The thing which annoys me most about atheists and humanists is the anti-intellectualism, including mendacious tricks of logic, e.g. starting with an a priori premise of non-belief, then constructing hypothetical philosophies from there to compensate.
All sorts of tricks … resorting to Mystery Babylon, Mystery Egypt, Gnosis, Wicca, Druidism, Sun Worship, Nature Worship, Moloch, the Sacred Feminin, Astarte etc. etc. etc. … absolutely anything except a Triune God. Then the European philosophers from Kant to Nietzsche or Classical, from Aristotle to Plato … resorting to those as substitutes, zero sum, in order to shut out any concept of a Triune God.
Which is the guiding theology of Them as well, from WEFers to royalty to the Black Nobility. And getting it so, so wrong as well, from Khazar/Ashkenazi Zionism, or Rosy Cross Templarism to nihilism and anarchy … when it’s quite clear to so many that there really is an evil entity worshipped by, for example, celebs … which they allow … but mention the other side offering safety, redemption … they’ll burn down your church, these paragons of tolerance.
And like Cooper yesterday on the big Hamas influx about to occur, utterly convinced that the wrong they’re doing is right.
Then the joke of the first paragraph above where such anti-intellectuals in their illogicality protest that they are the Rationalists and sky fairy worshippers are fantasists. It says vastly more about them than about believers.
Now to believers in the Triune God … there are almost two Millennia of thinkers in among the fanatics and blind-faithers … a modern day example being CS Lewis. Trouble is … there are fanatics too, sad to say, intolerant of the slightest diversion from their least dogmatic point, e.g. killing each other over consubstantiation v transsubstantiation.
Me? I don’t tell God his business, I just try to stay useful in hope, faith and charity. Do I shove it down your neck like a Rainbow politics fanatic? Yet I will always wade in to defend the Triune God if guff is written about Him … that was the contract, the agreement we made.
And so to the IMDb reviews of this filum below … talk about divergent, talk about there being a real edge whenever the concept of God comes into it. It sends sci-fi film reviewers near apoplectic … it’s almost amusing.
Which review did I select? The one without the rating at all. And note it is brought by some uploader calling itself “Cheezy”. My review, plus the one I grabbed from IMDb, appears below the filum:
My comments:
Cut it some slack … it’s made right in the middle of the red scare in America, still wrecked after WW2, when thoughts fly, like Elon’s, to the red planet. It’s when the Soviets are the new bete noire, when mankind faces annihilation, a bit like today, as distinct from in 2019 in the public consciousness. Martians as connected to God? Weeeellll, it’s a film, innit.
IMDb review:
Expect a real treat from one of the most intelligent sci-fi films of the 1950s — although it gets little credit (largely because some people are uncomfortable with the overt Christian message).
But first a word of warning: in this movie, nobody goes to Mars and no Martians invade the Earth. It’s a moody and intense story about a research project at a mountain-top laboratory where husband and wife scientists (Peter Graves and Andrea King) succeed in making contact with intelligent beings on Mars .
Neither the scientists nor the audience actually get to see the Martians. The messages exchanged by Earth and Mars are sent in the form of a complex code, displayed as flickering lines on a video monitor. Graves’ transmitter was originally invented by an ex-Nazi scientist — and unbeknownst to Graves, this same ex-Nazi scientist now occupies a secret Russian lab, located in the Andes mountains. The Russians want him to listen in on the Earth/Mars conversation, hoping to gain advanced scientific knowledge from the Martians.
Oddly enough, the weird manner in which the messages are received is the film’s chief strength. The eerie mood created by the blinking monitors enhances the alien nature of the unseen Martians. The scene in which the Martians send their first decoded message is electrifying.
After a common language has been established, the Martians describe their highly advanced agricultural methods and energy-producing techniques. As a result, Earth’s economy begins to collapse because people think the Martian super-science is going to make their jobs obsolete!
More importantly, the film’s Christian message is presented boldly and clearly, through direct references to God and Christ. When the Martians send a message that suggests they are ruled directly by God, the news causes a world-wide religious upheaval. The atheistic government in Russia is overthrown and the Soviet satellite countries are released from communist rule.
Several reviewers in past years have criticized the film as being naive for suggesting such possibilities. But the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992 and the slow but steady revival of Christianity in Russia has vindicated RED PLANET MARS to some degree.
Reviewers have also been confused by plot twists which lead them to believe the ex-Nazi scientist actually sent the `Martian’ messages to trick the Americans. You’ll have to pay careful attention to the plot to figure out who actually sent what.
The laboratory set is extremely well designed, filled with intriguing gizmos reminiscent of the Krell lab in `Forbidden Planet’. The scientific terms and concepts used in the story are admirably accurate. The story is set in the `near future’, so watch for technological innovations like flat screen TV’s and remote controls, years ahead of their time in 1952.
The climax is both unexpected and uplifting — a triumph of good over evil. Give this one a fair chance and it will amaze and inspire you. Graves and King give dynamic performances. Herbert Berghof as the ex-Nazi scientist is excellent. Marvin Miller (voice of Robby the Robot) is a treat as the Russian KGB agent. Morris Ankrum’s presence is both mandatory and welcome in any 1950s sci-fi film. Directory Harry Horner was born in Soviet Czechoslovakia, so he knows about communist suppression first hand.
The prerecorded tape, available from Amazon.com is of excellent quality.
