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So, the Oscars nominated an extremely unheard of song- that never had a chance of winning- for best original song. It happened to be from a Christian based movie. NO ONE had heard of this movie before this. There were no reviews of it. There were no critics watching it. There were no media write-ups about it. It was a nothing movie. Christians hadn't even heard of it.
The man who wrote the song used to be on the committee board for the Academy. He used an unfair advantage and sent a direct email to the people who were voting on the nominees. When other people heard about this they, rightly, complained. Today the Academy announced that they are rescinding the nomination.
Here are some of the reactions from Christians: So, the Oscars nominated an extremely unheard of song- that never had a chance of winning- for best original song. It happened to be from a Christian based movie. NO ONE had heard of this movie before this. There were no reviews of it. There were no critics watching it. There were no media write-ups about it. It was a nothing movie. Christians hadn't even heard of it.
The man who wrote the song used to be on the committee board for the Academy. He used an unfair advantage and sent a direct email to the people who were voting on the nominees. When other people heard about this they, rightly, complained. Today the Academy announced that they are rescinding the nomination.
"I am a CHRISTIAN and PROUD OF IT!!!! In the Bible it talks about how in the last days that the world will be against anything that is CHRISTIAN I guess that all you people that are against CHRISTIAN are proving the Bible RIGHT!!! Jesus Christ is going to RETURN and every knee will Bow and EVERY tongue with confess that he is LORD. They remove this because it has everything to do with FAITH. Guess what OUR COUNTRY was founded on FAITH. You would not have a AMERICA if your Forefathers had not took a stand long ago."
"Gee. What a surprise. I saw this coming a mile away. It's a great song written for a CHRISTIAN fulm. Of course they would have to find a way to get rid of it. I guarantee if it had been a muslim film with a song about killing infidels and stoning rape victims it would have won the best original song Oscar!"
"The satanists couldn't allow Joni Erickson Tada to have World wide exposure. They were terrified that the presence of a quadriplegic believer would mention JESUS' message of salvation. They claim to allow freedom of thought, except when the thought runs contrary to theirs. The idea of having someone with morals and principles to be seen during their hedonistic exhibition was too much for their consciousness: they might actually have to admit that they are selling sin. Its ok for the studios to spend billions on promoting their product including sending free dvd's of their movies to voters but not ok for someone who is not a satanist to email the voters and ask them to listen to the song. This excuse is as phoney as the idea that President Obama represents all Americans."
(Context- the woman who sings the song is a quadriplegic)
"Baffled why Americans aren't outraged by the slaughtering of Christians by the tens of thousands in Sudan, Noth Korea, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, Tunisia, India, Pakistan, by nearly 100,000 a year. Thanks Hollywood, way to contribute in a slight of hand move to ban a song from a Christian film in your pagan festival. Glad to see we still live in a society of free relegion free from persecution, guess that only applies to non-christians."
(I think this person has their numbers a TAD exaggerated....)"Baffled why Americans aren't outraged by the slaughtering of Christians by the tens of thousands in Sudan, Noth Korea, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, Tunisia, India, Pakistan, by nearly 100,000 a year. Thanks Hollywood, way to contribute in a slight of hand move to ban a song from a Christian film in your pagan festival. Glad to see we still live in a society of free relegion free from persecution, guess that only applies to non-christians."
Although one Christian commenter did show some reason:
"As a Christian, this is not "a war against Christianity" this is just common sense. There are rules and guidelines put forth by the academy. It is pretty logical that you can't promote your nomination in order to gain votes. You break the rules you pay the consequences, who gives a damn about religious affiliation. Be grateful it was even nominated in the first place, for a film with hardly any budget, no critical reviews, and definitely no advertising, Lastly, they did not replace the nomination with another song, they left it as is. it should have been thrown in the five dollar bin at Wal-mart along with the other terrible Christian films. Christians and conservatives need to stop playing this "us vs. them" game. Besides it has no chance of winning,"Let it Go" and Frozen in general are going to take home many awards."
I couldn't agree more.
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