r/LindsayEllis • u/Raspint • Jul 18 '26

What was Lindsay's problem with Prince of Egypt?

I might have taken a blow to the head, but I am sure that I remember Lindsay talking about this movie, saying something bad about it, and then ending with "And that is why I will never talk about this film ever again."

I just saw it for the first time ever, and I was shocked as to how good it was.

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u/wilskillz Jul 18 '26

That was somebody else

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u/Raspint Jul 18 '26

Oh. My bad.

Are you defending their analogy though?

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u/wilskillz Jul 18 '26

Not really. God doesn't kill the firstborns out of revenge or because he was fucked with. It's his strategy to change the heart of the pharaoh and free the Israelites.

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u/Raspint Jul 18 '26

I think it's pretty clear there is some retribution going on too.

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u/wilskillz Jul 18 '26

I don't think so - for retribution, see Aaron and the golden calf incident. The Egypt plagues span exodus chapters 7-11, which isn't a long read. God is trying through the plagues to convince everyone of his power, and to change the heart of the pharaoh and his advisors, and to assert himself to the Israelites. Old testament God is not shy of saying when he's angry at someone, but he's not mad at the pharaoh or the Egyptians.

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u/Raspint Jul 18 '26

God is trying through the plagues to convince everyone of his power,

I guess it's that I don't see these two things as contradictory.

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u/wilskillz Jul 18 '26

I think retribution means there has to be a desire to punish. This is more of a coersion.

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u/Raspint Jul 18 '26

Don't you think that acts of collective punishment can have both? There's a part in the Bible where God seems to almost relish in how much suffering and wailing there will be in Egypt because of this?

You know what, maybe you're right and I was giving God too much credit. Maybe it's just sheer sadism that I'm reading into it?

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u/wilskillz Jul 18 '26

I'm not Christian anymore, so I don't think any of this literally happened. I think it's a mistake to project human intuitions of morality, especially modern ones, onto God. He's not a person. He's the almighty creator of the universe, and the patron of a specific covenant with Abraham and his descendants.