Christian Bale calls Moses "barbaric" and "schizophrenic"

[onager]

Based on his research into the character of Moses for that new movie.

At least Bale admits that, before he played Moses, his knowledge of the subject was "below Sunday School" level.

He also hints that the same attributes, "barbaric and schizophrenic," might apply to Moses' boss - that Gawd fella:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/10/28/christian-bale-who-plays-moses-in-exodus-gods-and-kings-calls-his-character-barbaric-and-schizophrenic/

[Promethean]

1. Pretty standard response to actually reading that stuff.

Its been said before but the most effective way to deconvert someone is to get them to actually read their holy book.

[Heather MC]

2. the Story of Moses is a huge reason I am Atheist

That nut bag killed people for every damn thing,

And his wife chopped off their son's foreskin and flung the foreskin on moses foot, so she bat shit cray cray too. I hope that makes it into the movie.

[Brainstormy]

3. Moses was a basket case. n/t

[temporary311]

4. Apt description.

[AlbertCat]

5. Not to mention....

....Moses, and his story, is a MYTH!

[bvf]

6. Not according to

whatever percentage of our fellow citizens take the bible literally.

I forget the number but remember being shocked

I don't remember whether the poll I have in mind included functionally illiterate respondents, which could skew the number a bit, I suppose.

[Trajan]

7. Well ...there are beliefs, and then, on the other side ...

There is reality ...

There is not one single shred of empirical evidence of a 'real' Moses ... More than likely, a nationalistic legend that cements a hero into the fabric of an establishment narrative ... written more than a thousand years after the 'fact' ...