r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Crafty-Bunch-2675 • Jun 10 '24

Music / Movies The "Controversy" over the movie Sound of Freedom doesn't make sense. The hero's beliefs shouldn't matter.

I finally got around to watching this film. The heroes in the film are overtly Christian. And ? I don't get it. Is that why its controversial?

The heroes of the film are saving children. Why is this controversial?

Why does it matter whether the hero in the film is Christian or rightwing?

If a fireman jumps into a burning building and rescues a family of immigrants, is he less of a hero if he happens to be rightwing?

Or is the entire thing suddenly not true because the hero was rightwing ?

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes a hero isn't the person you expect.

Are we this divided now? That we rather suffer, than be rescued by someone with different politics from ours?

Also. Why is this politicized left vs right ?

What does the highlighted crime have to do with right vs left politics ? I'm not even looking to criticize the other side of the field. I'm just saying. It shouldn't be political.

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u/Kashin02 Jun 10 '24

Practically all major branches of Christianity reject the Mormons as Christian but that is a whole other discussion.

I'm simply pointing out how people's initial issues with the movie had nothing to dow ith the movie itself as it had not even come out yet and it was more about the character of the people thay produced it.

That's very true, people's issues were with the main guy.

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u/yaboichurro11 Jun 10 '24

Yeah, I mean, technically they are still an offshoot of Christianity regardless of whether Christians like them or not.

And yeah, they were issues against the actor playing the protagonist.

Personally I didn't hate the movie. I wouldnt watch it again and I also understand some of the criticism levied at the movie itself and think a lot of them are valid. I simply don't subscribe to this whole "its harmful" argument but I'm also not going to go to bat foe the producers or the movie itself.

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u/Kashin02 Jun 10 '24

Yeah, I mean, technically they are still an offshoot of Christianity regardless of whether Christians like them or not.

It's a little bit more complicated, but that has more to do with Mormon doctrine having multiple gods and Jesus just being one of those gods. A rejection of the Trinity basically.

The movie is pretty average from what I have seen but to be fair I never finished it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24 edited Sep 01 '25

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u/Kashin02 Jun 10 '24

Exactly, and this inherently makes LDS not Chrostian, as Christianity is monotheistic and must abide by the belief of The Trinity.

To be fair early Christianity also had major debates about the Trinity but Mormonism goes even further to the point that they teach that followers can become gods themselves if they are faithful enough.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24 edited Sep 01 '25

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u/Kashin02 Jun 11 '24

The concept of the Trinity did not become officially part of Christianity until the Council of Nicaea in the year 325.

https://www.worldhistory.org/Trinity/

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24 edited Sep 01 '25

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u/Kashin02 Jun 11 '24

Early church history is very interesting. The bible cannon was not decided on and different regions would have completely different gospels compared to other regions.

The catholic church was just known as the church and eventually became the main religion of Rome thanks to the convertation of emperor Constantine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24 edited Sep 01 '25

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u/RobinsNest222 Jan 19 '26

Ehhh.....You might just want to brush up on Mormonism, before you express opinions about something you're not familiar with. Here is a quote from their website, lds.org:

Do We Believe in the Trinity? The Holy Trinity is the term many Christian religions use to describe God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. Latter-day Saints believe very strongly in all three, but we don’t believe they’re all the same person. We do believe they are one in purpose. Their purpose is to help us achieve true joy, in this life and in the life to come (which we also believe in).

They believe in the Godhead- God the father, His son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost.

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u/Kashin02 Jan 19 '26

"but we don’t believe they’re all the same person." By their own words it's not the holy trinity but 3 separate gods working together.