David J. Stewart #fundie

David J. Stewart #fundie jesus-is-savior.com

In a 1994 movie, Pulp Fiction, starring Samuel Jackson (Jules) and John Travolta (Vincent), Jules makes a quote from Ezekiel 25:17 throughout the movie. The problem is that it's not what the Bible says. They've ADDED to the Bible. Here's the quote Jules repeatedly makes in the movie . . .

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you."

Now here's what the King James Bible says in Ezekiel 25:17 . . .

"And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

I've looked at other versions of the Bible as well and none of them say anything even remotely close to what is stated in the movie. The Bible, God's Word, sternly warns against adding or subtracting from what God has said . . .

“Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.”
—Deuteronomy 4:2

It is no trifle matter to corrupt the Scriptures and say things that God did not say. What right does some Hollywood movie script writer have to alter the Scriptures because it SOUNDS GOOD in a movie? They have no right. Whoever changed the Bible in Ezekiel 25:17 for the sake of making a movie is in serious trouble with God. The actors, producers and everyone involved in the making of the movie are in trouble with God.

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old comment by

DJS identified after 6 words... This guy is trying to set a record, isn't he?

Still, I ain't got anything better to do right now, so...

"The Bible, God's Word, sternly warns against adding or subtracting from what God has said"

I'm no expert, but I can't help but notice the irony in this. I mean, it's not like his precious KJB is the first version of the bible, now is it?

DJS being a hypocrite again, what are the odds...

"I've looked at other versions of the Bible as well and none of them say anything even remotely close to what is stated in the movie."

Have you read every single one of them? If you didn't you're talking out of your ass again.

"They have no right."

It's called "artistic licence", they have every right. Deal with it.

"The actors, producers and everyone involved in the making of the movie are in trouble with God."

According to you, literally everyone is. So it's hardly front page news...

old comment by Philbert McAdamia

David spotted in 4 - I had to check, though, '94 is pretty recent for him.
I don't know, in the movie does anybody say it's any particular bible quote, or is it just Hollywood script that sorta sounds like it?

Then did he raise on high the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, saying, "Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the people did rejoice and did feast upon the lambs and toads and tree-sloths and fruit-bats and orangutans and breakfast cereals ... Now did the Lord say, "First thou pullest the Holy Pin. Then thou must count to three. Three shall be the number of the counting and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count two, excepting that thou then proceedeth to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the number of the counting, be reached, then lobbest thou the Holy Hand Grenade in the direction of thine foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."

David, would you compare this version to the KJV and let me know if it's alright with you, and your close, personal friend Gawd for me to enjoy it?

old comment by checkmate

It is no trifle matter to corrupt the Scriptures and say things that God did not say.

If Brother David had only taken the time to do an itsy bitsy tiny little bit of research on this, he would have quickly found out that Tarantino's whole point was that the Bible quote is indeed wrong. It's not supposed to be right. That's the whole point: it's a hitman unwittingly quoting a non-existent passage of the Bible. That's the twist. That's part of the plot. Deal with it.

David, it's a movie! You know? As in: fake. Jackson's character isn't preaching God's word to the movie audience, he's screwing up. He's a murderer. He's rambling bullshit.

Damn it David, get a lfe.

It's also interesting that Brother David, true to the Christian tradition, doesn't seem bothered in the least by all the murder, bloodshed, drug consumtion, etc. in the movie, only by the false Bible quote.

old comment by SpukiKitty

You'd think he'd be more weirded-out by the pawn shop rape or "THE GIMP" or the fact that the girl is a sultry, provocatively-dressed heroin addict.

I never watched the film, I just know some "pop-culture osmosis" details about it.

I did find pics of the GIMP....
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....His bondage getup is really elaborate. He looks more like some sci-fi/post-apocalyptic evil overlord or something.
"I AM LORD BLORGON OF ZOBULOID-5!"

....Except he's a lawyer-who was kidnapped and became feral, crawling, critter-like henchman-thing that lives in a box all day. How does he breathe, eat or go to the bathroom? I've seen the clip on YouTube. It literally took several minutes to remove the chains from the box he was in.

old comment by Adrian

DJS is only twenty years late to the party, is he finally catching up?

“Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.”
Deuteronomy 4:2

Ah, but this raises a big problem, Davey: how can you be sure that any part of the Babble is actually the true, unalterated Word of Gawd? Every part of the Babble that was written after Deuteronomy, including all of the New Testament, is an addition; how can you be sure that they all have Gawd's seal of approval? Even worse, how can you be sure that parts of Scriptures have not been lost/cut (diminished) or altered? (by for example a flaming queen who wanted a translation that could be used for political purposes) Your very favorite messy-ah supposedly abrogated most of the old law that had been given to the Hebrews, how is that not diminishing the Big Sky Daddy's word? And how about the Concile that actually put the Babble together: wouldn't they be in hot water if some of Gob's Word ended up on the floor of the cutting room, or for including that disguised anti-Romans pamphlet by John of Pathmos?

You may claim that the Babble as we know it was divinely inspired, of course, but how can you say for sure that for example the Book of Mormon isn't too? At least Cat'licks have the claim that infaillibility on doctrinal matters is part of the superpowers package the Pope gets as Successor of Peter, but you don't even have that handwave.