<i>Veritas est Immortalis</i>: Rocky VI

Veritas est Immortalis

"If the Church is not in possession of truth, truth as an understanding that corresponds exactly to what is in reality, and...exactly to what is in the will and character of God, then it has been left speechless. It has nothing to say" (David Wells). But never forget: "Divine Truth is immortal, and though it may long be bound, scourged, crowned with thorns, crucified and laid in a grave, yet on the third day it will rise again victoriously and will reign and triumph eternally" (Hubmaier).

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Rocky VI

Click here and learn, like I just did, that Sylvester Stallone got his inspiration for Rocky Balboa in the person of, are you ready for this, Jesus Christ!

Also, I had no idea Stallone, best known to my generation by his indestructibility and prolific body counts as John Rambo, claimed to be a Christian.

This makes me want to see Rocky VI now too.

However, is the point of mentioning things like Stallone being a Christian and the Nativity Story being blocked from the Chicago fair that it will make Christians want to see it?

As there's been a gradual blurring of the lines between news and advertising (if you want proof, watch CBS' 60 Minutes when Simon & Schuster has a new book [both are owned by Viacom] or LA's KABC 7 News when Disney [ABC's parent company] has a new movie) are these two stories really meant to be subtle forms of marketing?

Labels: Culture, Media