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   From: abryant@splc.org   
      
   Note to Christians and those who believe the Bible: The producer   
   of the movie “Noah,” a self-professed atheist, says he is proud   
   of the fact that he’s taken a story inspired by God’s word and   
   turned it into something so secular.   
      
   Director Darren Aronofsky called his movie “the least biblical   
   biblical film ever made,” The Telegraph reported. He also   
   claimed his leading character, Noah, was the “first   
   environmentalist,” something that suggests the movie storyline   
   doesn’t exactly follow the Bible’s.   
      
   And something else the suggests a serious divergence from the   
   biblical account: Not once during the movie is the name “God”   
   spoken, an early reviewer found, The Telegraph reported.   
      
   Christian groups have raised such an outcry that Paramount, the   
   studio that’s put out the film, has issued an explanatory   
   statement.   
      
   It reads, in part: The film is “inspired by the story of Noah”   
   but at the same time, “artistic license has been taken.” The   
   statement also gives this helpful advice: “The biblical story of   
   Noah can be found in the book of Genesis.”   
      
   Mr. Aronofsky, meanwhile, describes his version of the biblical   
   story as a “dark parable about sin, justice and mercy,” that   
   leads Noah to serve as judge and jury of who gets on the boat —   
   and who dies, The Telegraph said.   
      
   Among the complaints is that the director paints Noah as more a   
   man of the environment than a true follower of God.   
      
   “The insertion of the extremist environmental agenda is a   
   problem,” said Jerry Johnson, the president of the National   
   Religious Broadcasters group, in The Telegraph.   
      
   http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/24/atheist-noah-   
   director-brags-film-least-biblical-bi/   
      
       
      
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