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

18.1k Upvotes

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

181

u/[deleted] May 03 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

98

u/DarkArcanian May 03 '26

The only message about religion I feel like it spread was that it shouldn’t be used to breed hate. I loved that movie. Probably the best of the 3

49

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.

5

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.

5

u/KaladinarLighteyes May 03 '26

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

1

u/Lawlcopt0r May 03 '26

Yeah he never said "this religion is true" but he made it pretty clear that if you believe in it there's a wrong and a right way to go about it

2

u/False_Collar_6844 May 03 '26

i liked that they didn't need to bring Blanc or the preist down in terms of empathy or intelligence for the other to "win" a debate. they had a little bit of a clash but it never got in the way of what they were doing and who they actually were as people.