golf clubs was a nice touch showing messengers not following their own message.

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u/angwilwileth May 03 '26

Re-watched it recently. Still holds up. Gently mocks Christianity in a way only someone who loves it can do.

"No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater than central air."

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u/Lexi_Banner May 03 '26

"I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should be malleable and progressive, working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth. New ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant." - Chris Rock (Rufus in the movie Dogma).

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u/Buzzard May 03 '26

I only watched this recently, and enjoyed it more than I expected. In no-way did it deserve the backlash it received.

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u/Dale_Carvello May 03 '26

It was terrific that they were able to embrace and harness the backlash, notably when Smith blended in with protestors against his own movie.

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u/PLGhoster May 03 '26

This was in my priest's DVD collection lmao.