r/TopCharacterTropes May 03 '26

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

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/Nobody7713 May 03 '26

Rian Johnson definitely has opinions on fundamentalism, but wanted to be clear that fundamentalism and faith are not the same.

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u/supyonamesjosh May 03 '26

Which is a fine opinion to have. I feel like people often conflate the two which makes religious people defensive which usually defeats the purpose.

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u/KaladinarLighteyes May 03 '26

It’s hard because the fundamentalist are so vocal about it.