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Reviews
Israel: Birth of a Nation (1996)
This is a valuable historical narrative
Those blinded by hatred and bent on the destruction of tiny Israel will understandably disagree with this historical account of a small group of people regaining their homeland. I would have liked to see Gilbert make an issue of the fact that a Roman emperor changed the name of Judea to 'Provincia Syrica Palestinia' out of anger against the Jews. Prior to AD 135, there was no Palestine except for a region in Syria. Every good museum will exhibit Roman coins from before AD 70 with the inscription "Judea" (not Palestine) evidencing the original nationality of Jews. This documentary accurately portrays the plight of a rebellious race of people, who nonetheless rightfully reclaimed their land in 1948, firstly established over 3000 years ago and long before various nomadic tribes began following the self-proclaimed prophet and famed terrorist Mohammed (c. AD 600), later disregarding history and conveniently assuming themselves to be Palestinian. Anyone interested in unadulterated history and now mostly ignored facts concerning the importance of Israel's survival will find this documentary enlightening.
Luther (2003)
Luther: A movie for the thinking minority.
Folks who have never read the whole Bible, and those who don't accept it as the only reliable source of information about God, will not find this historically accurate portrayal of Christianity's rejection of man-made religion as appealing. Truth is often most inconvenient. As Christ conveyed, to the saved, servants like Luther will be the "fragrance of Christ"; to the unsaved, he will be as the "smell of death." The only shortcoming in this moving biography is the lack graphic attention to Catholicism's vicious persecution of genuine Christians (belief in 'Sola Scriptura' was, and today still is, deemed as heresy). This powerful movie may properly have been called 'The Rejection of Babylon the Harlot' as detailed in Rev. 17.