The Catholic Tyler, Texas bishop denounced the streaming
giant Netflix as blasphemous over its launch of a special entitled First
Temptation of Christ that portrays the Son of God as gay.
According to Bishop Joseph Strickland, respect
is the last thing that Netflix is considering, every Christian must denounce
this movie, it’s blasphemy against Jesus who suffered and even died for all who
deny that He’s Lord of our Universe.
The bishops added on Twitter that he
cancelled Netflix and that he hardly has time to view it anyway, yet
blasphemers do not deserve a dime of our support!
The bishop additionally agreed on
Twitter over a message from the “Dear America Podcast” host who also condemned
the movie, argued that ‘Jesus is not a ‘woke’ culture experiment to convince
young folks that biblical teachings are ‘debatable’!’
Strickland isn’t alone in his anger
against the streaming giant over its special launched in Brazil as A
Primeira Tentaçao de Cristo, depicting the Virgin Mary as a pot smoker and
Christ in a gay relationship.
Recently, the bishops conference in
Brazil came out with a statement that condemned the film, stating that ‘in the
name of artistic creativity, as well as freedom of expression, it profoundly
assaults the faith of Christians.’
While knowing that we exist in a
pluralistic society and not all people share the same beliefs, the bishops called
for respect of individual’s beliefs as ‘a democratic and ethical requirement.’
More than a million people worldwide
already have signed a petition that demanded the removal of the offensive
Christmas special and called for a boycott of Netflix.
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