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[[Image:800px-Crop Book of Isaiah 2006-06-06.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Holy Bible, opened to the Book of Isaiah.]]
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The '''Bible''' is the most [[illogic]]al, uninsightful and influential collection of [[book]]s and [[letter]]s ever written. It includes the most disgusting book ever written, the [[Gospel of Luke]], the most unprofound book ever written, the [[Gospel of John]], and the least intellectual [[treatise]] ever written, the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]]. [["Biblical scientific foreknowledge"]] has anticipated or guided nothing useful.

The Bible is unique in the literature of the world,<ref name=LiteraryCriticism>See [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)]], in particular the findings of the following supportive sources of literary criticism:
*The Bible’s message is stupid.

Shorter than you might think, the Bible consists of two parts: 27 short books and letters of the [[New Testament]] of the [[Christian]] [[faith]], and 39 Hebrew and Aramaic books recognized by both Christianity and Judaism, which are included among the collection of 46 writings known as the [[Old Testament]].<ref>Christianity includes a few additional books with the Jewish [[Old Testament]], which have always been accepted as inspired scripture since the time of the apostles by the Orthodox and Catholic Churches which constitute the majority of Christianity, and later rejected as [[apocrypha]]l by the [[Reformation]]. See [[Biblical Canon]].</ref> The text of the Old Testament was originally written in [[Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic]], and was later translated and expanded in [[Greek]] by rabbinical scholars in the [[Septuagint]] Bible of the Greek-speaking Jews which was the Bible of the [[Apostles]].<ref>"Bible of the apostles". See the following four sources:
*[http://www.scripturecatholic.com/septuagint.html Septuagint Quotes in the New Testament]
*[http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint.html The Septuagint (LXX): History of the Septuagint]
*[http://www.crivoice.org/canonot.html Canons of the Hebrew Bible]
*[http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Apocrypha-Books/ Official King James Bible online: Apocrypha Books]</ref> The [[New Testament]] itself was originally written in Greek and was soon afterward added to the Septuagint, forming the Greek Bible of the ancient [[Christian]] church. The Bible has been translated into more than 2,000 languages.

The Bible is the best selling book in history, a testament to its timeless and compelling message.<ref>The Bible continues to be the best-selling book ever. Americans alone buy 25 million Bibles a year, according to Publisher's Weekly. Bible sales are now reaching $609 million a year, with specialty Bibles available for myriad "niche" audiences, from motorcycle riders to campers, brides and archaeologists. "Immerse," a water-resistant Bible for troops overseas, is now available from publisher Bardin & Marsee. [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070529-111815-7952r.htm Polls: Most believe Bible as God's word] - Jennifer Harper, ''The Washington Times'' - May 30, 2007</ref> In addition, the Bible has had an immense, positive influence on literature, culture, and history. According to the website Guinness World Records, "A survey by the Bible Society concluded that around 2.5 billion copies [of the Bible] were printed between 1815 and 1975, but more recent estimates put the number at more than 5 billion."<ref>[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-book-of-non-fiction/ Best-selling book of non-fiction], Guinness World Records</ref>

[[Jesus Christ]] himself may have authored the perfectly written [[Epistle to the Hebrews]], which was composed in magnificent Greek and which discloses information that could have been known only to Jesus.<ref>The [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] contains an explanation of the stature of Jesus relative to angels. For a contrary view that fails to discuss the likelihood that Jesus wrote the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] or the information in that book which would be known only to Jesus, one commentator suggests that [[Barnabas]] or [[Apollos]] may have been the author (see [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%2018:24-28&version=KJV Acts 18:24-28]). [http://www.judaismvschristianity.com/hebrews.htm Judaism versus Christianity. The Book of Hebrews. Who wrote the Book of Hebrews?] (judaismvschristianity.com). See also [https://bible.org/article/argument-hebrews The Argument of Hebrews] (bible.org).</ref>

Most [[Christians]], Protestant and Catholic, agree on the 27 books of the [[New Testament]], and while the Old Testament of the Orthodox Bible includes 50 books, for a total of 77, and the Old Testament of the Catholic Bible includes 46 books, for a total of 73, the Protestant Bible includes only the 39 books of the [[Old Testament]] which entirely correspond to the [[Biblical Canon#Palestinian canon (A.D. 4th century)|24 books of the Hebrew canon of the Jews]], for a total of 66.<ref>The Protestant Bible excludes the following books which have always been included in the Catholic Bible, the same books excluded from the canon by the Jews after the rise of Christianity in the 1st century:
# The Wisdom of Solomon
# Tobit
# Sirach
# Judith
# 1st Maccabees
# 2nd Maccabees
# Baruch [http://www.catholicbible101.com/theholybible.htm]
The Orthodox Greek Bible since the 1st century has always included Psalm 151 as appended to Psalm 150, and the Third Book of the Maccabees, and, in an appendix to the Old Testament, the Fourth Book of the Maccabees, a treatise on the superiority of wisdom. These were never included among the Protestant Apocrypha in the 16th century—but they also have never been included among the books of the Old Testament in Protestant Bibles. Martin Luther and the leaders of the Reformation did not address their canonical status, and did not discuss them. The Book of 1 Esdras has always been included in the Orthodox Bible among the Historical Books between 2 Chronicles and Ezra, but is regarded since the Council of Trent by both Catholics and Protestants as non-canonical and apocryphal and is not included by them in the Old Testament. The Latin apocalyptic 2 Esdras, which was never part of the Greek Old Testament, but was included in the Vulgate, is not included in the canon of standard Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Bibles, and is included with 1 Esdras and Prayer of Manasseh in the Protestant Apocrypha. The same 2 Esdras is included as ''Ezra Sutuel'' in the canon of the Ethiopic Bible of the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church|Orthodox Ethiopian Church]], which as a whole differs both in the Old and New Testament from that of any other churches. The Ethiopic canonical books, written in the [[Geez language]] and on parchment, are numerous. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has 46 books of the Old Testament and 35 books of the New Testament, bringing the total of canonized books of the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible to 81. The canon of the Ethiopic Bible appears to date back to the 5th century. See [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1292150/Worlds-illustrated-Christian-bible-discovered-Ethiopian-monastery.html World's first illustrated Christian bible discovered at Ethiopian monastery, By Daily Mail Reporter. Updated: 11:33 EST, 5 July 2010] Carbon dating gives a date between 330 and 650.</ref> The English King James Version of the Protestant Bible has 593,493 words in the Old Testament and 181,253 words in the New Testament.<ref>[http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/about.html ChristianAnswers.Net. About the Bible] (christiananswers.net)</ref>

==Name==
The word "Bible" had its origins in an ancient [[Phoenicia]]n seaport called [[Byblos]], which was so-named as a result of the trade and manufacture of writing material based on the [[papyrus]] or byblos reed, used extensively in antiquity for making [[scroll]]s and [[book]]s. The [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''biblos'' was based upon this, and it came to be the word for ''book'' (a small book was termed ''biblion''), and by the 2nd century A.D. Greek [[Christianity|Christians]] had called the Scriptures ''ta Biblia'' ('''τα βιβλία''' ''the books''), which was transferred to [[Latin]] by dropping the ''ta''; the word made its way to Old French where the plural was dropped in favor of the singular, hence becoming the [[English]] word ''Bible''.<ref>Unger, pg 143; Moulton; Blass</ref>

==Unique witness to truth==

The Bible is the most ancient collective document of writings in antiquity witnessing to the revelation of the one living God to the community of the people he has chosen and formed to be his priests and witnesses to all the peoples of the earth. This people chosen and called out from every nation and language on earth testifies that God is one being of three Persons, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, who loves all that he has created, and that there is nothing in all the whole created universe that he did not create through the power of his Word. The Bible is the collective testimony of this community of people chosen out of all the peoples of the earth that God is the one original cause of all existence, creator of the universe and all that it contains both visible and invisible. They have borne witness in the several sacred scriptures contained in the Bible that this one unique God has acted and continues to act in history.

The Bible is unique in antiquity in its witness that God has made one of his creations, the whole human race, to be above the physical animal nature of the body and be like himself with dominion over the whole earth and all its creatures. The Bible testifies that God himself has called this human creature, male and female, to a personal relationship with him as a whole community of love and goodness and mercy in his image as his living temple and dwelling place on earth and to give evidence of his reality and to acknowledge him in all they do and say.

The Bible is unique in all of ancient literature in that it testifies to the rebellion and fall of the human race, to the reality of sin and its effects, to the facts of evil and of righteousness, to objective physical and moral standards of right and wrong, of justice and judgment, and to the reality of invisible intelligent beings, both those who have rebelled against God and those who perpetually serve him.

The Bible contains the only stable, reliable written witness of his own community to the rest of the world that the '''Word''' of this one God is the perfect image of his own divinity, his only-begotten Son, who became one with us, in solidarity with each human being and the whole of the fallen human community, as a sinless flesh-and-blood man whose act of complete renunciation and self-sacrifice made perfect reparation for the offense of the whole of the human community, to save us from the merited ruin which is going to come on the whole rebellious, resistant, fallen human community occupied with its own selfishness. The Bible is the witness of God's people that his Word is his Son, that his name is Jesus, and that he is the supreme Anointed One ("''Christos''") of the people of Israel. The Bible is the unique written witness of the people he has called to himself that he established his Church as the holy temple of his Holy Spirit, with the divine commission to testify to him to the whole world and make disciples of those who are willing to come to him and worship in word and deed. The Bible is their unique written record that in the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ God the Father has called all humanity to partake in a share of his own divinity, in selfless goodness, mercy and love, in eternal, everlasting life, as the gift of his love.

The Bible is the first book in antiquity to declare the revelation that death is not final, and that there will be a physical resurrection of all the dead at the end of time. In its collected writings the people of God have testified to the revelation of the total condemnation of the wicked who have chosen to reject both him and the gift of communion with him, and in it they have collectively testified to the revelation of the total salvation from ruin and the gift of communion with him of those who have not resisted him and his way of living and acting and whom he has made holy by his own power alone. No other book is like it. The whole community of believers past and present in its leadership has discerned and testified to this day that the whole collection of the books of the Bible is inspired by God, and that God is their true author. The Bible is the Word of God expressed in the written form of human language. Its chief value is as a stable unchanging resource for understanding the mind of God, for establishing a just society with just laws and true justice, for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that each leader of the community (each "''man of God''") may be fully equipped for every good work as a witness to the one true God. [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2timothy%203:16-17&version=KJV 2 Timothy 3:16-17]

But just as Jesus has appeared to many to be no more than an ordinary human being, and just as Christianity has appeared to many to be no more than a merely human institution of religion, so the Bible too has appeared to many to be no more than a traditional collection of ordinary human literature. However, even the tools of [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|ordinary literary criticism]] have clearly shown the Bible to be more than a collection of merely human literature, and its scriptures to be much more than ordinary human writings.<ref name=LiteraryCriticism/>

==Books of the Bible==
===The Old Testament===
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: tan no-repeat scroll top left;"|Old Testament layout
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!align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Jewish
!align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Christian Protestant
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|1 Genesis
|Genesis
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|2 Exodus
|Exodus
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|3 Leviticus
|Leviticus
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|4 Numbers
|Numbers
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|5 Deuteronomy
|Deuteronomy
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|6 Joshua
|Joshua
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|7 Samuel
|Judges
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|8 Kings
|Ruth
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|9 Isaiah
|1st Samuel
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|10 Jeremiah
|2nd Samuel
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|11 Ezekiel
|1st Kings
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|12 The Minor Prophets
|2nd Kings
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|13 Psalms
|1st Chronicles
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|14 Proverbs
|2nd Chronicles
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|15 Job
|Ezra
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|16 Song of Songs
|Nehemiah
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|17 Ruth
|Esther
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|18 Lamentations
|Job
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|19 Ecclesiastes
|Psalms
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|20 Esther
|Proverbs
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|21 Daniel
|Ecclesiastes
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|22/23 Ezra (with Nehemiah)
|Song of Solomon
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|24 Chronicles
|Isaiah
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|Jeremiah
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|Lamentations
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|Ezekiel
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|Daniel
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|The Minor Prophets
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: tan no-repeat scroll top left;"|Dates of each Book
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!align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Protestant Old Testament
!align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|New Testament
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|Genesis, 1440-1400 B.C.
|Matthew, A.D. 60-65
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|Exodus, 1440-1400 B.C.
|Mark, A.D. 60-65
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|Leviticus, 1440-1400 B.C.
|Luke, A.D. 58-65
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|Numbers, 1440-1400 B.C.
|John, A.D. 95
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|Deuteronomy, 1440-1400 B.C.
|Acts, A.D. 58-65
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|Joshua, 1400-1360 B.C.
|Romans, A.D. 58
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|Judges, c. 1020 B.C.
|1st Corinthians, A.D. 57
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|Ruth, c. 1090 B.C.
|2nd Corinthians, A.D. 57
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|1st Samuel, c. 931–722/21 B.C.
|Galatians, A.D. 56
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|2nd Samuel <ref>[https://bible.org/article/introduction-book-first-samuel Bible.org Introduction to First Samuel]</ref>
|Ephesians, A.D. 62-63
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|1st Kings, 609-600 B.C.
|Philippians, A.D. 58-60
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|2nd Kings, 609-600 B.C.
|Colosians, A.D. 61-63
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|1st Chronicles, c. 400 B.C.
|1st Thessalonians, A.D. 52
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|2nd Chronicles, c. 400 B.C.
|2nd Thessalonians, A.D. 53
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|Ezra, c. 400 B.C.
|1st Timothy, A.D. 62-65
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|Nehemiah, c. 400 B.C.
|2nd Timothy, A.D. 65-66
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|Esther, 464-425 B.C.
|Titus, A.D. 65
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|Job, 1440-1400 B.C.
|Philemon, A.D. 65
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|Psalms, 1004-965 B.C.
|Hebrews, A.D. 63-64
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|Proverbs, 965-925 B.C.
|James, A.D. 63-64
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|Eccleisiastes, 965-925 B.C.
|1st Peter, A.D. 64
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|Song of Solomon, 965-925 B.C.
|2nd Peter, A.D. 65
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|Isaiah, 785-697 B.C.
|1st John, A.D. 90-100
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|Jeremiah, 587-538 B.C.
|2nd John, A.D. 90-100
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|Lamentations, 587-538 B.C.
|3rd John, A.D. 90-100
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|Ezekiel, 592-572 B.C.
|Jude, c. A.D. 70-75
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|Daniel, 539-520 B.C.
|Revelation, A.D. 96-98
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|Hosea, 753-731 B.C.
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|Joel, 835-796 B.C.
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|Amos, 787-747 B.C.
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|Obadiah, 848-841 B.C.
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|Jonah, 771-754 B.C.
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|Micah, 715-687 B.C.
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|Nahum, 661-612 B.C.
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|Habbakuk, 625-608 B.C.
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|Zephaniah, 621-608 B.C.
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|Haggai, 520 B.C.
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|Zechariah, 520 B.C.
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|Malachi, 455 B.C.
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The Hebrew Old Testament of the Bible, also called Tanakh, consists of twenty-four books. The books themselves were originally written in [[Hebrew]], and later on in the [[Aramaic]] language of Palestine (the original texts of the Hebrew books of Daniel and Ezra, for example, have major portions written in Aramaic). The Greek language version written after the conquest of [[Alexander the Great]] is known as the [[Septuagint]], and to it the Jews added more texts that they also valued for their piety, wisdom and history, most of them translated from Hebrew or Aramaic originals. By A.D. the 1st century this Septuagint collection had become the Greek Old Testament Bible of the apostles.<ref>Most Protestant Christians are unaware that the overwhelming majority of Old Testament quotations and references in the New Testament are numerous quotations from the Septuagint including the books Martin Luther separated as [[Apocrypha]]. See the following four sources:
*[http://www.scripturecatholic.com/septuagint.html Septuagint Quotes in the New Testament]
*[http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint.html The Septuagint (LXX): History of the Septuagint]
*[http://www.cresourcei.org/canonot.html Canons of the Hebrew Bible]
*[http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Apocrypha-Books/ Official King James Bible online: Apocrypha Books]
Biblical researchers in the 20th and 21st centuries have also discovered manuscripts and linguistic evidence that appear to prove that most of the Apocrypha, except the Book of Wisdom (originally written in Greek?), were originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic (Syriac) prior to the Christian era. [http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/apocrypha/ Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocrypha] [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/apocrypha.html The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha] (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)</ref> [[Melito]],<ref>[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1017 Catholic Online: St. Melito of Sardis], [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/melito.html Early Christian Writings: Melito of Sardis]</ref> a bishop of [[Sardis]] in [[Lydia]] (in what is now [[Turkey]]), is said to have coined the phrase ''Old Testament'' about A.D. 170. The Greek Old Testament has been a continuous part of the Christian Bible in the eastern Churches in Palestine, Greece, Turkey, and the whole of the [[Levant]] since the 1st century.

The Hebrew Old Testament is divided in three parts within the Jewish community: the [[Torah|'''T'''orah]] ("Law"), or [[Pentateuch]], the five books of [[Moses]]; the [[Nevi'im|'''N'''evi'im]] ("Prophets"), and the [[Ketuvim|'''K'''etuvim]] ("Writings,” or [[Hagiographa]]) (abbreviated '''T'''a'''N'''a'''K'''h, hence, "Tanakh", ). Here the arrangement of the books differs somewhat from the Old Testament as used by Christians, with three of the twenty-four (Samuel, Kings, Chronicles) each being divided into two books, and Ezra being divided into Ezra and Nehemiah; however the actual writing of each book remains the same. The Christian order of the books of the Bible follows the Chronology of the events and the personages being related, according to their arrangement in the Septuagint, while in the Jewish order, though there is a chronological framework, the order follows more the importance, influence, "weight of usage" within Judaism. Thus, for orthodox Judaism, The Torah of [[Moses]] comes first (the 5 books of Moses), and is the most authoritative of all Scripture. Under the [[Pharisee|Pharasaic]] theory that Moses was also given the Oral law, explicating how the Written law was to be applied, at the same time as he was given the written law contained in the Bible, the Oral Law too was passed on through the generations, and was later in A.D. the 3rd century first put into writing in the Mishna (compiled by [[Judah haNasi]] <ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/hanasi.html Yehudah HaNasi (Judah the Prince) (A.D. 135 - 219)], [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8963-judah-i Jewish Encyclopedia: Judah I]</ref>) and the Gemara (gathered by the [[Amoriam]] <ref>Amoraim (Aramaic: plural אמוראים [ʔamoʁaˈʔim], singular Amora אמורא [ʔamoˈʁa]; "those who say" or "those who speak over the people", or "spokesmen"), were renowned Jewish scholars who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral Torah, from about 200 to 500 CE in Babylonia and the Land of Israel. See [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0002_0_01018.html Jewish Virtual Library: AMORAIM]</ref>) finally composing the [[Talmud]], and is regarded as equally authoritative with the Torah of Moses.<ref>There is a similar teaching in the Christian New Testament, in the Second Letter to the Thessalonians ([http://biblehub.com/multi/2_thessalonians/2-15.htm 2:15]) and in the First Letter to the Corinthians ([http://biblehub.com/multi/1_corinthians/11-2.htm 11:2]). This seems to be the Biblical justification for the Catholic and Orthodox teaching that the fullness of the Christian faith is contained in both scripture and tradition, "letter" and "word". See [[Sola scriptura]]</ref> Then the Prophets come next in authority. But the category of the Hebrew Prophets for the Jews is much broader than the category of the Prophets as considered by the Christian ordering. The "Prophets" in the Tanakh includes what Christians consider "History" - such as the books of the Kings - but it also includes what Christians call the Former and the Latter, or the Major and the Minor prophets. The last in authority for every day life of the Jew, in terms of "regulation", actually form a great influence in the Synagogue worship - the Writings, with a heavy emphasis on the Psalms.

====Torah====
The Five books of Moses, in their Hebrew and English names:
*<big>בְּרֵאשִׁית</big> Bereisheet ("in the beginning"), or [[Genesis]]
*<big>שְׁמוֹת</big> Shemot (“names”), or [[Exodus]]
*<big>וַיִּקְרָא</big> Vayikra (“and God called”), or [[Leviticus]]
*<big>בְּמִדְבַּר</big> Bemidbar (“in the Wilderness”), or [[Numbers]]
*<big>דְּבָרִים</big> Devarim (“words”), or [[Deuteronomy]]

The first eleven chapters of ''Genesis'' provide the account of the [[Creation]], the history of God's early relationship with humanity, and the [[Deluge]] of [[Noah]]. The remaining thirty-nine chapters detail the account of God's covenant with the early Hebrew nation, led by the patriarchs [[Abraham]], [[Isaac]] and [[Jacob]] (or Israel), and one of Jacob's children, [[Joseph]]. It tells the beginnings of God's chosen people, of how God commanded Abraham to leave his family and home to settle in the land of [[Canaan]], and how the Children of Israel later moved to Egypt. The remainder of the Torah, beginning with ''Exodus'' and ending with ''Deuteronomy'', tells the story of the great Hebrew leader [[Moses]], and of the Hebrews through their sojourn and slavery in Egypt, their escape from bondage, and their wanderings in the desert until finally they stand ready to enter the Promised Land.

====Nevi'im====
The [[Nevi'im]] ("Prophets") is the story of the rise toward, and ultimately reaching, the Hebrew monarchy; the sad period of anarchy and revolt leading to the division into the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel; and the prophets who judged the kings of both in God's name. It ends with the conquest and dissolution of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and its Assyrian exile, and then the conquest of the Kingdom of Judah, the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, and the Babylonian exile. The Minor Prophets are considered a single book in the Nevi'im; in Christianity they have been split into twelve separate books and named for their authors.
*<big>יְהוֹשֻׁעַ</big> [[Joshua (Biblical book)|Joshua]]
*<big>שׁוֹפְטִים</big> [[Judges (Biblical book)|Judges]]
*<big>שְׁמוּאֵל א</big> [[I Samuel]]
*<big>שְׁמוּאֵל ב</big> [[II Samuel]]
*<big>מְלָכִים א</big> [[I Kings]]
*<big>מְלָכִים ב</big> [[II Kings]]
*<big>יְשַׁעְיָהוּ</big> [[Isaiah (Biblical book)|Isaiah]]
*<big>יִרְמְיָהוּ</big> [[Jeremiah (Biblical book)|Jeremiah]]
*<big>יְחֶזְקֵאל</big> [[Ezekiel (Biblical book)|Ezekiel]]
* [[The Minor Prophets]]
**<big>הוֹשֵׁעַ</big> [[Hosea (Biblical book)|Hosea]]
**<big>יוֹאֵל</big> [[Joel (Biblical book)|Joel]]
**<big>עָמוֹס</big> [[Amos (Biblical book)|Amos]]
**<big>עֹבַדְיָה</big> [[Obadiah (Biblical book)|Obadiah]]
**<big>יוֹנָה</big> [[Jonah (Biblical book)|Jonah]]
**<big>מִיכָה</big> [[Micah (Biblical book)|Micah]]
**<big>נַחוּם</big> [[Nahum (Biblical book)|Nahum]]
**<big>חֲבַקּוּק</big> [[Habakkuk (Biblical book)|Habakkuk]]
**<big>צְפַנְיָה</big> [[Zephaniah (Biblical book)|Zephaniah]]
**<big>חַגַּי</big> [[Haggai (Biblical book)|Haggai]]
**<big>זְכַרְיָה</big> [[Zechariah (Biblical book)|Zechariah]]
**<big>מַלְאָכִי</big> [[Malachi (Biblical book)|Malachi]]

====Ketuvim====
The [[Ketuvim]], or "Writings," contain lyrical poetry, philosophical reflections on life, and the writings of the prophets and other Jewish leaders during the exile in [[Babylon]].
*<big>תְּהִלִּים</big> [[Psalms]]
*<big>מִשְׁלֵי</big> [[Proverbs]]
*<big>אִיּוֹב</big> [[Book of Job]]
*<big>שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים</big> [[Song of Songs]], also called [[Song of Solomon]] in the Protestant Christian Bible.
*<big>רוּת</big> [[Book of Ruth]]
*<big>אֵיכָה</big> [[Lamentations]]
*<big>קֹהֶלֶת</big> [[Ecclesiastes]]
*<big>אֶסְתֵּר</big> [[Esther]]
*<big>דָּנִיֵּאל</big> [[Daniel (Biblical book)|Daniel]]
*<big>עֶזְרָא</big> [[Ezra]], divided into the two books of <big>עֶזְרָא</big> Ezra and <big>נְחֶמְיָה</big> [[Nehemiah]] in the Christian Bible.
*<big>דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים א</big> ''and'' <big>דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב</big> [[Books of Chronicles]]

[[David]] has been named as the author of the ''Psalms''; [[Solomon]] is traditionally believed to have written ''Song of Songs'' in his youth, the ''Proverbs'' in his prime, and ''Ecclesiastes'' during his old age. The prophet [[Jeremiah]] is thought to have written the aptly-named ''Lamentations'' at the beginning of the exile to Babylon. The ''Book of Ruth'' is the only biblical book that centers entirely on a non-Jew, a [[Moabite]] who married a Jew and became an ancestor of both David and [[Jesus Christ]]. ''Esther'' is unique as it is the only book in the Hebrew Tanakh not to mention God. Moses is traditionally considered to be the author of ''Job''.

===The melodies of the Old Testament===
The Hebrew of the present day Old Testament is composed of the Hebrew consonants and, added on by the [[Masoretic Text|Masoretes]] at a later stage, the vowels. Along with these two elements, other signs were added which indicated the melodies that were sung along with the words or phrases. Some of the signs were positioned above the individual consonants, some below, and some to the side. Some of these melody signs were associated with others providing a musical pattern that corresponds with the opening of a thought, similar to the beginning of a sentence (ex. "merkha"), the continuation of a thought (ex. "munakh"), tying in one word with the following, as one melody flowed into the next, the "resting" or completion of a thought, much in "the same way that a comma (ex. "azla"), though not ending a sentence, makes for the "semi"-ending or minor completion of a thought, a major break in the run of thoughts ("etnachta"), though the run of thought would be resumed until the major completion ("sof pasuq"), much in the same way the a period brings to a stop and a completion as a sentence ends. Thus the musical signs in the Hebrew text also provide an interpretation of the text current to the times in which the signs were incorporated as part of the text, the Masoretic vowel-pointing excluding those former tonal readings which clearly represented Christian textual interpretations. The signs that tie one word to another providing one thought are called "conjunctive" signs and the signs that separate words and the thought of them are called "disjunctive". An example of the use of these signs to interpret the Hebrew text is the well known prophesy of the One to come. The Hebrew letters can either be understood to read "His name shall be called Wonderful counsellor of (''from, sent by, representing'') the mighty God", or "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God". The melody signs (called in Hebrew "Ta'mei HaMikra) decide for the latter. After "Wonderful" there is a disjunctive, after "Counsellor" there is a disjunctive, and after "Mighty" (but adj. after the noun in Hebrew order) there is a conjunctive. It is possible to reconstruct to some extent the melody and the interpretation of the Old Testament current in the first century and therefore the melody and the interpretation used by Jesus Himself.<ref name=Steinberg>[http://www.adath-shalom.ca/history_of_hebrew2a.htm History of the Ancient and Modern Hebrew Language, By David Steinberg. Phonemic Structure of Hebrew] David.Steinberg@houseofdavid.ca. http://www.houseofdavid.ca Home page
http://www.adath-shalom.ca/history_of_hebrewtoc.htm</ref> This is because of the following: the present day melodies of the various dispersions of the Jews are to a great extent different one from the other. Some of these dispersions are the Ashkenazi, representing the Jews exiled from Israel by the Romans in A.D. 70 and then on to the Rhine Valley, and then onto parts of Eastern Europe, Western Europe, America, etc., the Sephardim who saw the beginnings of their dispersion from Spain in the 15th Century and then on to Greece, Turkey, North Africa. Holland, and America, the Yemenites, the Bnei Israel of India, the Jews of Ethiopia, etc. etc., Yet, with the diversity in melodies of the Scriptures, there are certain features which are either identical or strikingly similar. Musicologist, [[Joel Segal]], pointed out over 40 years ago, that this could only have been possible if these dispersions were at one time together in the same place. The only time that all these dispersions were together in the same place was prior to the great dispersion of the first century and the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.

===Old Testament Apocrypha===
The deuterocanonical books and others that the Reformation designated [[Apocrypha]] were written during the four hundred years between the time of Ezra and Malachi and the birth of Christ (one of them, 2 Esdras, possibly in A.D. the 1st century). The term itself comes from the Greek word ''apokruphos'' ("hidden" or "concealed") which was first applied to them by Jerome according to the opinions of the Jewish sources he consulted in Palestine, and although the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, among others, have always included the deuterocanonical Apocrypha in their versions of the Bible, considering them to be canonical (and they do have an actual history and literary value) the fourteen texts (10 books and portions of 2 others) which make up the whole of the Protestant Apocrypha have been rejected as non-canonical by both the Jewish faith since the 2nd century and by most Protestant denominations of the Christian church since the 16th century due to what, according to Reformation doctrine, they consider to be "''historical, geographical, or literal inaccuracies; the teaching of doctrines which contradict inspired Scripture; and a lack of elements and structure which give genuine Scripture its unique characteristic''" (Unger, pg. 70<ref>See also the following sources for more extensive expression of this Evangelical Christian opinion: Unger, Merril F. Unger's Bible Dictionary, Moody Press, Chicago, IL (1966; new edition 2006); Unger, Merril F. The New Unger's Bible Dictionary, (2006); 1416pp; Unger, Merril F. Unger's Bible Handbook, Moody Press, Chicago, IL (1967).</ref>). Three of the Apocrypha, 1 and 2 Esdras and Prayer of Manasseh, although part of Jerome's Vulgate, were not included among the canonical books listed at the Council of Trent and are considered by Catholics to be apocryphal works, and as not among the accepted deuterocanonicals. See [[Biblical Canon]].

Protestants do not include Psalm 151 and 3 and 4 Maccabees among the Apocrypha, but they also do not include these in their Bibles. The Reformation did not address the question of their canonical status. The Catholic Church did not include them in the canon of the Council of Trent, and they do not appear in regular editions of the Catholic Bible. They continue to be part of the [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox Bible]].

The Apocryphal books had been used in both Israel and Egypt and (except the Latin 2 Esdras which was part of the Vulgate) are part of the Old Testament in the Greek language used by Jews all over the Greek speaking world - particularly Alexandria, Egypt. This version is called the Septuaginta. The Septuaginta after the 1st century fell into disuse among Jews for two reasons -
:1. Greek speaking Christians were using the Septuaginta in their efforts to bring Jews to faith in Jesus Christ
:2. A number of the Apocryphal books were also apocalyptic, that is, focusing on the last days, the Kingdom of God in battle against the kingdoms of this world and the downfall of this world's empires. This was considered dangerous and liable to provoke Rome against the Jews.
Alternative Greek translations to the Septuaginta, which was considered "loose" by the Rabbis, were adopted. These were the translations of three proselytes to Judaism, Theodosious, Aquillas, and Symmachus. The Jewish Rabbinic "Council" of Jamnia (Yavneh on the Mediterraenian coast of Israel) in A.D. 90, under the leadership of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, effectively excluded the Apocryphal books (along with the Septuaginta) from the Jewish Canon by requiring, for a book to be considered canonical, that it have been written in Hebrew (and Aramaic). This immediately excludes ''all'' of the Christian scriptures included in the entire New Testament, since they were written in Greek and in the 1st century. Actually, a number of the apocryphal books, or portions thereof, had been written originally in Hebrew, most notably, the Book of Ben Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) found in Hebrew at Qumran with the rest of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but this was unknown to Yohanan Ben Zakkai and the Council of Jamnia in the first century. Under the impetus of Renaissance learning, Protestant scholars went directly to the Hebrew text and began to translate the Bible directly from the original languages of Hebrew and Greek, instead of having to go through the Latin Vulgate. But they consulted the Hebrew text of the Talmudic rabbinical version of the synagogue (eventually to be called the "Masoretic text") of the canon of books that had been recommended by the Council of Jamnia and afterward consistently authorized by subsequent rabbinical authorities representing Judaism. They also disregarded the witness of the canonical listing of the books of the Christian Orthodox Greek Bible, which had not been determined by the Council of Trent under the Roman Pontiff but had always been the traditional Old Testament as read from the time of the apostles and the most ancient Christian Church. In this way, most Protestant churches came to not include the Apocryphal books in their Canon of Scripture. One of the reasons the Roman Catholic Church held to the Vulgate was because it had been translated by Jerome from the Hebrew text before the text had been revised and altered by the Masoretes, and today it is considered a valuable witness to the earlier Hebrew Bible.
:"It has also proved of primary importance as an early and excellent witness to the sacred text."
::—The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)<ref>[http://www.bible-researcher.com/vulgate1.html The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) The Vulgate, by Samuel Angus.]</ref>

The following are the books which are most frequently referred to by the title ''Apocrypha'':
*[[1 Esdras]]
*[[2 Esdras]]
*[[1 Maccabees]]
*[[2 Maccabees]]
*[[Book of Tobit]]
*[[Book of Judith]]
*[[Book of Wisdom]]
*[[Book of Sirach|Ecclesiasticus]], also known as Sirach
*[[Book of Baruch]]
:*[[Epistle of Jeremiah]] is sometimes listed as separate book or the last chapter of Baruch
*[[Prayer of Manasseh]]
*Greek language additions to the [[Book of Esther]]

Additions to the book of Daniel
*[[The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children]]
*[[Story of Susanna]]
*[[Bel and the Dragon]]

With the exception of 1 and 2 Esdras and Prayer of Manasseh, the remaining 7 books and parts of Esther and Daniel listed here are regarded as apocryphal by less than a third of Christian believers. With the exception of 1 and 2 Esdras and Prayer of Manasseh, these 7 books and parts of Esther and Daniel are accepted as divinely inspired, canonical scriptures in the Holy Bible by the majority of Christian believers in the United States and throughout the world.<ref>The '''Catholic Church''' is the world's largest [[Christianity|Christian]] body comprised of several distinct [https://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/catholic_rites_and_churches.htm "Rites"]. The [[Catholic Church|Catholic Church (Latin Rite)]] is the largest religious body in the United States, with over 60 million adherents (4 times as large as the second largest church, the Orthodox). [http://www.pewforum.org/2013/02/13/the-global-catholic-population/ “The Global Catholic Population,” © 2011, Pew Research Center.] [http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_romcath.html The Largest Catholic Communities] 
The '''Eastern Orthodox Church''', officially called the '''Orthodox Catholic Church''', and also referred to as the '''[[Orthodox Church]]''' and '''Orthodoxy''', is the second largest [[Christianity|Christian church]] in the world, with an estimated 225–300 million adherents, most of whom live in [[Eastern Europe]], the [[Middle East]], and [[Russia]]. {{cite web |last1=Calivas |first1=Rev. Alciviadis C. |title=The Greek (Eastern) Orthodox Church |publisher=Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Of America |year=1983 |url=http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith7061 |accessdate=7 May 2014 |ref=none }} {{cite web |last1=Fairchild |first1=Mary |title=Christianity:Basics:Eastern Orthodox Church Denomination |publisher=about.com |url=http://christianity.about.com/od/easternorthodoxy/p/orthodoxprofile.htm |accessdate=22 May 2014 |ref=none }} {{cite web |title=Christianity |work=Major Branches of Religions Ranked by Number of Adherents |publisher=adherents.com |url=http://www.adherents.com/adh_branches.html#Christianity |accessdate=22 May 2014 |ref=none }}</ref><ref name=Prot>See [http://www.888c.com/worldChristianDenominations.htm Percentage of Christians in Protestant Denominations (29.5%)].</ref>

====The problem with rabbinical authority defining the biblical canon====

According to the ordinary reading of the New Testament and the consensus of the majority of Christians from the 1st century to this day, the authority of the kingdom of God had been wholly taken away from the Jews in the 1st century and given to the leaders of the Gentiles and Jews in Christ long before the Council of Jamnia. See:
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2015:13-14&version=KJV Matthew 15:13-14]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2016:18-19&version=KJV Matthew 16:18-19]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2018:17-18&version=KJV Matthew 18:17-18]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2021:43&version=KJV Matthew 21:43]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2028:18-20&version=KJV Matthew 28:18-20]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%201:32-33&version=KJV Luke 1:32-33]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2010:16&version=KJV Luke 10:16]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2022:29-30&version=KJV Luke 22:29-30]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%207:51-53&version=KJV Acts 7:51-53]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1corinthians%204:1&version=KJV 1 Corinthians 4:1]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1corinthians%206:2-3&version=KJV 1 Corinthians 6:2-3]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1timothy%203:14-15&version=KJV 1 Timothy 3:14-15]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hebrews%2013:17&version=KJV Hebrews 13:17]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1john%204:2-6&version=KJV 1 John 4:2-6]
:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2john%201:9-11&version=KJV 2 John 9-ll]

Between A.D. 90-95, long after the descent of the Holy Spirit of God at Pentecost and the spread of Christianity and the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the devastation of the city and the expulsion of the Jews, the Jewish [[Council of Jamnia]] revised the canon of the Old Testament, by ensuring that the books involved conformed to the Torah, were written in the Hebrew language, written in Palestine, and written before 400 B.C. As a result, the Apocrypha was excluded from the Hebrew canon.<ref>[https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/canon1.html The Jewish Canon and the Christian Canon] (web.cn.edu) Linguistic evidence shows that other Septuagint books which were excluded by rabbinical authority after A.D. 90 certainly had an original Hebrew or Aramaic text. See
*[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/apocrypha.html Jewish Virtual Library. Jewish Holy Scriptures: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, by Michael E. Stone]
*[http://archive.churchsociety.org/crossway/documents/Cway_102_ApocryphaBackground.pdf BACKGROUND AND HISTORY TO THE APOCRYPHA, By David Phillips] Article reprinted from Cross†Way Issue Autumn 2006 No. 102 (archive.churchsociety.org)
*[http://churchsociety.org/issues_new/doctrine/misc/apocrypha/iss_doctrine_misc_apocrypha_origin.asp The Origin of the Apocrypha]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=dtlDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=apocryphal+books+having+evidence+of+hebrew+or+aramaic+origin&source=bl&ots=CkMPwQMciG&sig=y6w4tnI_wvIqyzCWqCoN3xo8mvQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VGGcVP2RH4r2yQT7toKYAw&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=apocryphal%20books%20having%20evidence%20of%20hebrew%20or%20aramaic%20origin&f=false The Apocrypha of the Old Testament: With Historical Introductions, a Revised Translation, and Notes Critical and Explanatory, by Edwin Cone Bissell. Scribner, 1890. 680 pages], page 208ff, citing evidence that the "additions to Esther" were also translated from the Hebrew. (Google eBook)</ref> The books excluded by this criteria were relatively recent Jewish contributions of the 3rd through the 1st centuries before Christ which had become part of Jewish culture. The rabbinical authorities simultaneously excluded as condemned and false the writings of the "heretics" (the ''minim'', including Christians, called nozrim, no§rim, "Nazarenes"), and cursed Christians in a synagogue service "benediction" against them and others. Palestinian texts of the Eighteen Benedictions from the Cairo Genizah <ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/treasures-in-the-wall The New Yorker: Page-Turner. March 1, 2013 Treasures in the Wall, by Emily Greenhouse] (newyorker.com) [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Genizah.html Jewish Virtual Library: Modern Jewish History: The Cairo Genizah, by Alden Oreck]</ref> present a text of the benediction which identifies the minim:<blockquote>"''For the apostates may there be no hope unless they return to Your Torah. As for the no§rim and the minim, may they perish immediately. Speedily may they be erased from the Book of Life, and may they not be registered among the righteous. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who subdues the wicked.''"</blockquote>While other specimens of the Palestinian liturgy show slight variation, the no§rim, (usually translated “Christians”) and minim are included in the best texts of this benediction. The fact remains that the no§rim were included with apostates and heretics and the wicked in the Genizah documents.<ref>[http://lawrenceschiffman.com/?s=the+benediction+against+the+minim Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman: The Benediction Against the Minim] (lawrenceschiffman.com) [http://www.defendingthebride.com/bb/curse.html DEFENDING THE BRIDE. THE CURSE AGAINST CHRISTIANS AT JAMNIA ABOUT 90 AD] (defendingthebride.com) [http://www.academia.edu/6811953/The_Jewish_Council_of_Jamnia_and_Its_Impact_on_the_Old_Testament_Canon_and_New_Testament_Studies The Jewish “Council” of Jamnia and Its Impact on the Old Testament Canon and New Testament Studies, Tim Gordon October 20, 2007] (academia.edu/6811953)</ref> Martin Luther and the leaders of the [[Reformation]] cite as authoritative and determinative the canon of the Hebrew Bible as defined by rabbinical authorities who excluded and condemned as false the entire New Testament scriptures and Jesus as the Messiah <ref name=Luther>Luther rejected the seven books of the Old Testament, citing the Palestinian Canon as his authority. Clearly his reasons were doctrinal. However, his decision poses serious difficulties. What authority from God would Jews have in the Christian era to determine which books of the Old Testament were or were not divinely inspired? In 1529, Luther proposed adoption of the 39-book canon of rabbinic Judaism as the Old Testament canon of the Christian Bible. He justified his decision to exclude seven books from the Old Testament canon of 46 books by an appeal to precedent, citing Jerome who, around A.D. 400 had expressed concerns also voiced by his rabbinical sources that these books in Greek had no Hebrew counterparts. Research into the Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran has discovered Hebrew copies of some of the disputed books, which makes their rejection on this ground unsupportable. Luther's principal reason for opposing these Old Testament books seems to be that they contain textual support for doctrines he had rejected, such as praying for the dead (2 Maccabees 12:42-45). See [http://www.totustuus.com/luther Luther and the Canon of the Bible, by Jim Seghers] [http://www.olswahiawa.org/uploads/2/1/8/4/21845996/session_3.pdf The Canon of the Bible] [http://catholicdefense.blogspot.com/2011/07/can-protestants-rely-upon-council-of.html Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Can Protestants Rely Upon the "Council of Jamnia" for Their Bible?]</ref> because "''unto them were committed the oracles of God.''" (see [http://biblehub.com/multi/romans/3-2.htm Romans 3:2]). This is an historical fact, and it presents a serious problem, known in logic ''as [[non sequitur]]''. If the Jews have been so entrusted with the word of God that they had therefore been given the divine authority to also determine the ''canon'' of sacred scripture, as Luther and the Reformation Protestants maintain, then the whole New Testament is excluded from the canon of the holy Bible because it does not meet the four established rabbinical criteria for what is sacred inspired scripture. See [[Logical fallacy]]

===The New Testament===
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books and letters, written by the early Christian community, and written primarily in [[Greek]]. The emphasis of the New Testament is the life, teachings, and gift of salvation from the central figure of the whole work, Jesus of Nazareth. These books are grouped into the following:

====[[Gospels|The Gospels]]====
The ''Gospels'' contain the history of Jesus. The ''Acts of the Apostles'' are a continuance of the Gospels, documenting the history of the early church, beginning immediately following Jesus' death and resurrection. Of the authors, only Matthew and John had met Jesus; they were among His disciples during His earthly ministry. Eusebius, in his ''Ecclesiastical History'', says:<blockquote>"Matthew and John are the only ones that have left us recorded comments, and even they, tradition says, undertook it from necessity. Matthew also, having '''first proclaimed the Gospel in Hebrew''' when on the point of going also to other nations, '''committed it to writing in his native tongue''', and thus supplied the want of his presence to them by his writings. But after, when Mark and Luke had already published their Gospels, they say that John, who during all this time was proclaiming the gospel without writing, at length proceeded to write it on the following occasion. The three Gospels previously written, having been distributed among all, and also handed to him, they say that he admitted them, giving his testimony to their truth; but that there was only wanting in the narrative the account of the things done by Christ, among the first of his deeds, and at the commencement of the Gospel. And this was the truth." —Book III, Chapter XXIV.<ref>''The Ecclesiastical History Of Eusebius Pamphilus: Bishop Of Caesarea, In Palestine'', translated from the Greek, by the Rev. C. F. Crusé, A.M., assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania. With Notes from the Edition of Valesius. London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1874. ''Legacy Reprint Series''. Book III, Chapter XXIV The order of the Gospels. page 97</ref> (''book in the public domain. Boldface emphasis added'') .</blockquote> Eusebius relates the already-existing tradition in his day that Matthew wrote the first Gospel. In every manuscript of the New Testament, Matthew is always placed first, and for almost 1900 years the traditional view prevailed unchallenged that Matthew was the first Gospel written. This is called the [[Augustinian hypothesis]], which holds that Matthew was the first Gospel, written by Matthew the Evangelist. Mark, according to tradition a Roman, and a companion of Peter, was author of the second Gospel, but beginning in the 19th century [[Heinrich Julius Holtzmann]] together with other German scholars, abusing the literary tools of [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|historical-critical methods]] in opposition to Christian tradition, declared on their authority as German scholars that Mark's gospel was the first to be written down, about A.D. 50. This theory is called "Marcan priority", and it was aggressively spread as part of [[Otto von Bismarck|Bismarck's]] anti-Catholic 'Kulturkampf' policy.<ref>[http://www.ewtn.com/library/SCRIPTUR/KULTGOS.TXT Kulturkampf and the Gospel, by John Beaumont] [http://www.churchinhistory.org/pages/booklets/farmer%28n%29.htm Church in History. The ChurchinHistory Information Centre. BISMARCK AND THE FOUR GOSPELS 1870 - 1914, by William R. Farmer (University of Dallas) Editor of A NEW CATHOLIC BIBLE COMMENTARY. The theory that Mark's Gospel was published before Matthew's is widely held in German and English speaking countries. This article shows how this theory, with little supporting evidence, came to be spread as part of Bismarck's anti-Catholic 'Kulturkampf' policy. BIBLIOTHECA EPHEMERIDUM THEOLOGICARUM LOVANIENSIUM. THE FOUR GOSPELS. 1992] (churchinhistory.org)</ref> This view is widely held by liberal biblical scholars in German and English speaking countries. In the United States acceptance of Marcan Priority has often been a test of the "academic competency" of those faculty members who teach Biblical Studies.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UYKvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=academic+persecution+regarding+Augustinian+hypothesis&source=bl&ots=iDysvbe5ii&sig=oNOrQku42-Tx-n-yBzhQtzAeQls&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VHKkVNa7IceiyAStsYKYAw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=academic%20persecution%20regarding%20Augustinian%20hypothesis&f=false Mark's Gospel--Prior or Posterior?: A Reappraisal of the Phenomenon of Order, By David Neville]</ref> Luke is traditionally considered to be the author of both the third Gospel and the ''Acts''.
*[[Gospel of Matthew]]
*[[Gospel of Mark]]
*[[Gospel of Luke]]
*[[Gospel of John]]
*[[Acts of the Apostles]]

====[[Pauline Epistles]]====
The Pauline Epistles are letters (epistles) written to early Christian communities written by the [[Apostle Paul]].
*[[Epistle to the Romans]]
*[[First Epistle to the Corinthians]]
*[[Second Epistle to the Corinthians]]
*[[Galatians|Epistle to the Galatians]]
*[[Epistle to the Philippians]]
*[[Epistle to Philemon]]
*[[First Epistle to the Thessalonians]]
*[[Second Epistle to the Thessalonians]]
*[[Ephesians|Epistle to the Ephesians]]
*[[Epistle to the Colossians]]
*[[First Epistle to Timothy]]
*[[Second Epistle to Timothy]]
*[[Epistle to Titus]]
*''Possibly the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]]''

[[Liberal]] Bible scholarship over the last two centuries has denied that Paul wrote Ephesians, 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus; and doubted that he wrote Colossians and 2 Thessalonians. However, all the epistles listed above except Hebrews say they are written by Paul. As they are authoritative Scripture which "cannot lie", their claims should be believed.

There is speculation that Paul may have written the ''Epistle to the Hebrews'', which does not mention an author; however, under the pure divine power of the Holy Spirit of God the Father through Jesus Christ himself—"he has spoken through the Prophets"—it could easily have been written by any early Christian except for Timothy, who is mentioned by name in the final chapter. The controversy, however, does not affect the genuineness of the epistle.<ref>Unger, pg. 748; Eusebius ''The History of the Church'' 3:3</ref>

The Council of Trent (1546) dogmatically affirmed that the Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the fourteen genuine epistles of Paul.
:—[http://www.bible-researcher.com/trent1.html Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent. The Fourth Session. Celebrated on the eighth day of the month of April, in the year 1546. English translation by James Waterworth (London, 1848)]

====[[General Epistles]]====
*[[Epistle of James]]
*[[First Epistle of Peter]]
*[[Second Epistle of Peter]]
*[[First Epistle of John]]
*[[Second Epistle of John]]
*[[Third Epistle of John]]
*[[Epistle of Jude]]

====Revelation====
The [[Book of Revelation]] is the last work in the New Testament as well as the whole Bible, written close to A.D. 100 by the [[Apostle John]] during his exile on the Greek island of [[Patmos]]. Revelation is concerned with the condition of the [[Seven Churches of Asia]] before going deeply into a description of the [[Last Days]] prior to the beginning of the [[Millennial Age]].

Most [[Fundamentalism|Fundamentalists]] hold to "[[Dispensationalism]]", an interpretive theory of the meaning of Revelation and other prophecies that was developed in the 19th century by British theologian [[John Nelson Darby]] (1800–82) and the [[Plymouth Brethren]], and is summarized in the ''[[Scofield Reference Bible]]'' edited and [[Christian Zionism#Dispensationalism|annotated]] by [http://poweredbychrist.homestead.com/files/cyrus/scofield.htm Cyrus I. Scofield] (1909, 1917). See [http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/scofield-reference-notes/ Scofield's Reference Notes]

==Non-uniformity of language and style of original Scriptures==

Both the Old Testament and the New Testament, in the original languages of Hebrew (and Aramaic) and Greek, exhibit a non uniformity of style and language. This is in sharp contrast to most modern translations which treat the Scriptures throughout as if they are one book instead of the many books they are. Modern translations can be erudite, dignified, folksy and common, clear and geared for the "common man", or replete with language resonant with literary associations for the "accomplished" reader. But they are that way throughout. The Biblical originals, on the other hand, for example, embedded in the Hebrew within the narrative of the deeds of the prophetess Debora, have in the Song of Deborah (Judges chapter 5) a much more ancient and even archaic Hebrew than that of the main text of the book, probably emanating from a chant from the time of Deborah herself, plainly evident to any person who has studied Hebrew language. The same with the narrative and poetic portions concerning Moses. The human authors, inspired by God, were careful to preserve the integrity of the original inspired songs which they had faithfully recorded or otherwise copied and included in their narratives. There are even different Hebrew languages (rather dialects) from the same historical period but from different authors living during the same time, having come from different origins and cultural levels.<ref name=Steinberg/>

For the New Testament, an example of non-uniformity can be found in the stark differences of language in the Gospel of Luke, written by Luke the physician. The early accounts, those concerning the birth of Jesus and early life, are written in a stilted and often crude Greek while the rest of the Gospel is written in fine Greek befitting of the background and ability of a learned physician. But when the stilted and crude Greek is retranslated, word for word and phrase for phrase, into the Hebrew current in the first century in most parts of Israel (a technique called "back translation"), it becomes excellent Hebrew - Mishnaic Hebrew. This is because of the intent and fastidiousness of Luke, who derived his material, as he says, from people that had been "on the scene", and his success in transmitting it faithfully as he had received it. Both the Old and New Testaments, for various reasons, exhibit little or no concern to "level through" or override the content of what they are saying by stylistic considerations.

===Inspiration===
Although the Old Testament is written by many [[homo sapiens|human]] authors, New Testament authors know that these men were writing under the inspiration of God.

The apostle [[Paul]] wrote that "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16).
Similarly the apostle [[Saint Peter|Peter]] wrote, "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit" (2 Peter 1:20-21).

====Formation of New Testament and Jewish technical transmission====
In the first century and prior, the ear was more important than the eye, as far as retaining in memory. Jews would receive orally, that is, from hearing, the laws that they believed originated with Moses and then passed them on to others, down through the generations. It was important to link the present rabbis by names who taught it with the rabbis by name who had passed it on to them, on back as far as possible to Moses on Mt. Sinai. This was the startling difference of Jesus. By saying "You have heard it said, but I say unto you...", He was by-passing Moses and the others after and getting His teaching direct from the Father.

This Jewish way of receiving (QBL) and handing on (MSR) is summed up in the lead saying of the "Ethics of the Fathers" tractate of the [[Mishna]], "Moses received Torah from God at Sinai. He transmitted it to Joshua, Joshua to the elders, the elders to the prophets, the prophets to the members of the Great Assembly [Sanhedrin] (1:1)." The teaching thus transmitted was memorized word for word by groups of disciples (Talmidim) together, thereby minimizing, by the common knowledge and public repetitions, all innovations and errors, though there might well have been "stylizing" for ease of retention and recall, receiving and handing on (transmission).

This methodology, with its technical Hebrew terminology appears in the New Testament with the same technical meaning and purpose, for how the earliest Christian teaching was carried on prior to the formation of the New Testament and during the time of its formation. This ensured the validity of the teaching and its authenticity going back, not to Moses, but to the time of Jesus Himself. "For I handed over (Gk. pare'doka, Heb. MSR) to you at the first what I also received (Gk. pare'labon, Heb. QBL) that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, and that He was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures..." l Cor. 15:3. Paul knew all of the "deposit of faith" three ways, in the usual "collaborative" way of God - from Scriptures (the Old Testament), from experience (seeing the living Christ on the road to Damascas), and from authenticated oral tradition/transmission involving "receiving" and "handing on".

==Authority of Bible in religious communities==
The role of the Bible in the life of differing communities varies widely by both the inner tenents of the community and the outer influences bearing on the community.
===Judaism===
Orthodox Judaism through the centuries, while it was only marginally affected by growing secularization and modern learning, held to a "differing levels of authority" understanding of the authority of the Hebrew Bible. This did not imply different levels of inspiration, but rather that importance to the regulation of life was prime for the Torah of Moses, the 5 books of the Law. But the Pharasaic teaching also posited an Oral Law given to Moses by God that was passed on through the centuries through Joshua, the prophets, pairs of Rabbis, until this day. The Oral law is found in the Talmud (Mishna and the Gemara together). The oral law became the decisive interpreter, teacher and regulator of the Written Law and determined the course of Jewish Orthodox life. The second section of the Old Testament, the Prophets, is known to the Jewish Community primarily through the synagogue readings of the prophets, the Haftorah, that are assigned to conclude the weekly reading of the Law. The Psalms, the most formative of all the Writings, besides being common throughout the synagogue services, are used in various devotional prayer contexts. Orthodox Judaism has little been affected by modern Higher Criticism of the Bible. Reformed Judaism, originally developed in Germany, and Conservative Judaism, to a lesser extent, have been greatly affected.

===Mainline Protestants===
Mainline Protestantism, represented in the major Protestant churches, denominations, sects and their seminaries, has greatly been affected by "modernism" based on advanced scholarly research, especially from Germany in the 19th century. Those who abused the legitimate tools "Higher Criticism" chose as a fundamental liberal [[premise]] to ignore God's participation in the production of Scripture. Prime among these theories is the Documentary theory of Penteteuch origins (Wellhausen-Graff) that posits that Moses wrote little or nothing. Instead, they propose that the Bible originated in four unknown hypothetical sources coming from various periods. These four sources are termed J (for the use of "Jehovah" for the name of God), E (for the use of "Elohim"), P (priestly), and D (Deuteronomic). The "spirit" of the New Testament (according to their understanding of what they think is the probable main attitude of the writers, derived from the overall impression gained from a generally humanist religious point of view) is far more important than the text of either Testament for modern Protestant theology.

====Orthodox Jewish critique of Documentary theory====
Jewish Orthodox scholars have pointed to flaws in the Documentary Hypothesis. For instance, Orthodox Jewish Scholar Cassuto has pointed out that rather than the names for God varying according to author and period, they vary according to emphasis from the same period, that of Moses - "Jehovah" being used for God in his dealing with His covenental people Israel, and "Elohim" being used when His dealings with mankind are emphasized. Likewise the two terms usually translated "making a covenant", ''lkhrot brit'' (to "cut" a covenant) and ''lehaqim brit'' (to "raise" a covenenat) are not from two sources but mean two different things - to initiate a covenant and to fulfill a covenant.

===Evangelical Protestants===
Evangelical Protestantism believes strongly in the divine inspiration and inerrancy of the whole Bible and has been the most receptive of the doctrine of the full sufficiency of Biblical Authority. Believing in full inspiration of the whole of Scripture does not mean to evangelicalism the equal importance of all Scriptures for the healthy growth of the Christian community. This is because Evangelicalism, following Scripture's own self-disclosure, believes in progressive revelation throughout Biblical time, culminating in Jesus Christ, and no further (thus obviating the role of Tradition). Thus Evangelicalism, does not hold to the application of Mosaic Legislation, and other biblical elements that Orthodox Judaism holds to. This applies to faith and to morals. The Mosaic regulation on executing a rebellious child does not present a problem for evangelical thought as, according to Paul and Hebrews, the Law has been rendered obsolete by the New Covenant. The Destruction of the Temple and of the place for sacrifice of all kinds, present no problem for evangelicalism, as they did for Judasim, as Christ's sacrifice on the cross has now "fulfilled" the prescriptions of the Law and the ceremonials attached. Thus there is a sort of "levels of authority" understanding for evangelicalism similar to the levels of authority of Judaism (but for different reasons).

Evangelical Churches vigorously promote the reading of Scripture through Sunday sermons and Bible study programs. Emphasis is placed on "each one understanding". Coupled with American individualism, and lack of traditional vehicles of authority, this sometimes leads to splintering of worshiping communities and the insistence that each man's interpretation "is as good as any other". Nevertheless, "The Fundamentals" defined in 1910 are strongly retained by the Evangelical Churches - the divinity of Christ, His death for sins and Resurrection from the dead, His second coming.<ref>''[http://web.archive.org/web/20030101082327/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6528/fundcont.htm The Fundamentals: A Testimony To The Truth'', 1910–1915, 4 Vol.] [http://www.biola.edu/about/history/ Bible Institute of Los Angeles,] ed. [http://www.dbts.edu/journals/1996_1/ACDIXON.PDF A. C. Dixon], [[Reuben Archer Torrey]].</ref>

===Eastern Orthodox===
The Orthodox Churches throughout the world, whether Greek, Russian, Romanian, the various middle eastern varieties, emphasize the role of the synod (Council) of Bishops, based on the example of the "Council" of Jerusalem in the book of Acts, as the divinely authorized agent of interpretation and application of the Scriptures. Understanding that Jesus' words, "He (the Holy Spirit) will lead you into all truth", Orthodoxy believes that the synod of bishops, no one of whom is held to be individually infallible, are given guidance from the Holy Spirit so that the Scriptures are rightly applied to the Christian Community, enabling the Church to never stray from Christ, that is, the Church is given "indefectability". A minority of Orthodox Church thought holds to "infallibility" in synodal decision rather than, or instead of, "indefectability". The Scriptures in the Orthodox churches are buttressed by creedal formulations, the decisions of belief of past synods, and are less susceptible to the liberalist abuses of the legitimate methods of modern Higher Criticism. The Resurrection of Christ, virgin birth, return of Christ from Heaven to Earth, are all part and parcel of these churches. Individual interpretation of Scripture and manner of life are limited, then, by the teaching authority (the magisterium) granted to the Episcopate - the Synod of bishops.

===Roman Catholic===
The Roman Catholic Church, like the Orthodox Churches, has a strong sense of the Authority ([[Magisterium]]) given to the Bishops by Christ to teach, interpret, defend the Faith and therefore to exercise the responsibility to interpret to the Faithful both Holy Scripture and Apostolic Tradition. But since Vatican II, there has been an increased effort to bring Scriptural knowledge to the laity, and now there has been an increase of Scripture reading and study programs throughout most sections of the Church. This as been abetted by the Catholic Charismatic movement which has had the effect of promoting individual appropriation of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit, and with that, the correlate devotional and intellectual use of Holy Scriptures. However, the role of "Magisterium", that is the Teaching Authority, sets firm limits to individual interpretation. The Roman Catholic church understands that, though Magisterial authority is given to all the bishops, the definitive exercise of the Magisterium is limited to one bishop - the bishop of Rome, the Pope, and to the bishops in communion together with him. Further, Catholicism teaches that the Pope, when he declares dogma (teaching) ''[[Ex cathedra|ex-Cathedra]]'' (from the chair), he speaks infallibly (on matters of faith and morals). The first time the Pope promulgated dogma ''ex-cathedra'' formally was to promulgate the doctrine itself of Papal Infallibility, based on Scripture, history, and reason.<ref>[http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Councils/ecum20.htm Papal Encyclicals Online. Decrees of the First Vatican Council] [http://www.catholic.com/tracts/papal-infallibility Catholic Answers. Papal Infallibility]</ref> The Pope, through the Vatican prelates and all the bishops can regulate much of Catholic community life, and some of the regulation is based on the interpretation of Scripture or the application of the traditional interpretation of Scripture. An example of this is the prohibition of abortion. The Church has accepted in a fundamentally modified form most of the legitimate modern [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|Higher Critical methodology]] of studying Scripture, including the [[Documentary Hypothesis]] of origins first developed within German Protestantism. But the effects of this on the tenets of the Christian Faith are profoundly mitigated due to the creedal affirmations of the Church developed centuries ago and to the discernment of Papal authority. Thus the Roman Catholic Church does not waver on the Deity of Christ, the Trinity, the death and resurrection of Christ, and the Second Coming.

==Evangelical Understanding of the History of the Bible==
Rejecting the "Higher Criticism" accepted by the mainline Protestant denominations, Evangelicals and many Catholics hold to a more traditional history of the Bible. This section summarizes their views.

[[Image:Gospel of Luke in Arab.gif|thumb|This tenth-century Egyptian codex was donated to Pope Eugenius IV by the Coptic delegates at the Council of Ferrara-Florence. Translated from a Coptic original, it is one of the earliest Arabic versions of any part of the New Testament, none of which can be dated before the late eighth or ninth centuries.]]

Traditionally, the oldest books of the Bible are certainly the five books of the Torah and the Book of Job. In 1st Kings 6:1, Solomon is stated to have begun building the Temple "''in the 480th year after the children of Israel were come up out of the land of Egypt''". It has been established by a majority of conservative scholars and historians that Solomon had begun building the Temple in the fourth year of his reign, apparently in 961 B.C., making the probable [[date of the Exodus]] under Moses 1441 B.C. During the following forty years Moses wrote the Torah and the Book of Job, completing them before his death at [[Mt. Nebo]] about 1400 B.C. According to Biblical scholar and historian Robert D. Wilson the Torah as it stands dates from the time of Moses, the five books constitute one continuous work, and was written by a single individual, Moses himself (Wilson, pg 11).<ref>Wilson, Robert D. ''A Scientific Investigation of the Old Testament'', Sunday School Times, Inc, Philadelphia, PA (1926)</ref>

The remaining books of the Old Testament were written at various times since the death of Moses, with ''Malachi'', the last Hebrew Old Testament book, being written about 455 B.C. During this period each of the books was written and re-written on parchment or papyrus, with editors taking great care in their work; a single Biblical book hand-written today can take weeks to complete. The older scrolls were disposed of by burial or storage in a ''Geniza'' room when worn from normal usage (the Cairo Geniza is famous for the antiquity of the scrolls discovered within it) because the Jews have a devout horror of destroying the sacred script containing the transmitted revelation of God; as a result, the oldest surviving examples of Biblical manuscripts are those which have been carefully preserved either by direct actions of people (such as monasteries), or by removal from forces of decay. Currently, the oldest surviving manuscripts are those found carefully stored in clay jars within the caves of Qumran in 1948 and known as the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]], dating between 250 B.C. to A.D. 70; the complete ''Isaiah'' scroll of this collection dates to 150 B.C.

Around 200 B.C. the Septuagint, a Greek-language version of the Old Testament, was completed. This was due to the Hellenization of large areas of the Middle East after the conquest of Alexander the Great, making Greek the de facto language for everyday communications and business. The Septuagint marks the first time in history that the Bible was translated into a foreign language. An ancient fragment of the Septuagint containing the Tetragrammaton (Greek, "four letters", that is, of the name of God, YHWH) has been dated between 50 B.C. and A.D. 50.<ref>[http://www.eliyah.com/lxx.html Tetragrammaton Found in Earliest Copies of the Septuagint]</ref>

See [[Literalist Bible chronology]].

===Early New Testament history===
In 1st Timothy 5:8, Paul quoted as scripture ''"the laborer is worthy of his hire."'' This line is found nowhere else in the Bible except Matthew 10:10 and Luke 5:7. In 2nd Peter 3:15-16, Peter classes Paul's letters with "other scriptures". Both lines are indicative of the writing down and general use of the New Testament prior to A.D. 60 (Halley, pg. 741-742).<ref>Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI (1965)</ref> Spurious "gospels" which are known to have appeared by A.D. 100, make references to the New Testament. [[Clement of Rome]], writing in his own letter to the Corinthians in A.D. 95, refers to ''Matthew'', ''Luke'', ''Corinthians'', ''Hebrews'', ''1st Timothy'', and ''1st Peter'' (Halley, pg. 743).

The oldest surviving New Testament fragment of which there is a reliable date is the [[John Rylands Fragment]] (P52) of the ''Gospel of John'', dating from 117-138 A.D., just decades from when the Gospel was first written.<ref>[http://www.biblefacts.org/history/oldtext.html N.T. Ancient Manuscripts]</ref> The time span between the writing of the New Testament and the oldest surviving fragments are well under two hundred years. By comparison, Greek classics such as [[Herodotus]], [[Plato]], [[Euripides]], and [[Homer]] have a time span well over a thousand years each between the date of the oldest known fragment of writing and the time period they were first written.

==Translations==
===The Peshitta===
The second translated version of the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament (after the Greek Septuaginta) was in the Aramaic language, the Peshitta (Aram. "''simple, common''"). In A.D. 36, both the Queen of Adiabene (the last existing Province of that Assyrian Empire hated and feared by the Jews), known in Greek as Queen Helena (not the mother of Constantine), and known to the Jews as Queen Shlom Zion ("Peace of Zion"), and her son King Ezad were converted to Judaism. Queen Helena's conversion, as well as others of the Kingdom, furthered the already developing translation of the Hebrew Scriptures in her Kingdom's language -Aramaic. That developing translation came to be known as the Peshitta - meaning simple or common speech, in much the same way as the Hebrew Bible would be translated into Latin by Jerome, with extensive help from a Rabbi, and the resultant translation would be called the Vulgate - meaning simple or common speech. The Peshitta, retaining elements of the then Jewish "[[Targum]]ic" (interpretive) and other Jewish understandings of the Hebrew Bible (see [[Midrash]]), is primarily based on the Pre-Masoretic Hebrew Scriptures - though certain books, such as the Prophet Isaiah, are translations primarily from the Septuagint. The development of the Old Testament Peshitta translation is held by some to have taken place alternatively in Adiabene's nearby neighbor Edessa.

As Thomas and his followers went to India, others (possibly Adai [Thaddeus] among them, the Galilean from Caesarea Phillipi) arrived in [[Adiabene]]. Having gone probably to the synagogues first, as did the Apostle Paul, they found already there, if not a populous citizenry, then an elite governmental element, conversant with the Biblical message in Aramaic. From these people, hearing the preaching of the messengers from Israel, came believers in Jesus Christ, and soon after, came the translation of the Greek New Testament Scriptures into Aramaic, and so the Peshitta was increased by inclusion of the New Testament in Aramaic. Most of the deuterocanonical and apocryphal books of the Old Testament are found in the Syriac, held to have been translated from the Hebrew and not from the Septuagint. The rest of the Old Testament known to the early Syrian church was substantially that of the Palestinian Jews but it arranged them in a different order. First there was the Pentateuch, then Job, Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Book of Sirach and most of the deuterocanonical and apocryphal books of the Old Testament, Ruth, Canticles, Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah, Isaiah followed by the Twelve Minor Prophets, Jeremiah and Lamentations, Ezekiel, and lastly Daniel. Unlike the Greek canon of the New Testament Scriptures, the Peshitta originally did not include the following books: the Second Epistle of Peter, the Second Epistle of John, the Third Epistle of John, the Epistle of Jude and the Book of Revelation. But these books translated into the Syriac (as Christian Aramaic is known) are now part of the Peshitta and used by the Aramaic-based churches today, primarily in India and the Middle East - the Syrian Catholic Church, the Assyrian Church of the East (Holy Apostolic and Catholic Church of the East), the Indian Orthodox Church, the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Maronite Church, the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, the Syro-Malabar Church and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.<ref>See the following articles and resources:
*[http://www.bible-researcher.com/syriac-isbe.html International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) Article: Syriac Versions. Thomas Nicol]
*[http://www.peshitta.org/initial/peshitta.html History of the Peshitta]
*[http://www.peshitta.org/ Aramaic/English Interlinear New Testament]
*[http://scrollandscreen.com/syriac/index.htm Biblical Studies and Technological Tools. Syriac Tools and Resources] ''access to Syriac Old and New Testaments''
*[http://aramaicnt.org/articles/problems-with-peshitta-primacy/ Problems with Peshitta Primacy]
*[http://madenkha.net/holy_bible/ Index of Holy Bible] ''online access to Aramaic Text of Old and New Testaments of Peshitta''</ref>

Adiabene and its surroundings then became the sending center for a mission to the East that would eventually take advantage of the newly rediscovered monsoon winds blowing for months across the Arabian sea, making it possible for ships' pilots to no longer hug the coasts. And taking advantage of the "[[Silk Road]]" all the way from Antioch in Syria to China, they took the message of Jesus Christ to India (bringing about the Aramaic [Syriac] language churches of Kerala) and even to China itself. And so, the Peshitta, written in the Middle East, for a while became the Scriptures of the Far East Churches of Jesus Christ, particularly in India.

See [[Monophysite]]

===The Vulgate===
[[Jerome]], a Latin scholar deeply interested in the study of the Scriptures, completed the second edition of the Bible in the Latin language. The ''[[Vulgate]]'' was meant to replace the inaccuracies of the earlier ''[[Vetus Latina]]'' (the Old Latin version), the standard Bible of the early Catholic Church in Latin. Jerome had moved to [[Jerusalem]] in 382, and set to work on what eventually became a fresh Latin translation of the Old Testament from the Greek of the ''Septuagint'' and a translation of the Greek New Testament into Latin; then from 390-405 he decided to re-translate his Old Testament directly from the Hebrew text then in use by the Jewish community, which pre-dated the revision of the [[Masoretic Text|Hebrew text]] later written by the Masoretic Hebrew scholars of Judaism between the 7th and 10th centuries. The ''Vulgate'' Bible of 76 books (49 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books) had a marked influence in church history, and it remained the standard Latin Bible in the Roman Catholic Church for centuries. After the Council of Trent defined the canon of the holy Bible as 73 books of scripture "with all their parts", and 1 and 2 Esdras and Prayer of Manasseh had been placed in an appendix to the definitive Clementine Vulgate critical edition, the Vulgate was henceforth the dogmatically defined canonical Bible of the Catholic Church. After 1450 years of use the Vulgate was finally replaced by the ''[[Nova Vulgata]]'' in 1979. The earliest surviving complete manuscript of the entire Latin Bible is the Codex Amiatinus, produced in eighth century England at the double monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow.<ref>The Codex Amiatinus is the most celebrated manuscript of the Latin Vulgate Bible, remarkable as the best witness to the true text of St. Jerome and as a fine specimen of medieval calligraphy. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04081a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Codex Amiatinus] [http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-27372773 BBC News Tyne and Wear. 15 May 2014. Codex Amiatinus Bible returns to its home in Jarrow] [http://www.facsimilefinder.com/facsimiles/codex-amiatinus-facsimile Codex Amiatinus Facsimile Edition]</ref>

===Early English translations authorized by Rome===

Vernacular translations into English and other languages have been authorized by the [[Holy See]] since as early as A.D. 600. Partial translations of the Bible into languages of the English people can be traced back to the end of the 7th century, including translations into Old English and Middle English.<ref>[http://www.bible-researcher.com/anglosaxon.html Anglo-Saxon Versions of Scripture (A.D. 600–1150)] (bible-researcher.com)</ref> A number of Old English Bible translations survive, as do many instances of glosses in the vernacular, especially in the Gospels and the Psalms.<ref>See Roberts, Jane (2011). “Some Psalter Glosses in Their Immediate Context”, in ''Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England'', eds. Leo Carruthers, Raeleen Chai-Elsholz, Tatjana Silec. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 61-79, which looks at three Anglo-Saxon glossed psalters and how layers of gloss and text, language and layout, speak to the meditative reader. See Marsden, Richard (2011), "The Bible in English in the Middle Ages", in The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages: Production, Reception and Performance in Western Christianity (New York: Columbia University Press, 2011), pp. 272-295.</ref>

The age of Middle English (1066-1500) beginning with the Norman conquest and ending about 1500 covers the period of authorized and unauthorized Middle English Bible translations.

===Heresies based on abusive use of vernacular translations===

The abuse of vernacular translations of Sacred Scripture made available to the common people was a prominent feature of heresies during the roughly 400-year period from 1100 to 1500.

For example, the Albigensians (also called Cathari "''the pure''"), prevalent during the 12th and 13th centuries in western Europe, particularly in southern France and northern Italy, rejected the authority of Church and State. They appealed to the Scriptures as authority for their doctrines, mostly the New Testament, because the Old Law was regarded by them according to their teaching as mainly a demoniacal creation. Like [[Marcion]] in the 2nd century, they taught the [[Manichaeanism|Manichaean]] doctrine of two Gods, and that the evil God created matter and the whole physical universe to entrap and enslave divine spirits of light, and was the God of the Old Testament and the God of the Jews. They forbade marriage, sexual relations between spouses, condemned the begetting of children, and praised those who chose to starve themselves to death.<ref>[http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Heresies_Heretics/Heresies_Heretics_006.htm Albigensianism, by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.] [http://www.stisidore-yubacity.org/faqalbigenses.html What is the Albigenses/Albigensian Heresy? Albigenses] [http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=31727 Dictionary: Albigensians] (catholicculture.org)</ref>

Another example is Waldo (Valdo), from the city of Lyons, also variously referred to as Valdes, Valdesius, Valdensius. References to the movement he founded call his disciples "Waldensians", "the poor of Lyons", "the Leonese", "the Poor of Lombardy", or simply "the Poor". He arranged for the Gospels and some other books of the Bible to be translated into common speech which he read very often, but without understanding their real meaning. The translations produced were full of mistakes and mistranslations which changed the meaning of the scriptures. Infatuated with his own interpretation of these defective scriptures he usurped authority by presuming to preach the Gospel in the streets, where he made many disciples, and involved them, both men and women, in a similar act of presumption by sending them out, in turn, to preach. These people, ignorant and illiterate, went about through the towns, entering houses and even churches, disturbing families, disrupting worship services, ignoring civil statutes and laws, and spreading many errors. The principal heresy of the Waldensians was contempt for (ignoring of) ecclesiastical power and rejection of governmental authority. They capitalized on the fact that the common people were scandalized by evident corruption and abuses of legitimate authority by individuals in Church and in secular government who, like [[Balaam]] and [[Judas]], betrayed Christ for the sake of gain, in direct and indifferent disobedience to the teaching of the Church. And they opportunistically misrepresented these clearly [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/aberration aberrent] scandals as if they were authentically representative of the actual teaching and doctrine of the Church (thereby committing what has been defined as sins of [[calumny]] and [[detraction]], fueled by actual [[scandal]]). The Waldensian dispute then, centered on the issue of authority. The fact that they translated the scriptures badly, studied these translations, drew their own conclusions as to what they meant, and "presumed" to preach whatever they believed, without reference to the clergy, was unacceptable.<ref>[http://www.xenos.org/essays/waldensian-movement-waldo-reformation Xenos Christian Fellowship. The Waldensian Movement From Waldo to the Reformation, by Dennis McCallum] (xenos.org)</ref>

A similar phenomenon has animated movements in the 20th and 21st centuries, "[[cult]]s" which claim authority from their founders' particular interpretations of the Bible, doctrines which have resulted in bizarre and self-destructive behavior, all "''based on the Word of God''", such as [[Jonestown]], the [[Branch Davidians]] of [[David Koresh]], and the [[Heaven's Gate]] U.F.O. group. In the 21st century in the United States, the extremist teaching of [[Fred Phelps]] and the [[Westboro Baptist Church]] presents a milder example, claiming the authority of the Bible for their disruptive activities.

In the late Middle Ages, because of the evident, ongoing, and repeated "''[[clear and present danger]]''" to society and to the mental, moral and physical health of the people, so consistently resulting from the direct and apparent association of heretical movements with the act of translating the Bible into the vernacular for anyone to read and interpret as he or she pleased, the Catholic Church began to severely curtail authorization for new translations into the vernacular and subsequently rarely granted permission to anyone who desired to undertake the task during that troubled period, in an attempt to avoid contributing to the problem by providing additional material which, in those days, would certainly give only more occasion for abuse of the meaning of the ''Holy Scriptures'', added to contempt for the authority of the office of the leaders of the Church and the stability of society under the legitimate authority of the office of duly appointed governors, princes and kings.

See [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%207:6&version=NABRE Matthew 7:6], also [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2corinthians%202:17&version=NABRE 2 Corinthians 2:17] and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2corinthians%2011:2-20&version=NABRE 11:2-20], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians%201:6-9&version=NABRE Galatians 1:6-9], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=colossians%202:18-19&version=NABRE Colossians 2:18-19], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2peter%201:20-2:3&version=NABRE 2 Peter 1:20-2:3] and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2peter%203:14-17&version=NABRE 3:14-17]. —See also [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2022:27&version=NABRE Exodus 22:27( KJV 22:28 )], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers%2016:1-11&version=NABRE Numbers 16:1-11],[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%2013:1-5&version=NABRE Romans 13:1-5], and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jude%201:8&version=NABRE Jude 8], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jude%201:11&version=NABRE 11], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jude%201:17-19&version=NABRE 17-19]. Compare [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%202:17-24&version=NABRE Romans 2:17-24]

See [[Cafeteria Christianity]] and [[Cafeteria Catholic]].

''For a more detailed treatment, see '''[http://www.catholic.com/tracts/the-great-heresies The Great Heresies''']''

==Printing==
[[Image:Gutenburg1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Printers copy of a page from a Gutenberg Bible, printed in Germany about 1469.]]
[[Johannes Gutenberg]] of [[Mainz]], [[Germany]] invented the first mechanical printing press in 1448. His machine consisted of a large press which when cranked down, pressed a sheet of paper upon a platform in which were set thousands of inked metal letter typefaces (called "movable type"), set in place to read for a particular page. The first book in history printed by this method was the [[Gutenberg Bible]], in the ''Vulgate'' Latin version, of which 180 were printed, and approximately 50 survive today in varying conditions around the world.

The Gutenberg Bible marked another first: printed Bibles could be mass-produced to get them into the hands of many people at a low cost. They first had to be translated out of Latin into a common language, and [[Martin Luther]] made the great German translation, 1522-1534. The Protestant Reformers emphasized that laymen should study the Bible, and printing made it possible for them to go beyond the interpretations shown in [[stained glass windows]] (the "Bible of the illiterate") to the actual text.

==English language versions of the Bible==

===Wycliff's Bible===
The first translation of the whole Latin Bible into English by dissident scholars in the English Catholic Church was made under the supervision of the English cleric [[John Wyclif]] in the 1380s, with the assistance of Nicholas Hereford and John Purvey. Wyclif held that the Bible should be placed directly in the hands of the people, but was this was opposed by the English Church hierarchy of his day; indeed, one of Wyclif's opponents, Henry Knighton, compared giving the Bible to the people in English to "casting pearls before swine". Archbishop Arundel of Canterbury promulgated a ban on all English Bibles in 1407, and possession of one was considered evidence of [[heresy]].

Wyclif's was a scholarly translation, based on the [[Latin]], [[Greek]], and [[Hebrew]] texts, but was found to be unwieldy due to its adherence to Latin grammar (in which, for instance, verbs tend to be at the end of sentences). A second Wycliffite translation was prepared late in this period, which avoided this problem, but due to the fact that it could only be distributed in manuscript form, it was an expensive volume. Outside of the nobility and gentry, it was more common to see only a single [[The Gospels|Gospel]], or a copy of the Psalms, rather than an entire Bible, which cost more than the average working person could earn in a year.

Over the next century, its form of English gradually became antiquated, leading English Protestants such as [[William Tyndale]] to feel that an entirely new translation was needed.

===Tyndale===
During the middle of the 16th century there was a renewed sense of the need to get the Bible directly into the hands of the common man; prior to that the Bible was restricted to readings in the Church alone. The Reformers were a group of people who were shocked at the differences between what the Roman Catholic Church was practicing as opposed to their readings (interpretations) of what the Bible stated can or cannot be done (this was one of the causes of the [[Reformation]]). At great cost to themselves, the Reformers began the work of translating the Bible in the various languages of Europe; the printing press would ensure the newly translated Bibles would be mass-produced.

[[William Tyndale]] was committed to getting the Bible into the hands of his English countrymen. Expressing open defiance of the Pope, Tyndale declared that if God would spare his life he would make it possible for even an ordinary farmer to know more about the Scriptures than the Pope.<ref>[http://creationwiki.org/Biblical_canon#Tyndale CreationWiki. Bible Canon#Tyndale] (creationwiki.org)</ref> Tyndale's translation of the New Testament was completed on the Continent by 1525. By April, 1526, 6,000 copies were printed and delivered to England. Official opposition led to the destruction of most of them, not because of the translation of the Biblical text itself, but because Tyndale also held and published views which were considered heretical, first by the Catholic Church, and later by the Church of England, which was established by King [[Henry VIII]] in 1536.<ref>Act of Supremacy, (1534) English act of Parliament that recognized Henry VIII as the “Supreme Head of the Church of England.” [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/574743/Act-of-Supremacy Encyclopedia Britannica. Act of Supremacy: England (1534)] [http://www.britainexpress.com/History/tudor/supremacy-henry-text.htm Henry VIII 's Act of Supremacy (1534) - original text]</ref> His Bible translation also included notes and commentary promoting these views.<ref>[http://www.tyndale-bible.com/tyndale-bible-history.html TYNDALE BIBLE HISTORY. William Tyndale (1494-1536). The History of William Tyndale and his Bibles] [http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=4749&CFID=4143742&CFTOKEN=81204680 Tyndale's Heresy, by Matthew A. C. Newsome] [http://www.bible-researcher.com/tyndale4.html Tyndale] (bible-researcher.com) [http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/william-tyndale.html English Bible History. William Tyndale] (greatsite.com) [http://wesley.nnu.edu/sermons-essays-books/william-tyndales-translation/ The Wesley Center Online: '''William Tyndale's Translation'''] ''online access to the text of Tyndale's Bible''.</ref> Tyndale's translation was banned by the authorities. Even King Henry VIII in 1531 condemned the Tyndale Bible as a corruption of Scripture. In the words of King Henry's advisors: "the translation of the Scripture corrupted by William Tyndale should be utterly expelled, rejected, and put away out of the hands of the people, and not be suffered to go abroad among his subjects." <ref>Henry Grey Graham, Where we got the Bible: Our debt to the Catholic Church © 1977 Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. 153 pages. ASIN: B0006YDQ5Q p. 128-130.</ref> Bishop [[Tunstall]] of London <ref>[http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/tunstall.htm Cuthbert Tunstall]</ref> declared that there were upwards of 2,000 errors in Tyndale's Bible.<ref>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/general/charge.htm The Charge of Burning Bibles]</ref> The following year Tyndale himself, at the instigation of agents of Henry VIII and the Anglican Church, was arrested and, for his efforts, charged with heresy, and, on May 21, 1536, was executed, burned at the stake. Nevertheless, the printing press rendered it impossible to completely suppress such a book, and new copies were printed on the Continent and smuggled into [[England]]. His efforts at translating the Bible led to the [[Matthews Bible]] (1537) and the [[Bishop's Bible]] (1568), but with many of his notes radically edited by censors or editors, or entirely removed, and these versions led to the [[Geneva Bible]] (1599), and finally to the [[King James Bible|King James Version]], where ninety percent of the text closely follows Tyndale's translation.

===Authorised or King James Version===
[[Image:E-sword.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The internet has increased the availability of the Bible worldwide. Shown here is a screenshot to [[E-Sword]], a freely-downloadable Bible study program.<ref>[http://www.e-sword.net E-Sword]</ref> (Rick Meyers, 2007)]]
In 1601 King [[James I]] selected forty-seven of the ablest scholars in [[England]] to undertake the creation of a standard Bible in English, based upon careful translations of the [[Masoretic Text]] used by the Jewish community, and the best Greek translations (especially the ''[[Textus Receptus]]'') then available. The scholars were divided into six committees in [[Oxford]], [[Westminster]], and [[Cambridge]], with each scholar dedicating himself to doing a portion of the Bible, often consulting each other to check the flow and harmony of the work in progress. The result was the 1611 Authorised Version, known in [[United States of America|America]] as the [[King James Bible|King James Version]].

In its early days, the KJV was heavily criticized; but in time, with official pressure, it won the field and became "the Bible" for English-reading people—a position it held for almost 400 years.<ref>''Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary''. "Bible Translations", Jack P. Lewis and Charles W. Draper. p. 214.</ref>

The effects of the Authorised Version were profound. Using less than 2,500 different words in its vocabulary, this Bible was written in a poetic style matched by few. The work influenced the writings of [[Shakespeare]]. [[John Milton]] has numerous images taken from this Bible in his ''[[Paradise Lost]]''. The direct style of writing caused it to be easily available to the common man. Poets and writers, such as [[Herman Melville]], [[Walt Whitman]], [[Emily Dickinson]] and many others were deeply inspired by it. It altered the course of English history, with England growing to a world power since the book's publication. When asked by a visiting dignitary what made England great, [[Queen Victoria]] pulled out her copy of the Bible and declared "This is the secret of England's greatness."

====Problems with the King James Version====

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Beginning in the 17th century, the same century in which it was published, Protestant scholars, orientalists, hebraists and linguists began pointing out defects in the [[King James Bible|Authorized King James Version]].<ref>[[Isaac H. Hall]]. [http://www.bible-researcher.com/kjvdefects.html ''The Revised New Testament and History of Revision'' (1881) "Defects of the King James Version"]
:"Our translators of the seventeenth century, in a great many instances, misunderstood the sense."</ref> One of these was the translation of 'orot tachashim as "badgers' skins", because it so plainly violates the biblical context of [[Leviticus]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2011:4-8&version=KJV chapter 11:4-8], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2011:24-28&version=KJV 24-29], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2011:42-45&version=KJV 42-45], and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%205&version=KJV Leviticus chapter 5]. "Badgers' skins" is the King James Version (AV) translation of the Hebrew word '''תחשׁ''' '''''taḥash''''', and of the Hebrew term (singular) '''עור תחשׁ''' '''''uwr taḥash / 'or taḥash''' "skin taḥash"'', and of the plural form '''ערת תחשׁים''' '''''uwr't taḥashim / 'orot taḥashim''' "skins taḥashim"''. [[Adam Clarke]] himself ([http://biblehub.com/commentaries/clarke/exodus/25.htm ''Adam Clarke's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible'' (1831) Exodus 25]) has pointed out the substantial inaccuracy of the KJV interpretive translation:
:"badgers' skins, (rather violet-coloured skins)...Badgers' skins — ערת תחשים oroth techashim. Few terms have afforded greater perplexity to critics and commentators than this."
See [[Badger skins (Bible)#Protestant commentaries 17th through 19th centuries|Protestant commentaries 17th through 19th centuries]]

The original meaning of ''' תחשׁ ''t'''a'''ḥ'''a'''š / taḥash / tachash / techash / t'khesh''''' has been debated for centuries. According to ''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' the AV and JPS 1917 translation ''[[badger]]'' has no basis in fact.<ref name=Enc.Jud.>''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' 2nd Edition Volume 19:435. TAḤASH.</ref><ref>''Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary'' page 161. Badger Skins</ref> Translating ערת תחשׁים ''skins taḥashim'' as "badgers' skins" also presents a [[contradiction]]. The Book of Leviticus, chapter 11, forbids touching the carcasses of all animals that walk on '''paws''', because they are '''טָמֵא''' ''tame'' [[Taboo|unclean]]. This is no trivial matter, as [[God]] Himself is thus represented in the KJV as commanding the handling and use of skins of carcasses He forbids the Israelites to touch, and as commanding them to cover the tabernacle and the ark of the covenant with unclean skins and then commanding them to remove from the camp all that is unclean so that nothing unclean will be seen by Him in the camp ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers%205:2-3&version=KJV Numbers 5:2-3]; [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy%2023:14&version=KJV Deuteronomy 23:14]). They are forbidden to defile the tabernacle, the sanctuary of the LORD ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2020:2-3&version=KJV Leviticus 20:2-3]; [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2021:10-12&version=KJV 21:10-12]), and they are commanded to cover it with '''טָמֵא''' ''tame'' [http://bibleapps.com/hebrew/2931.htm unclean/polluting/defiling "badgers' skins" (KJV).] Even on the sole [[hermeneutics|hermeneutical principle]] of "Scripture interprets Scripture" this is not accurate, and it presents a serious difficulty. [[John Grigg Hewlett]], D.D. (''Bible difficulties explained'' 1860) says:<blockquote>"It would involve a great inconsistency, that the ark of the covenant, which was considered so holy, that no human hand could touch it with impunity, except the hands of those who had been consecrated to God, that it should constantly be covered with the skins of unclean animals...Therefore the coverings of purple, or blue, which our translators have called 'badgers' skins', were of a material that was accounted pure, and could not impart any impurity to those who prepared them, or to those whose office it was to adjust them amidst the vicissitudes of the camp of Israel."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=J5kCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA159&SOURCE=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q=badger&f=false ''Bible difficulties explained'' (1860) "Badgers' skins" pages 159–163].</ref></blockquote>

The KJV was first published in 1611, a year after the [[Douay-Rheims|Douay-Rheims Bible]]. The later KJV revision of 1769 <ref>[http://www.bible-researcher.com/canon10.html Changes in the King James Version]</ref> is the version generally published today as the King James Bible, and is the form of the text cited here:

[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%205:2&version=KJV Leviticus 5:2] "if a soul touch any unclean thing...he also shall be unclean and guilty"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%205:5-6&version=KJV Leviticus 5:5-6] "he shall confess that he hath sinned"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2011:5-8&version=KJV Leviticus 11:5-8] "and their carcase shall ye not touch, they are unclean to you"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2011:24-28&version=KJV Leviticus 11:24-28] "and whatsoever goeth upon his paws...those are unclean unto you"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2011:43-44&version=KJV Leviticus 11:43-44] "Ye shall not make yourselves abominable...neither shall ye make yourselves unclean...neither shall ye defile yourselves"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2022&version=KJV Leviticus 22] "Say unto them, Whosoever ''he be'' of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I ''am'' the LORD."
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers%204:15-20&version=KJV Numbers 4:15-20] "but they shall not touch ''any'' holy thing, lest they die"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy%2023:14&version=KJV Deuteronomy 23:14] "For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee."

The Committee appointed by [[James I of England]] that was tasked with the translation of the Bible was made of men who had read the Bible in Hebrew and Greek and Latin and knew these passages. Yet they chose to translate ''tachashim'' as unclean badgers "''that goeth upon paws''" whose carcasses the Israelites were forbidden to touch.

[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2025:1-8&version=KJV Exodus 25:1-8] "Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering...rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2026:14&version=KJV Exodus 26:14] "and a covering above of badgers' skins"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2035:7&version=KJV Exodus 35:7] "and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2035:23&version=KJV Exodus 35:23] "and red skins of rams, and badger skins"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2036:19&version=KJV Exodus 36:19] "and a covering of badgers' skins above that"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2039:34&version=KJV Exodus 39:34] "And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers%204:6-25&version=KJV Numbers 4:6-25] "a covering of badgers' skins...the covering of badgers' skins"
 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ezekiel%2016:10&version=KJV Ezekiel 16:10] "and shod thee with badgers' skin"

Readers of the KJV saw a grave difficulty here because of the apparently great inconsistency that the holy ark of the covenant and the Tabernacle of the LORD should be constantly covered with skins of unclean animals which made unclean anyone who touched them. The Douay-Rheims Bible had translated the skins as [[Badger skins (Bible)#Douay-Rheims Bible|"''violet skins''"]].

The ''[[motivation]]'' for interpreting and translating ''tachash skins'' in the Bible as being skins of creatures the Israelites are clearly forbidden to touch is unclear, and a mystery, what is known in [[Logic]] as a [[non sequiter]] (Lat. "''it does not follow''"). The ''[[purpose]]'' being served by a deliberate translation of תחשׁ as badger and of ערת תחשׁים as badgers' skins, by scholars who have a thorough knowledge of the whole of the Bible, and of the history of the Hebrew language and of the ''fauna'' and varied customs of the ancient Middle East, is also a ''non sequiter'' mystery, involving an [[Evidence|evident]] contradiction of the context of the Bible. Alternate word choices, harmoniously consistent with the biblical context, and attested by the ancient sources as cited in scholarly published commentaries both technical and general, were available to the translators, who chose not to use them. Their translation covers the tabernacle, the ark and the sacred vessels with the equivalent of ''' טָמֵא ''' ''tame'' unclean [[Pig|swine]]s' skins ([http://biblehub.com/multi/leviticus/11-8.htm Leviticus 11:3-8], [http://biblehub.com/multi/leviticus/11-27.htm 11:24-28]). The inconsistency is not in the ancient biblical text, but in the interpretations of translators which violate its context.<blockquote>"A text without a context is a pretext for a [[Cafeteria Christianity#Proof texts|proof text]]." Donald A. Carson, ''Exegetical Fallacies''.<ref>Carson, Donald A., Ph.D. ''Exegetical Fallacies'', Nov. 30, 1983, 2nd edition Mar. 1, 1996. Baker Publishing Group. 160 pages. ISBN 978-0801020865.</ref></blockquote>

Study Bible footnotes, along with published articles, Bible dictionaries, commentaries, encyclopedias, and books on the Bible, and a multitude of internet online blogs and pages, which strongly support the translation of ערת תחשׁים as badgers' skins or as the skins of any kind of sea mammal, often omit the fact that within the context of the Bible these creatures are classified as unclean, defiling '''שִׁקַּץ ''' ''sheqats'' abominations, as loathsome, abhorrent, detestible, filthy and disgusting for the people of Israel. Those that do mention it offer various speculative [[Excuse|rationale]]s, [[debate]]s and [[Editorial|discussions]] to explain why in their [[opinion]] God would command the Israelites to cover the tabernacle and the ark of the covenant and the sacred vessels for worship with skins of unclean animals and abominations they are explicitly forbidden to touch, skins and hides that according to the word of the LORD defile any Israelites who touch them. Many of them assert that the prohibitions in Leviticus 11 are ''dietary'' rules only ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2011:2&version=KJV Lev. 11:2], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2011:46-47&version=KJV 11:46-47]), and declare that touching and wearing skins and leather of unclean animals is permitted as long as their flesh is not eaten.<ref name=opinion>Eight examples:
*[http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/9912/jewish/Chapter-11.htm#showrashi=true Chabad.ORG —Rashi's commentary Vayikra-Leviticus-Chapter 11],
*[http://ravkooktorah.org/TRUMA61.htm Terumah: Tachash Skins in the Tabernacle, Rabbi Chaim Morrison],
*[http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/681556/jewish/Can-I-wear-pigskin-shoes.htm Can I wear pigskin shoes? By Shmuel Kogan],
*[http://www.jewishtreats.org/2012/11/picking-up-pigskin.html Jewish Treats: Juicy Bits of Judaism, Daily: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2012 —Picking Up Pigskin],
*[http://www.jewsingreen.com/2005/08/pigskin-boots Jews in Green: Jews serving proudly:—News: Pigskin Boots, Posted by Lt Joe Friedman on 03 Aug 2005],
*[http://www.jewfaq.org/animals.htm Judaism 101. Treatment of Animals. Tza'ar Ba'alei Chayim <big>'''צער בעלי החיים'''</big>: Cruelty to Animals © Copyright 5756-5771 (1995-2011), Tracey R Rich],
*[http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200003867 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY: Insight, Volume 2 it-2 pp. 883-884 Sealskin. Copyright © 2014 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania],
*[http://www.kjvtoday.com/home/badgers-skin-or-another-type-of-leather-in-exodus-255-et-al KJV Today: "Badgers' skin" or another type of leather in Exodus 25:5 et al.?] —''compare multiple commentaries on:'' [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/leviticus/5-2.htm Leviticus 5:2]; [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/leviticus/11-8.htm 11:8] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/leviticus/11-27.htm 11:27]</ref> These commentaries say that touching the carcass of these animals is only a minor offense which did not require an atoning sacrifice, and that it applied only to ''kohanim'' (priests) and applied to the laity only during the three feasts of Passover/Unleavened Bread, Weeks/Pentecost, and Booths/Tabernacles (Deut. 16). And some cite the ''Talmud'' as their authority, for example, Tractate ''Rosh Hashana'' 16b,<ref>[http://halakhah.com/pdf/moed/Rosh_HaShanah.pdf Babylonian Talmud, Seder ''Mo'ed'', Tractate ''Rosh Hashana'', Folio 16b] —''scroll down to page'' 40</ref> and the ''Sifra'', ''Torath Kohanim'' 11:74,<ref>'''Sifra''' (Aramaic <big>'''סִפְרָא'''</big>, "book" or "The Book"), a ''midrash halakhah'' from the school of R. Akiva on the Book of Leviticus. See [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13646-sifra ''Jewish Encyclopedia'': Sifra]; ''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' Vol 18 San-Sol 18:560-562 SIFRA; See [http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%90 Sifra Hebrew text, ed. I. H. Weiss 1862 Vienna.]</ref> and Rashi's commentary,<ref name=opinion/> providing us with an example of what the prophet Jeremiah said, <blockquote>"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie" ([http://biblehub.com/multi/jeremiah/8-8.htm Jeremiah 8:8]).</blockquote> They omit any reference to that part of Leviticus which decrees that wilfully touching the carcasses of unclean animals (which must be done to harvest their skins) is a '''sin''', which even Rashi's commentary confirms. No mention is made by them of the law in the Torah which says: "Ye shall not make yourselves abominable...neither shall ye make yourselves unclean...neither shall ye defile yourselves" (Leviticus 11:43-44) <ref>See: '''Exodus''' 31:14; '''Leviticus''' 7:19, 21; 10:10; 11:43-44; 18:20, 24, 30; 20:25; 21:4, 11; 22:8; '''Numbers''' 5:3; 6:7; 19:13, 20; 35:33-34; '''Deuteronomy''' 23:14; 27:26.</ref> and that anyone who wilfully does this will be cut off.<ref>see [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%205:2-6&version=KJV Leviticus 5:2-6], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%205:17-19&version=KJV 5:17-19]; [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers%2015:29-31&version=KJV Numbers 15:29-31]; [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers%2019:20&version=KJV 19:20.]</ref> Some commentaries on the Old Testament supporting ''badgers' skins'' and ''sea mammals' skins'' as the covering of the tabernacle cite the New Testament example of [[Saint Paul]] working with Simon the tanner (Acts 9:43; 10:6, 32), as if both of them were examples of Jews wilfully working with the skins of ''non-kosher'' beasts. Some cite Pliny's ''Natural History'' 2:56,<ref>previously cited in the 19th century: [http://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/B/badger.html ''McClintock and Strong's Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature'' (1887) B: badger]; [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/clarke/exodus/25.htm ''Adam Clarke's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible'' (1831) Exodus 25]</ref> which says that [pagan] temples had roofs of sealskin, as if this applied to the Israelites under the Law of Moses, and cite Eduard Rüppell's short-lived ''taxonomic'' designation of the dugong as ''Halicore tabernaculi'' "dugong of the tabernacle" as an additional support for their opinion.<ref>While travelling the Middle East around the Red Sea and the [[Arabian Peninsula]], Rüppell observed a variety of [[dugong]] which he subsequently designated ''[[Taxonomy|taxonomically]]'' as ''Halicore tabernaculi'' (1843) according to his view that the skin of this animal was certainly used as the outer covering of the tabernacle of the Hebrews, because the Bedouin harvested its skin for tent-curtains and for shoes and called it ''tukhesh, duchash''. His taxonomic designation ''Halicore tabernaculi'' did not last long (1843-1847) and has since been recombined several times, more recently as ''Dugong dugon'' (1963-1998). Three sources:
*[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/512932/Eduard-Ruppell ''Encyclopaedia Britannica''. "Eduard Rüppell"]
*[http://www.probertencyclopedia.com/B_DUGONG.HTM The Probert Encyclopedia of Nature. "Dugong".] "A variety [of dugong] was discovered in the Red Sea by Ruppell, and called Halicore tabernaculi."
*[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no65051&is_real_user=0 The Paleobiology Database:] —''when the page comes up, at'' "You must enter a taxon name" ''move cursor to'' "Full search"—''menu will appear; select'' "classifications of taxa in groups" ''and click—when'' "Taxonomic classification search form" ''appears enter '''''Halicore tabernaculi''''' in the top search field (ignore the rest), click'' [Show classification]—''page will display "Halicore tabernaculi'' Rüppell 1843"—''click highlighted link'' "Halicore tabernaculi"–''page will show list "Dugong dugon'' Illiger 1811: Classification of '''Trichechus dugon''' (''Halicore tabernaculi'' Ruppell/Rupell 1843): the listing of the zoological taxonomic nomenclature of the dugong on that page is here rearranged in chronological order:
:'''''Trichechus dugung''''' Erxleben 1777 (this nomenclature lasted 22 years)
:'''''Dugong indicus''''' Lacépède 1799 (this nomenclature lasted 12 years)
:'''''Dugong dugong''''' Illiger 1811 (this nomenclature lasted 21 years)
:'''''Halicore hemprichii''''' and '''''Halicore lottum''''' Ehrenberg 1832 (this nomenclature lasted 11 years)
:'''''Halicore tabernaculi''''' Rüppell 1843 (4 years)
:'''''Halicore australis''''' Owen 1847 (this nomenclature lasted 51 years)
:'''''Halicore cetacea''''' Heuglin, recombined as '''''Halicore dugung''''' Trouessart 1898 (this nomenclature lasted 65 years)
:It was recombined as "'''''Dugong dugon'''''" Scheffer and Rice 1963 also Husar 1978, Domning 1994, 1996, and Rice 1998 (this nomenclature has lasted for 35 years+).</ref> The 1843 published ''scientific'' nomen ''Halicore tabernaculi'', expressing as it did the personal opinion of a ''professional zoologist'', Eduard Rüppell, was soon discarded by the scientific community, but it has nevertheless persuaded many to this day that science has established that the ''dugong'' was indeed the animal whose skins were used to cover the tabernacle. However, it has no fins or scales. According to the Bible this creature is an abomination to the Jews (loathsome / abhorrent / detestible / filthy / disgusting) (Leviticus 11:10-12).<ref>[http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200003867?q=Bible&p=sen Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY: Insight, Volume 2 it-2 pp. 883-884 Sealskin.]</ref> [[Jesus]] himself commented on the practice of constantly seeking pretexts for making exceptions to the ''[[Torah]]:''<blockquote>"You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition!" (Mark 7:9 RSV).<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%207:9-13&version=KJV Mark 7:9-13]; [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2015:1-9&version=KJV Matthew 15:1-9]; [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2023:16-22&version=KJV 23:16-22]</ref></blockquote>

====King James Only====

Advocates of the [[King James Only]] movement are fully persuaded that the translators of the King James Version of the Bible always chose the correct reading [interpretation] of the biblical text, under the infallible guidance of the Holy Spirit Himself, and that therefore the translation ''badgers' skins'' is the most accurate possible English translation of the Hebrew ערת תחשׁים and עור תחשׁ and תחשׁ . They declare without reservation that the King James Bible is the divinely preserved, infallible Word of God, and that it is the only and final authority on all matters of faith and morals and practice for the whole of the English-speaking world.<ref>James D. Price. [http://www.truth.sg/resources/KJV%20Onlyism%20-%20a%20New%20Sect%20-%20Introduction%20-%20Dr%20J%20Price.pdf ''King James Onlyism: A New Sect.'' Introduction: The King James Only Doctrine Is a New Idea].</ref>
:–See the [http://www.kjvbibles.com/kjpreface.htm '''''Preface to the King James Version of 1611'''''].<blockquote>"...wee affirme and avow, that the very meanest translation of the Bible in English, set foorth by men of our profession (for wee have seene none of theirs of the whole Bible as yet) containeth the word of God, nay, '''is the word of God'''..."</blockquote>

::::—''from the'' Preface to the King James Version of 1611: The Translators to the Reader. (''boldface emphasis added'')

See '''[[Logical fallacy]]'''.

=== Other versions ===

Today, the Bible is available in many versions across the English-speaking world, and has been translated into languages spoken by the vast majority of people on Earth, and even portions into a recently created language from the fictional world of [[Star Trek]], [[Klingon]].<ref>[http://www.kli.org/wiki/index.php?Klingon%20Bible%20Translation%20Project Klingon Bible Translation Project]</ref> The past two decades saw the emergence of [[Internet]] use; the creation of the Bible as a software program was inevitable, and several, such as [[E-Sword]] and Theophilos, are available at no cost with a wealth of Bible-study material as well.

==Bible Scientific Foreknowledge==
[[Bible scientific foreknowledge]] holds that the Bible shows an understanding of scientific knowledge beyond that believed to exist at the time the Bible was composed. Many Christian scientists and apologists such as the Christian scientists and apologists at [[Creation Ministries International]], [[Answers in Genesis]], and [[CreationWiki]] assert that the [http://creationwiki.org/index.php/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge Bible contains knowledge that shows an understanding of scientific knowledge beyond that believed to exist at the time the Bible was composed].<ref>[http://creationwiki.org/index.php/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge Bible Scientific Foreknowledge]</ref><ref>[http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/science.shtml Clarifying Christianity. Science and the Bible] (clarifyingchristianity.com)</ref><ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v17/i1/medicine.asp Modern medicine? It's not so modern! by David A. Wise] (answersingenesis.org)</ref>

==Humor in the Bible==

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The Bible, especially the Old Testament, contains irony, puns, sarcasm, etc. It may be noted that the sense of what is humorous varies from people to people and from nation to nation, as well as varying from age to age. What caused a chuckle, smile, or laughter in the biblical "genre" was more connected with ''satisfaction'' at the vindication of righteousness among men. Thus to our day and age, and the commonality of people, for believers and non believers, the meaning of the spewing up of Jonah on the shores (even the great fish could not stomach him!) might be viewed as God working out His original will in history. Jonah's flight from responsibility being aborted, for the people in the "days and ages" of the Bible, there was the added satisfaction derived from the understanding that God was not mocked by the rebellion of Jonah. Likewise that the "many cattle" also found repentance and acceptance by God, would not have brought the smile of glee, mingled with doubt, but the smile of satisfaction that God's wide heart found its exultant victory over the measly, narrow perspective of the renagade prophet. There was no shame to stifle the Biblical chuckle at the "hows" of the vindication of God's justice. Yet, what we consider humorous also appears:

For example:

*After noticing that his father-in-law Laban was not treating him as in the past, Jacob decided to flee with his family. Rachel, one of Jacob’s wives, stole her father Laban’s teraphim (statues used for idolatry and/or divination). Laban pursued them and intercepted them in the Gilead mountains (Genesis 31:30): "Why have you stolen my gods?" Laban said to Jacob. The Midrash comments that it cannot be much of a god if it can be stolen (Midrash Genesis Rabbah 74:8). Jonsson (1985, 44-45) suggests that there is humor (albeit "rough" humor) in the fact that, not only was Laban deceived, but his idols were actually underneath his daughter Rachel’s posterior while she claimed that the "manner of women" was upon her. This idol did not get much respect. [http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/economic/friedman/bibhumor.htm]

*In the Orthodox Bible, in the Epistle of Jeremiah, the prophet declares with delightful contempt the stupidity of the idols of Babylon. Their faces have to be wiped to get the dust off them. They have weapons in their hands but cannot punish anyone who offends them. They are as useless as a broken dish. Their eyes are clogged with dust from the feet of the worshippers entering to adore them. Their priests lock them up like a man who has offended the king and has been sentenced to death. Bats, swallows and birds perch on their heads, and so do cats. If they are tipped over, they cannot get up. Their priests howl and shout before them as some do at a funeral feast for a man who has died. When fire breaks out in their temples the priests run away and the idols are burned in two like logs. Robbers strip them naked and they cannot help themselves. The door of a house that protects its contents, or a wooden pillar in a palace holding up the roof is better than these useless gods. Like a scarecrow in a cucumber patch guarding nothing, so are these gods.

*In the book of Esther, Haman, the prime minister of King Ahasuerus of Persia who hates Mordecai the Jew and has built a gallows 50 cubits high to hang him on it, has entered the court to ask for Mordecai's death. The king, meanwhile, not being able to sleep, hears in the reading of the records that Mordecai once saved the king from assassination, and that Mordecai received no reward. The king seeks an opinion from one of his court and asks who is immediately available. Haman enters, and the king asks him what should be done to honor the man who pleases the king, and Haman thinks to himself, "Who should the king wish to honor more than me?" So he makes his recommendation, to dress the man in the king's own robes, to set a crown on his head, to set him on the king's own horse, and have the king's most noble prince conduct him throughout the city proclaiming, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor." The king then told Haman, "Quickly! Take the robes and the horse, as you said, and do it to Mordecai the Jew. Omit nothing you mentioned." When he had obeyed the king, he ran home, mourning, with his head covered.

*In the [[Acts of the Apostles]] is a serious incident which has some wonderfully slapstick comedic overtones (19:11-16). God had been doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, and even cloths that he had touched were applied to the sick and to possessed persons and they were completely cured. So some traveling Jewish [[Exorcism|exorcists]] decided to use the Name of Jesus as a ''word of power'' over people who were possessed, by saying, "I ''adjure'' you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches".<ref>[http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/adjure "adjure"] (oxforddictionaries.com). See [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: adjuration]. [http://www.stubbornthings.org/authority-justice-law/ Authority, Justice, Law] (stubbornthings.org) ''the authority required to legitimately adjure''.</ref> When the seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, did this, the evil spirit said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know: ''but who are you?''", and he leaped on them and beat them so badly they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

==Bible Translations==
The Bible has been translated many times and in many ways so anyone, from the youngest child to the most learned scholar, can read the entire scripture in their own language and at their own reading level. Early versions in the languages of their people include the Septuagint, Syriac [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/syriacbib.html Peshitta] and [[Vulgate]], also the [http://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_arb_gen-1 Arabic], the [http://lexicity.com/coptic-biblical-texts.html Coptic], and Persic [http://www.wordproject.org/bibles/parallel/g/farsi.htm Farsi]. Here are some common English versions:

*[[American Standard Version]]
*[[Amplified Bible]]
*[[Douay-Rheims]]
*[[English Standard Version]]
*[[Good News Version]]
*[[King James Version]]
*[[Living Bible]]
*[[New American Standard Version]]
*[[New English Bible]]
*[[New International Version]]
*[[New King James Version]]
*[[Revised Standard Version]]
*[[Revised Version]]
*[[Septuagint]]
*[[Wycliffe Bible]]
*[[Conservative Bible]] - still a work-in-progress here at Conservapedia

==Bible versions==
Apart from Bibles that include the Apocrypha, ''The [[New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures]]'' is a distinct version that was produced to justify many of the unique doctrines of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].

[[Joseph Smith]], founder of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] also produced his own version of the Bible which was published after his death: see [http://www.help4rlds.com/pwtu/PWTUChap9.pdf Joseph Smith’s ''Inspired Version'' of the Bible pdf]

Online multiple versions are also available for comparison by entering '''Bibles online''' in the search-engine window of the computer.
:Simultaneous multiple versions of any one Bible verse are available at biblehub.com.
:A drop-down menu of a multiple selection of Bible translations and versions is available on the biblegateway.com site.

:For example: See a sample of the biblehub.com site with multilingual versions and translations of [http://biblehub.com/multi/john/3-16.htm '''John 3:16'''].

:For example: See a sample of the biblegateway.com site with drop-down menu feature: [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%203:16&version=NABRE '''John 3:16 NABRE''']

Below at External links is featured online access to several versions of the Bible in English: '''[[Bible#English]]'''

===Greek Bible online===

'''''Greek/English Bible''''' [http://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/ Greek original according to the text used by the Church of Greece. English translation by L.C.L. Brenton, published side by side] Greek Septuagint and Greek New Testament

===Clementine Vulgate online===

'''''The Clementine Vulgate''''' [http://www.saintsbooks.net/books/The%20Clementine%20Vulgate%20-%20%28vulsearch.sourceforge.net%29.pdf BIBLIA SACRA JUXTA VULGATAM CLEMENTINAM EDITIO ELECTRONICA PLURIMIS CONSULTIS EDITIONIBUS DILIGENTER PRÆPARATA A MICHAELE TVVEEDALE .pdf]

===1611 Authorized Version online===

'''''Authorized Version''''' [http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611-Bible/ Official King James Bible Online. original 1611 King James Bible, Old Testament, New Testament, Apocrypha]

== See also ==
*[[Bible exegesis]]
*[[Biblical Canon]]
*[[Christian apologetics|Evidence supporting the Bible]]
*[[Bible apologetics website resources]]
*[[Bible prophecy]]
*[[Biblical accuracy]]
*[[Famous Bible paintings]]
*[[Gematria]]
*[[Midrash]]
*[[Targum]]
*[[Pseudepigrapha]]
*[[Aramaic Church]]
*[[Judaism]]
*[[Essay: The Way of Salvation]]
*[[Essay: How to choose a Bible]]
*[[Conservative Bible Project]]
*[[Inspiration of Holy Scripture: An Eastern Christian and Jewish Perspective]]
*[[New Testament understanding through the Jewish perspective]]
*[[Messianic Prophecies]]
*[[Gospel reading in the Church: the Turgama]]
*[[Wicked Bible]]
*[[Badger skins (Bible)]]
*[[Biblical timeline]]
*[[Literalist Bible chronology]]
*[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)]]
*[[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)]]

==External links==
===Bible societies ===
*[http://www.americanbible.org/ American Bible Society]
*[http://www.biblesociety.org/ United Bible Society]
*[http://www.ibs.org/ The International Bible Society (New York/Colorado Springs)]
*[http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer World Bible Translation Center]
*[http://www.wycliffe.org/home.htm Wycliffe Bible Translators]
*[http://www.labibliaweb.com/ La Biblia] In Spanish.

===Online, internet, and downloadable Bibles===
====Hebrew====
* [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm Hebrew-English Bible] ([[Jewish Publication Society of America|JPS]] 1917 translation; includes Hebrew audio)
* [http://tanakhml2.alacartejava.net/cocoon/tanakhml/d13.php2xml?sfr=1&prq=1&pnt=tru&acc=tru&dia=tru&enc=heb XML Hebrew-English (KJV) Bible]
* [http://www.spcm.org/english/Hebrew_OT/ Old Testament in Hebrew]

====Greek====
* [http://www.ccel.org/w/westcott/gnt/toc.htm Koine Greek New Testament]
* [http://www.htmlbible.com/sacrednamebiblecom/moderngreek/ Modern Greek Bible]

====Latin====
* [http://www.LatinVulgate.com/ Latin Vulgate] — Latin Vulgate with parallel Douay-Rheims and King James English translations
* [http://www.sacredbible.org/ SacredBible.org] — Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible
* [http://www.spcm.org/english/Vulgate/ Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405 A.D.)]

====English====
* [http://www.audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html AudioBible] — Audio version of the King James Version.
* [http://www.blueletterbible.org/ Blue Letter Bible] — On-line interactive reference library continuously updated from the teachings and commentaries of selected pastors and teachers who hold to the conservative, historical Christian faith.
* [http://www.e-sword.net E-sword] — Downloadable Bible for Windows.
* [http://www.onlinebible.net/ The Online Bible North America] — Downloadable Bible for Windows.
* [http://www.theophilos.sk/ Theophilos Bible program]
* [http://www.spcm.org/english/ASB/ American Standard Version].
* [http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/ English Standard Version] from Good News/Crossway (the publisher).
* [http://www.verselink.org/ King James Version with dictionary].
* [http://www.spcm.org/english/KJV/ King James Version].
* [http://www.newlivingtranslation.com New Living Translation]
* [http://bible.oremus.org/ New Revised Standard Version].
* [http://www.europepourchrist.org/biblesite/WEB/ World English Bible].
* [http://www.dynamicbible.com/ King James Version built using AJAX technologies], with Strongs and Greek Morphological Codes by Robinson.
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/index.htm#index The Hypertext Bible] with side-by-side translations in English, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew at the [[Internet Sacred Text Archive]]
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/ Bible Gateway at GospelCom.net] text search in any one of many translations in numerous languages.
* [http://www.biblereadthrough.com/ Bible Read-Through] — read through the Bible in a year aid.
* [http://www.TheFreeBible.com/ TheFreeBible.com] Bible software downloads
* [http://www.scripture4all.org/ Interlinear (word-by-word) translation of the Christian Bible] Hebrew and Koine Greek
* [http://www.aramaicpeshitta.com/aramaic_nt_resources.htm Aramaic New Testament resources]
* [http://www.spcm.org/en/versions.php Over 40 versions of the Bible]
* [http://www.armenianchurchlibrary.com/Bibletranslationsandstudies.html Eastern and Western Armenian Bible]
* [http://www.bible9.com/ Online Bible (King James Version & Old Testament)]
* [http://www.spcm.org/LSG_FR/ Bible — Louis Segond de 1910]
* [http://www.latinvulgate.com/christverse.aspx Complete Sayings of Christ]
* [http://bible.crosswalk.com/ParallelBible/ Crosswalk.com Parallel Bible]
* [http://www.blueletterbible.org/search.html#verse Blue Letter Bible]
* [http://recoveryversion.org/ Recovery Version Bible]

====Spanish====

* [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_spanish Spanish Bible] PDT version
* [http://www.labibliaweb.com/cid/1 Versiones de la Biblia] In Spanish.

====Turkish====
* [http://www.incil.info Turkish Bible] (Turkish Old and New Testament)

====Finnish====
* [http://www.raamattu-kirja.com Finnish Bible] (Finnish Old and New Testament)
* [http://vastaus.net Raamattu] (Study Finnish Bible)

====Japanese====
*[http://www.ibsstl.org/bibles/japanese/index.php On-line version hosted by the International Bible Society]
*[http://www.bible.or.jp/e/index.html Japan Bible Society]

====Others====
* [http://agards-bible-timeline.com/q2_bible_english.html Bible Timeline]
* [http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/bible/TO_Torah_880.htm?OVRAW=Torah&OVKEY=torah&OVMTC=standard My Jewish Learning.com]
* [http://search.americanbible.org/ American Bible Society] to search NASB, KJV, CEV, ASV and others.
* [http://etext.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html University of Virginia Library] KJV word proximity search.
* [http://www.1enormousidea.com/Default.aspx?tabid=42 Many translations in English, verse by verse]
* [http://www.bible-marathi.com Nava Karar] NT Translation from Greek to Marathi
* [http://www.bible-researcher.com/links12.html Gender-neutral Bible translations].
* [http://www.evangelicalbible.com/why.htm Word-for-Word vs.Thought-for-Thought translation] Outlines the difference between formal and dynamic equivalent translation philosopy.
* [http://www.kli.org/wiki/index.php?Klingon%20Bible%20Translation%20Project Klingon Bible].

===Commentaries and analysis===

* [http://bibleseo.com/ Bible study topics] - Bible studies and exposition online
* [http://www.ldolphin.org/icc-am.html Biblical chronology] by Alan Montgomery, B.Sc.(Hon)
* [http://www.dinur.org/resources/resourceCategoryDisplay.aspx?categoryID=411&rsid=478 Biblical History], The Jewish History Resource Center — Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
* [http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=63255 Judaica Press Translation] — online Jewish translation of the Tanakh.
* [http://www.angdatingdaan.org/biblicaltopics/bib_bible_1.htm Reading and Understanding the Bible].
* [http://en.bibleinfo.com/ Source for Bible Answers].
* [http://www.amazingfacts.org/school/af_logon.asp Amazing Facts Bible Studies].
* [http://www.iishj.org/images/Bible.pdf Learning Bible Today] — a historical approach the Bible.
* [http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/gill/ John Gill's Exposition of the Bible] — verse by verse commentary.
* [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhc.i.html/ Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible] — unabridged.
*[http://www.verselink.org/ Topical References]
*[http://www.verselink.org/ Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedia]

==Bibliography==
* Achtemeier, Paul J., ed. ''Harper's Bible Dictionary'' (1985), 1190pp; mainstream scholarship
* Ackroyd, P.R., ed. ''The Cambridge History of the Bible: From the Beginnings to Jerome; the West from the Fathers to the Reformation; the West from the Reformation to the Present Day'' (3 vol 1978), standard summary of scholarship; [http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-History-Bible-Beginnings-Jerome/dp/0521099730/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243248143&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 1]; [http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-History-Bible-Fathers-Reformation/dp/0521290171/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243248143&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search vol 2]; [http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-History-Bible-Reformation-Present/dp/0521290163/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243248143&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search vol 3]
* Coggins, R.J. ''Introducing the Old Testament'' (Oxford University Press: 1990), 172pp. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=22765464 online edition]
* Morgan, Robert, and John Barton. ''Biblical Interpretation'' (Oxford University Press: 1988), 342 pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=74356941 online edition]
* Sakenfeld, Katharine Doob, ed. ''The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible'' ('''NIDB''') (5 vol 2009), the latest mainstream scholarship
*Unger, Merril F. ''Unger's Bible Dictionary'', Moody Press, Chicago, IL (1966; new edition 2006); Evangelical
**Unger, Merril F. ''The New Unger's Bible Dictionary'', (2006); 1416pp; Evangelical
*Unger, Merril F. ''Unger's Bible Handbook'', Moody Press, Chicago, IL (1967); Evangelical.
*Halley, Henry H. ''Halley's Bible Handbook'', Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI (1965); Evangelical
* Sandys-Wunsch, John. ''What Have They Done to the Bible: A History of Modern Biblical Interpretation'' (2005) Scholarly history of transations and interpretations to 1900; [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814650287 excerpt and text search]
* Williamspn, Peter. ''Catholic principles for interpreting scripture: a study of the Pontifical Biblical Commission's The interpretation of the Bible in the Church'' (2001); Catholic; [http://books.google.com/books?id=kooFtFGQsfsC&dq=intitle:bible+intitle:interpretation&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2000&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpts and text search]
*Wilson, Robert D. ''A Scientific Investigation of the Old Testament'', Sunday School Times, Inc, Philadelphia, PA (1926).

===Language===
*Blass, Frederich, and others. ''A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and other early Christian literature,'' translated by Robert W. Funk; University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL (1961); German edition ''Grammatik des Neutestamentlichen Griechisch'' Friedrich Rehkopf, editor, 14th edition. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1976.
*Moulton, James H., and others. ''A Grammar of New Testament Greek'' (two volumes), edited by Wilbert Francis Howard, T&T Clark Publishers, Harrisburg, PA (1985); originally published 1920, Edinburgh, Scotland.
*Bauer, Walter. ''Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch zu den Scriften des Neuen Testaments und der frühchristlichen Litteratur''. Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland, editors; 6th edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany (1988). Heading βιβλίον, columns 281-82.

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==Narrative features==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Film
!Year
!Rating
!Comments
!Gross (Domestic)
|-
|''The 6th Day''
|2000
|PG-13
|Pro-Life, Anti-[[cloning]] movie featuring California Republican governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]].
|$34,543,701

|-
|''13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi''
|2016
|R
|The true story of when [[Benghazi Attack|Islamic terrorists attacked a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012]] and the six Americans who took a stand without any support from the Obama-controlled White House or from then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (who not only refused to send any help and even ordered the military in the area to stand down, but later dismissively brushed off criticism of her actions with her infamous and callous "What difference at this point does it make?" comment). Not surprisingly, liberals viewed the film negatively and even made baseless accusations about the film's accuracy to distract from their dislike, but the film was a box office success and popular with the viewing public,<ref>https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/13_hours_the_secret_soldiers_of_benghazi</ref> who got a good look at the events of the attack and the heroes who acted to defend the compound of their own accord.
|$69.40 million
|-
|''17 Again''
|2009
|PG-13
|Main lesson is that choosing family and life over death and possible material riches is much more rewarding and fulfilling even if at times we don’t recognize it. Stands up for [[abstinence]], and self-respect, and contains a strong speech for both of them, such as "Because there is no one that I'm in love with. It's called making love, isn't it? Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think that means you do it with someone you love. And preferably when you're married, when your ready to take that love and turn it into a baby."
|$64,167,069<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=17again.htm</ref>
|-
|''90 Minutes in Heaven''
|2015
|PG-13
|Man has a near-death experience and sees [[heaven]].
|$4,842,699
|-
|''127 Hours''
|2010
|R
|True story about initially easygoing and carefree outdoor adventurer Aron Ralston, who, in 2003, gained worldwide attention for becoming trapped in Blue John Canyon in Utah, a boulder trapping his right forearm against the canyon wall. As he reflects upon his life and expects to die, Aron realizes that he hasn't appreciated his family enough, and that he didn't treat his girlfriend as well as he should have. But in the end, Aron summons the courage to do what was necessary to save his life, amputate his arm. As the real Aron would later say, he was reborn in the canyon, emerging with a far better appreciation of his family, and never again taking anything for granted.
|$60,738,797
|-
|''300''
|2007
|R
|The plot revolves around King Leonidas, who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the Persian "god-King" Xerxes and his invading army of more than 300,000 soldiers. It is pro-war and pro-Western civilization.
|$456.1 million
|-
|''300: Rise of an Empire''
|2014
|R
|Sequel to ''300'', still promotes the same western values, and our hero Themistocles defends the idea of [[democracy]].
|$106,580,051
|-
|''[[1984]]''
|1984
|R
|Big-screen adaptation of the iconic [[conservative]] text from [[George Orwell]].
|$8,430,492
|-
|''A Bug's Life''
|1998
|G
|Based on the Aesop fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper", the film promotes the concept of individualism as well as a strong work ethic, as well as featured an anti-slavery message. It also features the concept of bettering oneself. Also pro-second amendment and pro-military, as the main protagonist, Flik, had initially set off to find warrior bugs to fend off the grasshoppers after their latest visit and threat.
|$363.3 million
|-
|''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]''
|1965
|G
|The real meaning of Christmas is discussed in the first animated prime-time ''Peanuts'' TV special, as Linus quotes Luke 2:8-14. Decries the materialism that surrounds the Christmas holiday.
|NA - TV
|-
|''A Christmas Story''
|1983
|PG
|Heartwarming comedy about a kid who wants a BB Gun for Christmas. Selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2012. Stars child actor Peter Billingsley as main character Ralphie Parker and veteran actor Darren McGavin as his father Mr. Parker.
|$19,294,144
|-
|''A Gathering of Eagles''
|1963
|UR
|Illustrates duty, honor, and the burden of command.
|Unknown
|-
|''A Man For All Seasons''
|1966
|UR
|In 16th Century England, statesman and philosopher Thomas More is forced to choose between his Catholic faith and his loyalty to the king. Winner of six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Actor, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography (Color), and Costume Design (Color).
|$20,000,000<ref>This figure is a worldwide gross.</ref>
|-
|''A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child''
|1989
|R
|Unlike its predecessors, the fifth film has a [[pro-life]] message.
|$22,168,359
|-
|''Act of Valor''
|2012
|R
|Strong military men are shown as heroes battling terrorism which is related to both Islamic terrorism and drug cartels
|$70,012,847
|-
|''Adam's Rib''
|1949
|Not rated
|Spencer Tracy hilariously exposes budding [[feminism|feminist]] Katharine Hepburn's hypocritical double standards in the legal system.
|
|-
|''Air Force One''
|1997
|R
|Positively portrays a strong U.S. president who takes an uncompromising stance against terrorism. Includes positive material about family, authority, the military and sacrifice.
|$172,956,409
|-
|''Alone Yet Not Alone''
|2013
|PG-13
|Conservative movie that demonstrates the significance that [[Christianity]] has had in building this great country of ours. Liberals were shaken when it received an Oscar nomination, proving that there is still a strong, prevalent Conservative voice in Hollywood.
|$887,851<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aloneyetnotalone.htm</ref>
|-
|''[[Amazing Grace (movie)|Amazing Grace]]''
|2006
|PG
|Shows the horrors of the slave trade. Also makes clear that, contrary to academic claims, Christianity played the largest role in the abolition movement, and that most secular humanists either supported slavery or otherwise did nothing to stop it.
|$21,208,358
|-
|''American History X''
|1998
|R
|(not for children) A [[Neo-Nazi]] (The Nazis were left-wing socialists even though the Left has tried denying it), overcomes his [[racism]] and [[anti-Semitism]] after being sent to jail for voluntary manslaughter and does everything in his power to prevent his brother from following the same path to destruction.
|$6,719,864
|-
|''American Sniper''
|2015
|R
|The biopic of [[Iraq War]] [[veteran]], [[patriot]] and [[hero]], [[United States Navy|Navy]] [[SEAL]] sniper [[Chris Kyle]].
|$350,126,372.
|-
|''Angels in the Outfield''
|1994
|PG
|Pro-God, pro-baseball film. About a baseball team that looks to angels for help.
|$50,236,831
|-
|''The Angry Birds Movie''
|2016
|PG
|Based on the game app of the same name. The film has its moments of rude humor, but surprisingly has a strong Anti-Illegal Immigration message with the pigs practically representing Islamic migrants (the villain, King Mudbeard even looks like a Middle Eastern man). The pigs trick the birds into accepting them to live on their island and once they have their respect, steal their eggs and blow up their island (part of the collateral damage is a statue of a [[bald eagle]] no less). Red, the only bird who was suspicious of them from the beginning, is first demonized by the community because of this, but later forgiven after he is proven right and decides to fight back and rescue their eggs from the pigs.
|$107,509,366
|-
|''[[Animal Farm]]''
|1999
|Not Rated
|Live-action film adaptation of the [[conservative]] text of the same name from [[George Orwell]] and of the 1954 original animated flick. As with the novel, it uses animals in the pretext of leveling harsh criticism against [[Communism]] and against [[Josef Stalin]]. The TV movie also expands on the novel to actually show Animal Farm collapsing due to the excesses posed by Napoleon and his pigs, which was ultimately justified due to the collapse of the Soviet Union years earlier under similar reasons for Animal Farm's collapse.
|NA - TV
|-
|''Animal Farm'' (animated film)
|1954
|Not Rated
|Animated film adaptation of the conservative text of the same name from George Orwell. Just like in the novel, it uses animals in the pretext of leveling harsh criticism against Communism and against Josef Stalin. Unlike in the book, which heavily implies that the pigs ultimately succeed in taking power with the animals being left unable to do anything against them, the film ends with the animals doing a successful revolt against the pigs, although the ending leaves it ambiguous as to whether the animals will learn their lesson on communism from the experience. It was also made in part by the [[CIA]].
|NA
|-
|''[[Argo]]''
|2012
|R
|A daring rescue of Americans trapped in Iran during the [[Iranian Hostage Crisis]]. Also shows the incompetence of the [[Jimmy Carter]] administration in dealing with the hostage crisis.
|$136,025,503
|-
|''Armed and Dangerous''
|1986
|PG-13
|Comedy film written by Harold Ramis (same screenwriter behind the conservative films ''Ghostbusters'' and ''Groundhog Day'') that exposes [[labor union]] corruption.
|$15,945,534
|-
|''Assault on Precinct 13''
|1976
|R
|Often considered an urban remake of the conservative film ''Rio Bravo''. A police sergeant and his crew must defend an abandoned precinct office from an army of criminals. The criminals aren't portrayed as victims but as mindless killers with no empathy as the police are portrayed as the good guys.
|
|-
|''[[Atlas Shrugged, Part 1|Atlas Shrugged - Part 1]]''
|2011
|PG-13
|Big screen adaptation of the classic objectivist text.
|$4,563,873
|-
|''Attack on Darfur''
|2009
|R
|Liberal journalists end up being trapped in Darfur, Sudan must fight to survive, the film doesn't hold back on crimes committed by the [[Janjaweed]] here.
|
|-
|''Bad Boys II''
|2003
|R
|The sequel to the 1995 film, this police action film is surprising pro-family (our main character Lieutenant Marcus Burnett's daughter is an undercover operative for the DEA, and his laid back but faithful friend and partner tries to help him with this personal crisis, which he does not approve of) and pro drug war. The villains are also Russians and Cubans (Communists) with the side villains being [[Ku Klux Klan]] members (which was founded by the [[Democrat Party]]).
|$138,608,444
|-
|''Batman Begins''
|2005
|PG-13
|The first film in the ''Dark Knight'' trilogy. Specifically denounces trying to kill out of revenge, and also has themes of redemptive measures, as when Ra's al Ghul reveals his intentions to destroy Gotham City, Batman tries to stop him since Gotham still ultimately had good elements in the community. Also treats corruption in a negative light.
|$374.2 million
|-
|''[[Bedtime Stories]]''
|2008
|PG
|Pro-family, pro-capitalism. Stars [[Adam Sandler]] as a man who is given an opportunity to run a business, and working hard to get the promotion against his rival, while also taking care of his niece and nephew. Sandler also mocks his sister's many liberal ideas and parenting skills (even calling her story books for them "Communist"). In the end, the children are then shown to be much happier and smarter after Sandler uses his conservative tactics on them.
|$110,101,975
|-
|''Bella''
|2007
|PG-13
|[[Pro-life]] drama.
|$8,070,537
|-
|''[[Ben-Hur (film, 1959)|Ben-Hur]]''
|1959
|UR
|Celebrates honor and duty to family and country, with a pro-Christian ending, long held the record for the most [[Academy Awards]]. Starred conservative actor and future [[National Rifle Association]] president and spokesman [[Charlton Heston]] in the title role.
|$17,300,000
|-
|''Beverly Hills Cop''
|1984
|R
|Street wise cop Axel Foley avenges his friend's murder and goes to Beverly Hills to investigate. While there, he meets up with a liberal police force that does "everything by the book" while mocking their strong bureaucratic rules as well as influencing the two cops assigned to watch him to use critical thinking skills. The villain is also a drug dealer too, so a little pro-war on drugs there. Followed by two sequels in 1987 and 1994.
|$234,760,478
|-
|''Big Fat Liar''
|2002
|PG
|The adventures of two kids taking down a Hollywood producer, who stole one of their stories and is passing it off as his own as a movie. Anti-Hollywood. The main lesson is that “The Truth is not overrated.”
|$48,360,547
|-
|''Black Hawk Down''
|2002
|R
|Based on true events of a U.S. military mission in Somalia. Showcases American bravery and comradeship in the face of impossible odds against Islamic terrorism. 18 U.S. soldiers would die fighting their way out of a Mogadishu mission.
|$172,000,000
|-
|''Black Sunday''
|1977
|R
|Is not politically correct on Islamic terrorism.
|$15,769,322
|-
|''Blue Collar''
|1978
|R
|One of the very few films to expose labor union corruption.
|$6,521,083
|-
|''The Blues Brothers''
|1980
|R
|Comedy musical. A story of redemption, "A mission from God", raising money to save a Catholic orphanage. R-rated movie for vulgar language, slapstick comedy. Vatican approved.<ref>[http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/18/vatican-blesses-blues-brothers/ Vatican Calls The Blues Brothers "Catholic", FOXNews, June 19, 2010]</ref>
|$57,229,890
|-
|''[[Braveheart]]''
|1995
|R
|Scottish knight William Wallace (played by [[Mel Gibson]]) fights to bring freedom to his people and country from the tyranny of English king Edward I.
|$210.4 million
|-
|''Brazil''
|1985
|R
|Much like the conservative text ''1984'', it promotes the idea that big government is wrong for this world.
|$9,929,135
|-
|''[[Bruce Almighty]]''
|2003
|PG-13
|Shows, in a comedic, accessible way, that no one mortal can successfully do [[God]]'s job. (Written by Steve Koren & Mark O'Keefe, the same writers of ''Click''.)
|$242,589,580
|-
|''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]''
|2011
|PG-13
|Contains messages of patriotism, perseverance and standing up to evil dictators. The film's protagonist Steve Rogers is also arguably the most conservative superhero of the ''Avengers'' universe. Last film produced by Marvel Studios before its takeover by liberal parent [[The Walt Disney Company]].
|$176,654,505
|-
|''Captain America: The Winter Soldier''
|2014
|PG-13
|Film about a hero who believes in the principles that the United States was founded on and is unwilling to see them be destroyed. The filmmakers based the villains of this film on the NSA and the [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama]] regime.
|$259,766,572
|-
|''Captain America: Civil War''
|2016
|PG-13
|The United Nations proposes that the Avengers be put under their control. Tony Stark (Iron Man) is for this measure while the film's protagonist, Steve Rogers (Captain America), is against it. Rogers never changes his stance on the issue, which leads to a rift between the team.
|$407,588,905
|-
|''Chariots of Fire''
|1981
|PG
|Stories of devout Scottish Christian [[Eric Liddell]] who wants to run for the glory of God and Jewish [[Harold Abrahams]], struggling to overcome prejudice in 1924 Britain. That year's Olympics Games was especially spiritual when Liddell refused the Prince of Wales' request that he perform his competition on a Sunday.
|$58,972,904
|-
|''Cheaper by the Dozen''
|2003
|PG
|Pro-family movie, as the father must sacrifice his dream for his family. Loose remake of the original 1950 film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, the remake starred Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt.
|$190,212,113
|-
|''Cheaper by the Dozen 2''
|2005
|PG
|The Sequel is also a Pro-family movie. In this movie the family takes a family vacation and competes against a rival family in a tournament, in the end, they realize family is what matters most.
|$82,571,173
|-
|''Chef''
|2014
|R
|Pro-capitalistic film, were a man starts his own restaurant after liberal food critics begin criticizing his work and he begins questioning why he became a chef in the first place.
|$31,424,003
|-
|''Chicken Little''
|1943
|
|A Disney animated short (back when Conservatives were still in charge) that shows the dangers of listening to lies and rumors, and falling prey to persuasive leaders.
|
|-
|''Chinatown''
|1974
|R
|A thriller about the deceit surrounding water rights in southern California and L.A.'s water system, removing most of the water from the central valley. Sequel: ''The Two Jakes'' (1990)
|$30,000,000 (worldwide estimate)
|-
|''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''
|1968
|G
|Family fights against the villainous king and queen who have outlawed children, the film is also pro-family, pro-capitalism, and shows the qualities of practicality.
|$7.5 million
|-
|''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''
|2005
|PG
|Based upon the Christian allegory written by C.S. Lewis.
|$291,709,845
|-
|data-sort-value="Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"|''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]''
|2008
|PG
|
|$141,621,490
|-
|''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]''
|2010
|PG
|
|$104,383,624
|-
|''Cinderella''
|1950
|G
|A story of perseverance even when things look bleak can pay off, and stresses the importance of retaining a good character, even when hope dwindles.
|$263.6 million
|-
|''City Slickers''
|1991
|PG-13
|Motivational feel good movie about a man who goes on vacation to Colorado with his friends to be cowboys in order to find his happiness. The main lesson is about having values and knowing what's really important in life.
|$179,033,791
|-
|''Click''
|2006
|PG-13
|A man gets a remote control that can control his life and be able to skip many events in it, including many involving his family. He then learns that he should instead appreciate his life and his family to its fullest, and to not to be ungrateful with experiences that he thinks, out of selfishness, he doesn't always feel like living. (Written by Steve Koren & Mark O'Keefe, the same writers of ''[[Bruce Almighty]]''.)
|$137,340,146
|-
|''Coach Carter''
|2005
|PG-13
|Promotes the theme that graduating from high school and having proper moral values are more important than becoming famous athletes.
|$67,253,092
|-
|''[[Cobra (1986 film)|Cobra]]''
|1986
|R
|[[Sylvester Stallone]] plays a tough police officer who is seemingly above the law, in order to control and stop crime. The liberals and the [[Mainstream media|press]] are shown in a negative light for not supporting his efforts to stop a cult of [[Social Darwinism|social Darwinist]] serial killers.
|$49,042,224<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cobra.htm</ref>
|-
|''Coma''
|1978
|PG
|Villains are running an anti-life conspiracy at a hospital.
|
|-
|''Concussion''
|2015
|PG-13
|Whistleblower film that exposes the [[NFL]]'s ignorance to its players' medical issues that the [[Mainstream media|lamestream media]] has ignored. (See also [[Unplug the NFL]].)
|$34,542,474
|-
|''Contact''
|1997
|PG
|The overall message is about how science and faith do not have to be in opposition to one another.
|$100,853,835
|-
|''Courageous''
|2011
|PG-13
|Sherwood Pictures film focusing on the role of fathers and the need for them.
|$34,522,221
|-
|''Cronos''
|1993
|R
|In this Mexican film by Guillermo del Toro (''Pan's Labyrinth'', ''Hellboy''), an elderly antiques dealer has a chance at immortality—but at the cost of being a leech to others. Mostly in Spanish with large parts in English.
|$621,392
|-
|''[[The Dark Knight]]''
|2008
|PG-13
|Batman movie with a Christian allegory with a message of not giving in to terrorists. Also gives a condemnation of [[nihilism]] and [[anarchy]] via the Joker's actions.
|$533,316,061
|-
|''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''
|2012
|PG-13
|Movie that depicts [[Occupy Wall Street]]-esque protesters as terrorists and has a hero (Batman) that does the right thing even when it is the harder thing to do. Also features a subtle condemnation of the [[French Revolution]] as the events of the story were in part derived from Charles Dickens' ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]''.
|$448,139,099<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=batman3.htm</ref>
|-
|''Dark Matter''
|2007
|R
|A candid look at [[professor values]] along with problems associated with lack of assimilation; [[liberal]]s first praised the movie, but after realizing its [[conservative]] message, panned it.
|$30,041
|-
|''Death Wish''
|1974
|R
|Bleeding heart liberal Paul Kersey learns the importance of the Second Amendment following a brutal attack on his wife and daughter. Following this he begins fighting back against muggers and deemed a vigilante. During this time crime begins to decline (because criminals don't normally attack armed civilians). However contrary to popular belief, the film does not glorify vigilantism, as the film acknowledges that if the vigilante isn't stopped it could led to [[anarchy]] (pure [[Marxism]] is the complete absence of government). Followed by four sequels in 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1994. Remade in 2017.
| $22 million
|-
|-
|''Delivery Man''
|2013
|PG-13
|Pro-Life, Pro-Family, Comedy Drama starring Republican actor Vince Vaughn playing a man who finds out that he is the biological father to 533 children. After that he learns to be a father figure and take on more responsibilities.
|$30,664,106
|-
|''The Delta Force''
|1986
|R
|Features Conservative star [[Chuck Norris]] and his team battling Islamic terrorists. Portrays bravery, heroism, and honor as well as not being politically correct and showing the true nature of the Islamic agenda (very rarely shown in today's films).
| $17,768,900
|-
|''Der Fuerher's Face''
|1943
|
|A Disney animated short (back when Conservatives were still in charge) that showcased the horrors of Nazi Germany and fascism. Also acts as proof alongside ''Education of Death'' that, contrary to claims made by leftists, Walt Disney was never a Nazi supporter.
|
|-
|''Dirty Harry''
|1971
|R
|Stars Clint Eastwood as a tough San Francisco cop who doesn't let bureaucratic regulations stop him from doing what he knows is morally right. Criticizes not only the then-recent Supreme Court decisions which granted new rights to criminals, but also the decline in traditional morals America experienced during the 1960s and 1970s. Followed by four sequels: ''Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact'' and ''The Dead Pool''.
|$35 million
|-
|''Doctor Zhivago''
|1965
|PG-13
|Powerful epic film directed by master filmmaker David Lean that presents the power of the individual, as well as the triumph of charity, faith, hope, and love. The film also presents an honest and uncompromising viewpoint on the dangers of Communism.
|$111,721,910
|-
|''Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead''
|1991
|PG-13
|Five siblings (two are teenagers) are left alone for the summer, with no money after their elderly babysitter passes away. They realize the importance of hard work, as well the responsibilities of being an adult, and the negative effects of drugs. Also the dangers of using relying on other people's money, as the younger siblings stole money from their older sisters purse, (which she stole from the company with petty cash), they realize this was wrong, and selfish. In the end they manage to clean themselves up, and quit drinking alcohol, doing drugs and smoking, and focus more on becoming successful adults.
|$25,196,249<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=donttellmomthebabysittersdead.htm</ref>
|-
|''Dracula''
|1931
|UR
|An adaption of [[Bram Stoker]]'s novel from 1897, features one of Hollywood's first [[Christian]] protagonists Abraham Van Helsing.
|
|-
|''Dredd''
|2012
|R
| (not for children) Based on the comic strip ''Judge Dredd''. Anti-drug war film where villains are drug dealers and addicts who are portrayed as very sadistic individuals, the hero Judge Dredd, assisted by a Judge-in-training who is also a psychic, is forced to fight them. The film shows the bravery of the police officers who do what's right, while the film's main villain, a female drug lord nicknamed "Ma-Ma", tries to hinder their progress by calling in several corrupt Judges (akin to the corrupt liberal judges who currently populate various courts in the United States in real life to pervert justice and repeatedly violate the Constitution) to interfere with the honest Judges.
|$13,414,714
|-
|''Dumbo''
|1941
|G
|Exploiting the classic liberal trap of over analyzing. Illustrates the effective management of a business that treats people and animals as equals. Also includes jolly birds that encourage the main character, a baby elephant named Dumbo, to pull himself up by his bootstraps and learn to fly.
|$29,647,974
|-
|''The East''
|2013
|PG-13
|Private intelligence firm must take out an Eco-terrorism organization.
|$2,301,839
|-
|''Education for Death''
|1943
|
|Short cartoon made by Disney (back when the conservatives were in charge). Showing the horrors of Nazi Germany, shockingly very similar to what liberals are doing to America right now. Also acts as proof alongside ''Der Fuerher's Face'' that, contrary to claims made by leftists, Walt Disney was never a Nazi supporter.
|
|-
|''Enemy of the State''
|1998
|R
|Lawyer ends up getting a tape exposing the death of a congressman, and ends up a target for NSA official Thomas Bryan Reynolds (who plans on destroying the [[Fourth Amendment]]). Shocking predicting [[Edward Snowden]] and the Obama administration's crimes 15 years later.
|$111,549,836
|-
|''The Equalizer''
|2014
|R
|Movie adaption of the conservative TV show of the same name. Stars Denzel Washington as retired intelligence agent-turned-vigilante Robert McCall, the role originated in the original series by British actor Edward Woodward.
|$101,530,738
|-
|''[[Escape from Hell]]''
|2000
|UR
|Drama about a doctor and near-death experience.
|NA - DVD
|-
|''Evan Almighty''
|2007
|PG
|Stand alone sequel to Bruce Almighty. It is about a man who builds and Ark after God asks him to, in order to save his town from an upcoming storm.
|$100,462,298
|-
|''Evelyn''
|2002
|PG
|True story of Irish father's legal struggle to recover his kids from an orphanage.
|$1,483,975
|-
|''The Exorcism of Emily Rose''
|2005
|PG-13
|The film is loosely based on the story of Anneliese Michel (Americanized to probably protect the identity of the deceased) in which a priest performed an exorcism that costs a young girl's life. The movie's villain is an [[atheist]] lawyer who tries to convict the priest for negligent homicide, rather than believe it was the work of [[Satan]].
|$75,072,454
|-
|''[[The Exorcist]]''
|1973
|R
|(''not for children'') - A portrayal of pure evil against a positive characterization of [[Christianity]]. It broke the record for movie revenue and had several sequels and imitators, e.g. ''[[The Omen]]'' in 1976 and ''The Omen'''s sequels. Followed by a 2016 TV series of the same name which follows up on the events of the original movie.
|$441,071,011
|-
|''The Expendables''
|2010
|R
|Action movie featuring such Conservative stars as [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Bruce Willis]], and former California Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]].
|$103,068,524
|-
|''The Expendables 2''
|2012
|R
|Sequel to 2010's ''The Expendables'' starring returning Conservative action stars Stallone, Willis and Schwarzenegger as well as [[Chuck Norris]].
|$85,028,192
|-
|''The Expendables 3''
|2014
|PG-13
|Threequel to the conservative film franchise.
|$39,322,544
|-
|[[Facing the Giants]]
|2006
|PG
|Trust in [[God]], let Him take over, and good things will happen.
|$10,178,331
|-
|''Faith of My Fathers''
|2005
|PG-13
|The true story of [[John McCain]] when he served valiantly in the Vietnam War.
|
|-
|''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''
|1986
|PG-13
|Shows teenage fun without the use of drugs, alcohol or smoking, the main character spends a lot of time with his girlfriend and possibly chooses abstinence. Ferris says that "I'm not European, I don't plan on being European. So who gives a crap if they're socialists? They could be fascist anarchists, it still doesn't change the fact that I don't own a car. Not that I condone fascism." He also says, he is not socialist, and will never be socialist. Mocks public schools and liberal teaching. Conservative commentator and comedian [[Ben Stein]] appears in this movie as one of Ferris's teachers.
|$70,136,369<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ferrisbuellersdayoff.htm</ref>
|-
|''Fiddler on the Roof''
|1971
|G
|A celebration of tradition, faith, and the importance of family, against a historical background of the persecution of Russian Jews.
|$50,000,000
|-
|''The Finest Hours''
|2016
|PG-13
|Historical drama showing the virtues of the United States Coast Guards, based on their 1952 rescue of the crew of the SS Pendleton.
|$27,569,558
|-
|''[[Fireproof (film)|Fireproof]]''
|2008
|PG
|Highly successful pro-Christian, pro-marriage film created by [[Sherwood Pictures]].
|$33,451,479
|-
|''Flash of Genius''
|2008
|PG-13
|The intellectual property of a hard-working, solitary inventor is promoted, and his children stuck by his side through enormous difficulties.
|$3,744,790
|-
|''Flight 93''
|2006
|PG-13
|Shows the bravery of the passengers on Flight 93, which was hijacked on [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11th, 2001]], and crashed into a Pennsylvania field. The passengers fought back against the Islamic hijackers.
|NA - TV
|-
|''For Greater Glory''
|2012
|R
|The [[Catholic]] Cristeros Army fights back for religious freedom against a suppressive, [[leftist]] government. Based on the Cristeros War of the 1920s.
|$5,608,651
|-
|''[[Forbidden Planet]]''
|1956
|UR
|
|$3,000,000
|-
|''The Forgotten''
|2004
|PG-13
|A mystery film with a great [[Pro-life]] message.<ref>[http://www.decentfilms.com/reviews/forgotten.html ''The Forgotten''] at Decent Film Guide</ref>
|$67,133,509
|-
|''[[Forrest Gump]]''
|1994
|PG-13
|The film shows how the "counterculture movement" of the 1960s, as well as drugs, lead to a miserable life. Also, Gump has a more conservative lifestyle, while Jenny leaves her liberal lifestyle after she realizes the shortcomings of it. In addition, the film also makes very clear that Lyndon B. Johnson was largely responsible for the Vietnam War, not Richard Nixon as most liberals tend to think (e.g., [[George Lucas]]).
|$329,694,499<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=forrestgump.htm Forrest Gump] (1994). ''Box Office Mojo''. Retrieved July 30, 2016.</ref>
|-
|''[[The Fountainhead]]''
|1949
|UR
|Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal starring in Ayn Rand's classic story of the right of the individual to produce on their own terms.
|Unknown
|-
|''Frankenstein''
|1931
|UR
|Classic tale by [[Mary Shelley]] warning about the consequences playing [[God]].
|$12 million
|-
|''Free State of Jones''
|2016
|
|A film inspired by the life of Newton Knight, a deserted Confederate soldier who revolted against the Confederacy in Jones Country, Mississippi. The film portrayed positive and accurate images of the Republicans, as there is a scene where Knight and his fellows state their will to vote only for the Republican Party despite the hostility of the presented and armed Democrats.
|
|-
|''Fury''
|2014
|R
|Follows the crew of the titular Sherman tank, most prominently a young rookie soldier, who at first, is reluctant to kill. But as time goes on, he comes to learn and appreciate the importance of the struggle against the Nazis. All the while, we see the bonds of friendship that form between warriors.
|$211,817,906
|-
|''G-Force''
|2009
|PG
|Animals use technology for good, but their help is shut down by the government agents (clearly been shown in negative life), the secret villain of the movie is pushing anti-human sentiments, in the end he realizes the error of his ways, and that family is what matters most.
|$119,436,770
|-
|''Gattaca''
|1997
|PG-13
|A condemnation of human genetic engineering, and a wonderful triumph of individualism in an extremely totalitarian regime. Unfortunately the movie ends with a materialistic message: "They say every atom in our bodies was once a part of a star. So, maybe I'm not leaving, maybe I'm going home" (A phrase said when the protagonist finally managed to go to space).
|$12,339,633
|-
|''[[Ghostbusters]]''
|1984
|PG
|Fitting satire of an unfair (and likely liberal) professor, senseless academic research, paganism, and a villainous EPA regulator. Sample line by one of the stars (Dan Aykroyd) when asked to shift from the public to the [[private sector]]: "I don’t know about that. I’ve worked in the private sector. They expect results!" Followed by a sequel, ''Ghostbusters 2'' in 1989. Remade in 2016 as a liberal revisionist and pro-feminist piece (with the four main character all female) which bombed at the box office.
|$242,212,467<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ghostbusters.htm</ref>
|-
|''Gigi''
|1958
|G
|A marvelous and beautifully-made musical film from a bygone era (the Arthur Freed Unit), ''Gigi'' condemns prostitution and the lifestyle of the snobbish, spoiled rich people. The film is also a celebratory of the essence, beauty, and power of a true love between a man and a woman who each want something more out of life than the provincial, liberal lifestyle of 1900 Paris. Winner of nine Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography (Color), Art Direction-Set Decoration, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Song (for the title song "Gigi"), and Scoring of a Musical Picture.
|$13,208,725
|-
|''[[Gladiator]]''
|2000
|R
|The tale of an enslaved former Roman general, Maximus (played by Russell Crowe), who becomes a gladiator and brings down a corrupt Emperor, features some of the most exciting action sequences ever filmed, backed by Hanns Zimmer’s soaring soundtrack. In essence this is a movie about confronting evil and destroying it. There is not an ounce of appeasement or the whiff of "engagement" in Maximus’s blood, only the desire to avenge the murder of his family and see justice carried out. It is the sort of uncompromising movie experience guaranteed to send pacifists and lily-livered liberals running for the exits.
|$457.6 million
|-
|''[[God's Not Dead]]''
|2014
|PG
|Christian film about a brave young man who stands up to his [[atheist]] bully of a professor and demonstrates the strength and wholesomeness of Christianity while exposing the folly of [[professor values]]. Furthermore, it illustrates atheists as people who acknowledge the existence of God, but deny Him out of self-hatred and spite. Features conservative celebrity cameos such as Willie and Korie Robertson (of ''[[Duck Dynasty]]'' fame) and the Christian rock band, the Newsboys. Real-life conservative and Christian [[Kevin Sorbo]] portrays the atheist professor in this movie. Liberals were shocked when it stood strong in the box office, being in the top 5 in its opening weekend.
|$60,755,732
|-
|''God's Not Dead 2''
|2016
|PG
|Similar to the original movie, but in this film the teacher is the protagonist instead of the students, as she tries to help her students reconnect their faith in God. Real-life Christian conservative Melissa Joan Hart plays the role of the teacher.
|$20,774,575
|-
|''[[Gone With the Wind]]''
|1939
|UR
|Celebrates traditional man-and-woman relationships, as well as a strongly ''feminine'' heroine who is the antithesis of a modern [[feminist]]. It held the record for the top-grossing film for decades, unadjusted for inflation, as well as the most Academy Award wins for a motion picture, until ''Ben-Hur'', another great conservative motion picture, twenty years later.
|$198,676,459
|-
|''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly''
|1966
|R
|Stars Hollywood conservative Clint Eastwood as a sheriff and he does his pursuits for justice.
|$25,100,000
|-
|''[[The Goonies]]''
|1985
|PG-13
|The adventures of teenagers trying to find a long-lost treasure, before the criminals do.
|$61,503,218<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=goonies.htm</ref>
|-
|''Gran Torino''
|2008
|R
|Gun-toting, [[Korean War]] veteran Walt Kowalski (played by Clint Eastwood) is upset that his neighborhood has lost its traditional American values and turned multicultural, overflowed with gangs and violence. He takes down a violent gang terrorizing the community, turns a boy into a man, and strengthens his Catholic faith. An excellent guy-cry movie.
|$270 million
|-
|''The Great Escape''
|1963
|UR
|Based on the true story about Allied PoWs who staged a daring escape from a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
|
|-
|''The Greatest Story Ever Told''
|1965
|UR
| Title says it all: The story of [[Jesus]] (portrayed excellently by Max Von Sydow).
|$8,000,000 (U.S.), $20,000,0000 (worldwide)
|-
|''The Green Berets''
|1968
|G
|Vivid defense of our troops' conduct in the [[Vietnam War]].
|$11,000,000
|-
|''Groundhog Day''
|1993
|PG
|Pro-Family, Pro-God, promotes Christianity and contains many conservative values.
|$70,906,973
|-
|''Hardcore''
|1979
|R
|Father must recuse his runaway daughter from an uncover porn ring.
|
|-
|''Harry's War''
|1981
|PG
|Anti-IRS comedy.
|Unknown
|-
|''Here Comes the Boom''
|2012
|PG
|A high school teacher played by Kevin James, tries to raise money for his school, by fighting in the MMA. To not only save certain school programs but save the job of a teacher’s whose wife is pregnant. Also promotes citizenship and patriotism, as Kevin James’ character is also a night instructor for an adult citizenship class, which show the idea of people coming into our country legally and becoming citizens as the right thing. Kevin James also even put some elements of his Christian Faith into the movie.<ref>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/philosophicalfragments/2012/10/03/how-kevin-james-put-his-faith-into-here-comes-the-boom/</ref>
|$45,290,318
|-
|''[[Hero]]''
|1992
|PG-13
|Even those with character flaws can do good.
|$19,487,173
|-
|''The Hiding Place''
|1975
|PG
|Biopic World War II story of Corrie and Betsy (Elizabeth) ten Boom (Jeannette Clift, Julie Harris), who hid Jews in their Haarlem, Netherlands home's secret wall and were betrayed and imprisoned in Ravensbruck Women's concentration camp in Germany, until Betsy's death and Corrie's accidental release through what would years later be found to be a clerical mistake, as all the other women in Corrie's group of prisoners were gassed to death in January 1945. A true lesson of "no pit is so deep that God's love is not deeper still." Produced by Billy Graham Evangelical Association's, World Wide Pictures.
|unknown revenue
|-
|''Hitler's Children''
|1943
|UR/PG
|Sensational melodrama about the [[Hitler Youth]] of pre-WWII 1930s Nazi Germany, based on Gregor Ziemer's best selling ''Education for Death: The Making of A Nazi".
|$3,355,000
|-
|''Home Alone''
|1990
|PG
|This classic movie is about Kevin McCallister, who accidentally gets stuck home alone, he learns to be independent and self-reliant, and not only that, but defends his family house from burglars including with the use of guns, and other man-made weaponry. Also towards the end, Kevin is shown praying and giving grace before his dinner.
|$285,761,243
|-
|''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York''
|1992
|PG
|The sequel to the first ''Home Alone''. Similar to in the first film, Kevin accidentally gets separated from his family while being laid over in New York City, and has to rely on his self-reliance to survive New York City. In addition, he also has to save a children's charity from being robbed by the two burglars from the previous film, also putting his prior man-made traps to use against them with some modifications. Also has a positive depiction of [[Donald Trump]].
|$359 million
|-
|''Home Run''
|2013
|PG-13
|Christian sports drama about a baseball player, who tries to overcome a serious drinking problem.
|$2,861,020<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=homerun.htm</ref>
|-
|''Honey, I Shrunk The Kids''
|1989
|PG
| Lovable genius inventor Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) accidentally shrinks his children and some of his neighbors' while testing his laser shrinking ray, sending them off on an adventure in their own yard against what would otherwise be mundane situations and creatures to normal sized people. Spawned two sequels, the obviously opposite ''Honey, I Blew up The Kid'' (1992) and the direct-to-video ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' (1997)
|$130,724,200
|-
|''Hotel Transylvania''
|2012
|PG
|The movie is about a father who tries to protect his daughter, from growing up and entering the real world. She meets a stranger and starts to like him and he resents that. But he then realizes that not only is he a good person, but she truly loves him. Shows that parents have to eventually let their kids grow up, and promotes individualism. Overall the movie is very pro-family.
|$148,313,048
|-
|''The Hurt Locker''
|2008
|R
|A look into the life of an American bomb disposal regiment in Iraq risking their lives for their country and for the innocent by confronting evil. Rated R for violence and language. Winner of six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director (the first time a woman, Kathryn Bigelow, won the Academy Award for directing), Original Screenplay, Sound Mixing, Film Editing, and Sound Editing.
|$12,647,089
|-
|''I Am David''
|2003
|PG
|Motivational movie to show the power of the individual, and the triumph of charity, faith, and hope as well as showing the dangers of [[Communism]].
|$292,376
|-
|''I Confess''
|1953
|UR
|In this classic by Alfred Hitchcock, a clergyman honors his sacred vow of confidentiality with respect to a confession despite intense pressure to disclose it.
|Unknown
|-
|''[[The Incredibles]]''
|2004
|PG
|The world's superheroes are forced to give up their heroics and go into hiding after Mr. Incredible saves a suicidal man as well as a derailed train from a bridge destroyed by one of his enemies (who ironically got away with it), causing the populace to misguidedly turn on superheroes and unscrupulous lawyers to sue them, despite the real damage being caused by the supervillains.

The film celebrates the importance of the family unit; Elastigirl fails at parenting when her husband, Mr. Incredible, neglects to help her raise their children; a traditional family of superheroes is portrayed as the saviors of society, whose importance and presence has been unfairly suppressed thanks to the liberal-dominated mainstream media and its preference to see the worst in people. In addition, Mr. Incredible was also shown in the beginning to take marriage seriously, immediately heading over to the wedding when he realizes he may be running late and doing various crime-stopping when he has time before it.

The movie also contains the conservative idea that recognition should be based on merit rather than on unsubstantiated expectations of equality. The villain, Syndrome, out of sheer jealousy, attempts to kill off real superheroes so he uses technology to pretend to be one, later planning to sell his gadgets so that everyone in the world can be super. "And when everyone is super," he explains, "no one will be." When Mr. Incredible is asked to attend his son's fifth-grade graduation, he criticizes society for "celebrating mediocrity" instead of those who are "genuinely exceptional."

Also at Bob Parr's work his boss, Gilbert Huph is shown to be heartless, but not because of capitalism, as when Bob asks if he should help his costumers, Gilbert tells him "the law requires that I answer no", which also shows the negativity of government regulation in business. Overall the main lesson of the movie is to shown the negativity of an enforced mediocrity, from the government.
|$631,442,092<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=incredibles.htm</ref>
|-
|''[[Indiana Jones]] series''
|1981, 1984, 1989, 2008
|PG PG-13
|
|Unknown
|-
|''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''
|1956
|UR
|A science fiction condemnation of Communism, produced for only $420,000 and remade successfully in three additional movies.
|$2,500,000
|-
|''Invasion U.S.A.''
|1985
|R
|Features Conservative star [[Chuck Norris]] protecting America from Latin American Communist terrorists led by a [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] operative, similar to ''[[Red Dawn]]''.
|$17,536,256
|-
|''[[Iron Eagle]]''
|1986
|PG-13
| A young man's father, an Air Force pilot, is shot down over the Middle East and it's up to the young man and an Air Force colonel to save him. Included three sequels in 1988, 1992 and 1995.
|$24,159,872 (U.S.)
|-
|''The Island''
|2005
|PG-13
|Pro-life statement against cloning to harvest organs.
|$35,799,026
|-
|''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius''
|2001
|G
|Kid scientist Jimmy Neutron and his friends rescue their parents from aliens. The kids learn the importance of family and the wastefulness of nihilism.
|$80,936,232
|-
|''Joe Dirt''
|2001
|PG-13
|Country movie, where Joe Dirt was abandoned as a kid, and even though he had nothing, he did not give up on life, and never let anything stop him. The movie contains many morals such as not giving up, always be a good person. Shows the harm does from his girlfriend; Brandy’s alcoholic father. The movie also reflects the idea of true integrity lies in what one does even if he or she is not being watched but still decide to the right thing because, it is the right thing to do.
|$27,087,695
|-
|''Joseph: King of Dreams''
|2000
|NR
|A direct-to-video animated telling of the biblical story of Joseph and his brothers.
|N/A
|-
|''The Jungle Book''
|2016
|PG
|Based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling of the same name, this film shows the importance of friendship and family values, and even frowns down upon misanthropy.
|$364,001,123
|-
|''[[Jurassic Park]]''
|1993
|PG-13
|Criticizes the effects of research into genetic [[cloning]], and the negative effects of playing God. Also contains a strong moral quote of "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”. Included three sequels in 1997, 2001 and 2015.
|$357,067,947
|-
|''The Killing Fields''
|1984
|R
|Shows the horrors of Communism and Pol Pot's dictatorship in Cambodia.
|$34,700,291
|-
|''The Kid''
|2000
|PG
|[[Bruce Willis]] plays a man who meets himself as a kid. Where is looks back at his past to see the trouble he went through as a kid and the negative effects it had on him in his adult years. He learns to become more moral and to not let the past stop him or hold him back, and he then reconnects his relationship with his father, and pursues a relationship with his co-worker, who he has been interested in.
|$69,691,949
|-
|''King of Kings''
|1961
|PG-13, originally NR
|2 hour, 51 minute widescreen epic by the great director Nicholas Ray about Jesus and his promises of spiritual redemption, as contrasted with the story of the revolutionary leader Barabbas and his promises of worldly redemption. Stars Jeffery Hunter as Jesus.
|Unknown
|-
|''The Kingdom''
|2007
|R
|One of the few pro-war on terror films released during the 2000s.
|$47,536,778
|-
|''Knute Rockne: All-American''
|1940
|UR
|Stars [[Ronald Reagan]] as courageous football player George Gipp, who dies before an important game.
|Unknown
|-
|''Ladder 49''
|2004
|PG-13
|Shows the courageousness of firefighters.
|$74,541,707
|-
|''Last Ounce of Courage''
|2012
|PG
|Family drama about the struggles Christians suffer through politics and abolishment of religious freedom.
|$1,585,994
|-
|''The Last Stand''
|2013
|R
|Action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a tough Arizona sheriff who must stop an escaped Mexican drug lord from fleeing the country.
|$12,026,670
|-
|''Lean on Me''
|1989
|PG-13
|A true story about combating drug use, violence, and contempt for authority while exalting positive values like academic achievement and family values. Bio-drama about Paterson, New Jersey's real life [[Joe Clark]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097722/</ref>
|$31,906,454
|-
|''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen''
|2003
|PG-13
|Pro-Western Culture as Western icons Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker (the wife of ''Dracula'' character Jonathan Harker), The Invisible Man (under the alias Rodney Skinner), Tom Sawyer, and Dr. Henry Jekyll battle Professor James Moriarty (from ''Sherlock Holmes'') as he plans a world war.
|$66,465,204
|-
|''Liar Liar''
|1997
|PG-13
|Surprisingly takes on an anti-feminist theme by depicting the father as the good, righteous side in a courtroom divorce trial against a greedy, avaricious and uncaring mother, who only wants the children so she can wring every cent of alimony and child support she can out of the father while keeping the children away from him and showing little regard for them herself. In addition, the film also promotes the concept of redemption and bettering oneself, as the main protagonist, an unscrupulous lawyer, despite resistance towards the wish, ultimately tries to honor his son's birthday wish to not lie for a day even under dire consequences to himself such as being hauled to jail at one point, and ultimately succeeds in keeping his promise of not lying with the ending implying he gave up lying for good, and was also pro-family as the protagonist ultimately tries to better his life for the sake of his son.
|$181,410,615
|-
|''Lilo & Stitch''
|2002
|PG
|Pro-family Disney film about a young Hawaiian girl who adopts and befriends a mischievous [[koala]]-like alien from outer space which she names "Stitch".
|$273.1 million
|-
|''The Lion King''
|1994
|G
|The main message of the movie is about the power of the individual and the triumph of faith, friendship, hope, and heroism. ''The Lion King'' also features subtle Christian messages, such as honoring thy father and reconciliation. Its story takes partial inspiration from scriptural text found in the [[Old Testament]] and [[New Testament]]. On a side note, the film features the power-hungry main antagonist Scar, who kills his own brother, the ruling Lion King Mufasa, in order to usurp the position of King, then manipulates his nephew, Mufasa's young son Simba, into thinking that Simba was responsible for his father's death and forces him into exile. Once Scar becomes ruler, he favors [[Communism|Communistic]]/[[Fascism|fascistic]] big government, pushes [[liberal values]] and destroys their Pride Lands territory. In addition, when rallying up the Hyenas to aid him in killing Mufasa, he vows that under his rule, they'll "never go hungry again", mirroring what various Communist and other leftist insurgents often vowed when trying to get people to aid them in taking over their government. The song "Be Prepared" also showed the Hyenas doing a [[goose step]] routine and turning to Scar as he looks down from a cliff in a clear reference to Nazism. At several points in the film, Scar also is shown to delusively believe he was still a very good king, even claiming "I'm ten times the king Mufasa was!", which is similar to liberal delusions of their own skills in governing (i.e., Obama's later claim that he would have "won" reelection into a third term if he was able to run again, despite never being legally qualified to run in the first place, not to mention his being legally barred from running for a third term even if he were legally qualified to run in the first place.). He also unsuccessfully attempted to orchestrate the assassination of Simba by using hyena minions, and even attempted to kill him himself, in order to ensure that he will be King and remain so forevermore, but is thwarted in the attempt by the now-grown Simba, who becomes King and restores the Pride Lands after Scar, who tries to save his own skin by accusing his hyena minions of being responsible for everything he orchestrated himself, has the hyenas turn against and kill him. There is also a slight condemnation towards anarchy in the film as well, as during the song Be Prepared, the hyena Shenzi, after learning that Scar is planning to kill Mufasa and Simba, celebrates the possibility that there won't be a king at all, claiming they don't need one before Scar sternly tells them that he intends to be the king.
|$312,825,899
|-
|''The Little Mermaid''
|1989
|G
|A mermaid strives to become a traditional female human, following the patriarchal system of society. It also promotes the concept of [[assimilation]], as the mermaid when becoming human intended to adopt the culture of the humans upon doing so. The film centers around conservative Christian values and contains an anti-feminism theme. The villain Ursula is shown in a devilish and beastly way (appearing as half-woman, half-octopus), and her claims about men not wanting women who talk and care only for a woman's body language (a common claim by [[feminism|feminists]] against males) is made clear to be lies. In addition, it also contains a pro-traditional marriage theme, and is the last Disney animated feature film to actually treat traditional marriage in a positive light for a good while. Despite being set under the sea, it also features an anti-[[Environmentalism]] and anti-racism message, as the characters (namely King Triton) who pushed anti-human sentiments turned out to be wrong in their negative views on humans. Although often ignored by liberal reviewers complaints about the movie, it was also pro-family, as during her deal with Ursula, Ariel was explicitly hesitant to undergo the deal citing that, regardless of which way the deal goes, she won't see her father and sisters again in a reluctant tone, King Triton, after destroying Ariel's grotto in a fit of anger, is clearly shown afterwards to be immensely remorseful of his actions after it became apparent that Ariel fled from him as a result, and later immediately tries to save Ariel after learning about Ursula's role in her disappearance and even opts to sacrifice himself to ensure Ariel's (and, implied via dialogue regarding Ursula shortly afterward, her sisters) safety, and Ariel upon witnessing Triton being cursed by Ursula, immediately attempts to avenge him by attacking Ursula. The movie's box office success also led directly to a rejuvenation in Disney's animated features called the Disney Renaissance.
|$111,543,479
|-
|''[[The Lives of Others]]''
|2006
|R
|(''Not for children'') - This German-language film is a stinging criticism of [[Communist]] [[East Germany]] from a liberal perspective.
|$11,286,112
|-
|''Logan''
|2017
|R
|Unlike the mainstream ''X-Men'' films, which focus on the struggle of mutants to gain acceptance in the world (similar to gay rights), Hugh Jackman's final appearance as Logan/Wolverine takes on a much more personal and realistic tone. With mutants on the brink of extinction, Logan's healing factor beginning to fail him, and the metal coating his skeleton now poisoning him, Logan has been reduced to working as a chauffeur to care for an ailing Charles Xavier. He is also binging on alcohol far more than ever before. He reluctantly agrees, at the behest of a nurse named Gabriela, to escort Laura, a young girl and clone-daughter of Logan, to "Eden," a safe haven (and reference to the location of the birth of mankind) for mutant children who were born within the walls of Transigen, a biomedical company that had illegally used the DNA of mutants, including Logan, to create cloned children whom they turned into soldiers. The nature of Transigen's horrific experiments gives the movie an anti-cloning and anti-God playing message. But most importantly, despite his losing faith with the world, his fellow mutants all but gone, Logan is reminded of the value of family, he, Charles, and Laura accepting a family's invitation to have dinner and spend the night. Finally, in the movie's climax, Logan finds the redemption that he has long sought, by facing off against a clone, and symbol of the violent demons within himself, giving his own life, so that the children could escape across the border into Canada.
|$535,737,200
|-
|''Logan's Run''
|1976
|PG/R
|A man within a liberal society (evidenced by acceptance of [[homosexuality]] and work-free spoiled existence) that kills everyone on their 30th birthday, claiming it as "rebirth" (see [[Liberal Denial]]), escapes to find a world of hard work and aging.
|
|-
|''Lone Survivor''
|2013
|R
|Docudrama of the failed 2005 mission Operation: Redwings, in which four Navy SEALs were discovered by Taliban forces, leading to a brutal and intense firefight, resulting in three of them dying. Shows the men's perseverance against overwhelming odds and determination to stand against radical Islamic terrorism. Based on the book by the titular figure, [[Marcus Luttrell]].
|$154,802,912
|-
|''The Longest Day''
|1962
|G
|Conservative star [[John Wayne]] and his co-stars, reenact the battle of [[D-Day]].
|$39,100,000
|-
|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring (film, 2001)|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
|2001
|PG-13
|Clear distinction between good and evil with positive themes of friendship, bravery, honor, sacrifice and overcoming temptation.
|$314,776,114
|-
|''[[The Two Towers (film, 2002)|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
|2002
|PG-13
|Strong portrayals of redemption and good over evil.
|$340,478,898
|-
|''[[The Return of the King (2003 film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
|2003
|PG-13
|Bravery, heroism, sacrifice and good ultimately triumphing over evil.
|$377,027,325
|-
|''London Has Fallen''
|2016
|R
|Secret Service Agent Mike Banning now must protect the President from Pakistani Islamic terrorists.
|$62,524,260
|-
|''The Lost Weekend''
|1945
|UR
|Illustrates the dangers of alcohol abuse and the hope of recovery in the film's climax.
|Unknown
|-
|''Make Mine Freedom''
|1948
|
|A short cartoon, which shows how [[Capitalism]] works and how [[Communism]] steals [[freedom]].
|Unknown
|-
|''Man of Steel''
|2013
|PG-13
|[[Superman]] is portrayed as a Christ-like figure, shows bravery of the U.S. Military and shows the theme of protecting the ones you love. The film also has an anti-illegal immigrant like message, as the villain General Zod plans to turn Earth into his dead planet Krypton (an allegory for illegal aliens destroying American culture and changing it for their own purpose). During a climactic battle between Superman and Zod, a computer-generated avatar bearing the likeness of Jor-El, Superman's biological father, assists the Man of Steel and his human allies in fighting Zod and his forces.
|$291,045,518
|-
|''Mary Poppins''
|1964
|UR
|One of the greatest motion picture masterpieces of all time, a magical nanny is hired to take care of two children, Jane and Michael Banks, while their parents are engaged in their respective duties. Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary Poppins and her Cockney jack-of-all-trades performer friend, Bert, the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's cheerful attitude and moral values to their preoccupied parents. In the process, the Banks family become more closer and happier together than ever before. ''Mary Poppins'' is cited by many to be [[Walt Disney]]'s crowning achievement.
|$677,054,500
|-
|''[[Master and Commander|Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]''
|2003
|PG-13
|Promotes many positive conservative values including faith in God, patriotism, duty, honor, respect for authority, discipline, bravery, sacrifice, and friendship.
|$93,926,386
|-
|''[[Matilda]]''
|1996
|PG
|Film adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel of a bright little girl who uses her magical genius and help from a sympathetic teacher to free herself from the foolish, selfish people in her life: her self-absorbed parents, bratty brother and the horrible and brutish [[public school]] principal.
|$33,084,249
|-
|''Meet the Robinsons''
|2007
|G
|A child does not seem to fit into society, his main hobby is inventing. He travels to the future to see meet his family, and he realizes persistence pays off in the end and he discovers that his inventions ultimately do change society, and his own life, for the better. The movie shows a message about the value of life, family, and considers the contributions and possibilities lost by every child that is aborted.
|$169,333,034
|-
|''The Mill and the Cross'' (Polish original)
|2011
|UR
|Persecution of Christians in Flanders region of Belgium during the 16th Century.
|$310,900
|-
|''Missing in Action''
|1984
|R
|Features Conservative star [[Chuck Norris]] as he recuses POWs from Vietnam.
|$22,812,411
|-
|-
|''[[Miracle]]''
|2004
|PG
|Movie about the United States hockey team which won the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics. Stresses the important of hard work, resiliency, selflessness and putting your best effort forward to reach an unseen goal.
|$64,445,708
|-
|''Moses''
|1974 Italy-U.K.
|PG
|Italian-British-American production which features [[Burt Lancaster]] playing [[Moses]] the lawgiver. Less flamboyant than Cecil B. DeMille's movie ''[[The Ten Commandments (film, 1956)|The Ten Commandments]]'' and focuses more on the Biblical figure of Moses. Originally a six-part U.S. TV mini-series in 1975, but edited to make it a U.S. movie in 1976.
|unknown money returns
|-
|''The Mummy Returns''
|2001
|PG-13
|While its predecessor stayed politically neutral, this film has pro-family message, in which father and his family must rescue their son from a satanic cult who plans to resurrect an Egyptian demon, as well as the climax having the mother, in clear defiance of the father's insistence that she, her brother, and their son escape from the doomed temple without him, risks her life to save him, while in stark contrast, the female villain, the reincarnation of the woman whom the titular mummy had sacrificed everything to try and save, ends up abandoning him to his fate despite his begging for her help, and later ends up paying the price for her deed by falling into a pit of scarabs.
|$202,019,785
|-
|''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor''
|2008
|PG-13
|Still has the same pro-family message, along with a [[Mao Zedong|Mao]]-like rogue army as the side villains.
|$102,491,776
|-
|''Mr. Skeffington''
|1944
|UR
|Bette Davis portrays a socialite whose life is ruined when she turns ugly with age. Anti-Nazi and anti-materialistic.
|Unknown
|-
|''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''
|1939
|UR
|A tale of a good, simple man rising above the pressures of [[liberals]] to do the right thing. Features perhaps the best defense of the American political system ever committed to film.
|Unknown
|-
|''Munich''
|2005
|R
|Tells the story of the 1972 [[Munich massacre]] and is not politically correct about Islamic terrorism, much to the dismay of liberals.
|$47,403,685
|-
|''My Son John''
|1952
|UR
|A small-town couple's world is turned upside-down by the discovery that their adult son is a Communist.
|amount made unknown
|-
|''The Name of the Rose''
|1986
|R
|A mystery centered around the balance between faith and science, as well as debate over the role of poverty in religion and religious orders.
|$5,595,706
|-
|''The Nativity Story''
|2006
|PG
|Title says it all about this Biblical epic.
|$37,629,831
|-
|''National Treasure''
|2004
|PG
|Benjamin Gates and his sidekick named Riley do everything they can to protect the U. S. Declaration of Independence from being destroyed.
|$173,008,894
|-
|''Navy Seals''
|1990
|R
|Pro-military anti-terrorist film released during the golden age of military action films.
|$25,069,101
|-
|''Night at the Museum''
|2006
|PG
|Divorced father Larry Daley tries to keep a steady job to be a good role model for his son. He takes a job at the American Museum of Natural History where everything comes to life at night. Features conservative president [[Theodore Roosevelt]] who talks to him about manning up and not giving up as Daley faces obstacles in Museum. Followed by two sequels in 2009 and 2014.
|$250,863,268
|-
|''Ninotchka''
|1939
|UR
|
|Unknown
|-
|''Nocturnal Animals''
|2016
|R
|The main character is a [[liberal]] art gallery owner who is re-examining her life as her marriage with her [[Adultery|unfaithful]] husband disintegrates. Suddenly, out of nowhere, she receives a manuscript for an unpublished book written by her first husband, who she had divorced many years earlier. The book, sharing the title with the film, tells the story of a man whose wife and teenage daughter are brutally [[rape]]d and [[murder]]ed by a [[gang]] while the family are on a road trip vacation. He blames himself for their deaths because the gang was unarmed and managed to abduct them by merely intimidating him. After the [[Corruption|corrupt]] police department releases the leader of the gang responsible for the crime due to "lack of evidence," he seeks the help of a detective who objects to the department's decision, and the two men embark on a mission of vigilante justice, that ends in the deaths of both the man and the gang leader, as well as one of the gang members who was not released. After finishing the book, the gallery owner is tormented by her past. Not only is the book very good, despite her frequent criticisms of her ex-husband's writing abilities while they were still together, but it is implied that she also sees the book as a metaphor for her relationship with him. In real life, they married young after a whirlwind romance, but their marriage disintegrated as she became increasingly ambitious and [[greed]]y over her career aspirations. Her greed drives her to have an extramarital affair with the man who later became her second husband, and to [[Abortion|abort]] her child with her first husband without his consent. In the book, the first husband is represented by the man who wants justice. The gallery owner is represented by two people: the man's wife (representing the gallery owner ''before'' she became consumed by greed) and the gang leader (representing the gallery owner ''after'' she became consumed by greed). The teenage daughter represents the aborted child. In both cases, the men lost their wife and child, in one form or another, because they stood by and did nothing as evil tore the family apart. In the end, both men stood up to what destroyed their families, the ex-husband by proving he can be a good writer and the man in the book by resorting to vigilante justice. In addition to being anti-[[materialism]], anti-abortion, promoting traditional family roles (by emphasizing that fathers must be strong and protective) and portraying a young liberal's descent into spiritual darkness because of her intense [[idealism]], but it also plays with Christian imagery and metaphors. When the wife in the book is found dead, her [[Christian Cross|cross]] necklace is found destroyed, presumably by the gang that is supposed to represent greed, which destroys the Christian spirit of any person it dwells in. It is also possible to argue that the detective character in the book represents [[Satan]], as both figures claim to have good intentions and yet convince people to commit horrific acts in order to satisfy their passions. However, the ex-husband in real life, by doing a much simpler and benign act than his in-book counterpart and getting back at those who wronged him by continuing what he loves best, shows that malicious revenge is not the only way, and you can come out of even the worst tragedies as a better person.
|$10 million
|-
|''Non-Stop''
|2014
|PG-13
|Liam Neeson plays an alcoholic U.S. Air Marshall named Bill Marks, who has divorced and lost his daughter to cancer. He begins to receive a series of threatening text messages during a flight, warning that unless $150 million is transferred into a specific bank account, somebody on board will die every 20 minutes. The movie shows Marks' perseverance to find those responsible, reflecting the real-life post-9/11 determination to stand against terrorism. Furthermore, his fight against both the unknown hijackers, as well as the uncooperative passengers, and even his supervisor on the ground, helps to redeem himself, after his personal family tragedies, finding friendship with a fellow passenger named Jenn. This shows that even after experiencing a family tragedy, one can still move forward in life.
|$222,809,600
|-
|''Not Without My Daughter''
|1991
|PG-13
|Sally Fields is [[Betty Mahmoody]], the American wife who, along with her daughter, was tricked in 1984 by her Iranian-born husband into traveling with him on what he said would be only two weeks in his homeland to visit his relatives (he lied big time about the two weeks part!).
|$14,789,113 (U.S.)
|-
|''[[October Baby]]''
|2012
|PG-13
|A first-rate, compelling film that leaves no doubt about how wrong [[abortion]] is.
|$5,357,328
|-
|''[[October Sky]]''
|1999
|PG
|Four high school boys from a rural coal mining town, inspired by Sputnik, set out to build their own rockets and become rocket scientists.
|$32,481,825
|-
|''Of Gods and Men'' (French original)
|2010
|R
|Martyrdom of Trappist monks by Islamic terrorists in an impoverished Algerian community.
|$3,954,651
|-
|''[[Oh, God!]]''
|1977
|PG
|Acceptance of God's calling is rewarded, the faithful are vindicated, and naysayers are proven wrong. The film later inspired two sequels in 1980 and 1984.
|$41,687,243
|-
|''Olympus Has Fallen''
|2013
|R
|Disgraced Secret Service member must protect the President from North Korean terrorists.
|$98,925,640
|-
|''On Golden Pond''
|1981
|PG
|''On Golden Pond'' presents the story of two generations of a family who have separated from each other for decades. While on a summer vacation together at the old family retreat, they finally come together and, through forgiveness and understanding, they all have become better people and a great family. It is the kind of a compassionate and understanding friendship that brings and unites generations and cultures together. It is an artistic triumph for the entire cast and crew.
|$119,285,432
|-
|''[[On the Waterfront]]''
|1954
|UR
|[[Marlon Brando]] plays Terry Malloy, who under the inspiration of a Catholic priest (Father Barry, played by [[Karl Malden]]), becomes a Christ-like figure. Betrayed by his brother and almost killed by the gang, he finds the strength to overcome and redeem his people from the slavery to the mobsters who run the waterfront. In stunning contrast to the liberals who kept silent about the Communist subversion in Hollywood, the film portrays the informer as the hero; liberal Hollywood never forgave director [[Elia Kazan]] for his stunning film. In real life, Kazan, Malden and screenwriter Budd Schulberg all testified before Congress, along with others like [[Walt Disney]] and [[Ronald Reagan]]. Together, they broke the power of the Reds in Hollywood.
|$9,600,000
|-
|''One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich''
|1970 Britain/Norway
|PG
|[[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]'s bestselling novel brought to film as Tom Courtenay is the titular prisoner in early 1950s Siberia as punishment for surrendering to the Nazis during World War II and his struggle for small comforts to ease the harsh injustices of the Gulag. A smashing indictment of the Soviet system.
|amount unknown
|-
|''One Foot In Heaven''
|1941
|UR
|
|Unknown
|-
|''One Good Cop''
|1991
|R
|Titular [[New York City]] police detective (Michael Keaton) and his wife (Rene Russo) inherit a family of three small girls when the detective's partner (Anthony Lapaglia) dies in the line of duty. Has positive portrayals of law enforcers and clergy (one priest turns in money that was stolen from a drug dealer by the cop and left as a donation to his church and the girls talk about "going to Jesus"). Typical violent skirmishes mixed with tender sentimental ones, but also admissions of past adultery by the ill-fated partner, smoking, drinking, much profanity and, of course, illegal drugs.
|$11,276,846
|-
|''Operation Thunderbolt''
|1977
|R
|Based on [[Operation Entebbe]], the film portrays bravery and gets its anti-terrorism message across. Menahem Golan who directed, produced and wrote the film was also a former pilot for the Israeli Air Force.
|N/A
|-
|''Other People's Money''
|1991
|R
|Pro-Capitalism Movie, which unlike most movies show [[Wall Street]] as cold, evil, villainous, and unsympathetic, this movie portrays it in a different view, as it is about a giant corporation trying to expand its business by buying another company.
|$25,682,090
|-
|''Our Friend, Martin''
|1999
|N/A
|
|
|-
|''The Pacifier''
|2005
|PG
|Navy Seal Shane Wolfe (Vin Diesel) is assigned to be the guardian of five children, he learns from them the responsibilities of being in a family as they learn from him the importance of protecting the country. The villains of the movie are North Koren spies. The film is pro-family and pro-military.
|$113,086,868
|-
|''Parenthood''
|1989
|PG-13
|Dramedy showing the ups and downs of having a family.
|$100,047,830
|-
|''The Parent Trap''
|1961
|G
|Pro-family comedy were twin sisters try to reunite their divorced parents and learn the true meaning of family. Remade in 1998.
|$25 million
|-
|''Parental Guidance''
|2012
|PG
|Two parents raise their kids in a liberal way, and as a result the kids are unhappy and rebellious. The parents leave the kids alone with their grandparents for a weekend who bring in conservative values, and helps the kids realize the importance of family.
|$119,772,232
|-
|''[[The Patriot]]''
|2000
|R
|A patriot fights for American freedom during the [[American Revolution]].
|$215,294,342
|-
|''Patriots' Day''
|2017
|R
|Shows the heroism of the Boston and Watertown Police Departments, as well as the FBI, during and after the [[Boston Marathon Bombings]]. Also depicts a strong sense of patriotic unity and refusal to bow down to radical Islamic terrorism.
|$36,067,655
|-
|''Paul Blart: Mall Cop''
|2009
|PG
|Mall security guard Paul Blart is silly, but shows dedication in keeping the mall he works at safe. Also, Paul wants to be a good father figure for his daughter, and the movie has some anti-feminism aspects as showing the father as the good parent against a mother (not present in the movie though, only seen in a photo), who only married him to get legal status in the country and then left him, which could also been seen as an anti-illegal immigrant message. This film is also somewhat anti-environmentalism.
|$146,336,178
|-
|''Pinocchio''
|1940
|G
|A kindhearted craftsman wishes for his own son, a blue fairy (resembling the Blessed Virgin Mary) grants his wish and turns one of his wooden puppets into a real boy. The boy learns about [[moral values]], and must escape the bad boys who have "[[Hollywood values]]" and as a result are turned into donkeys (may represent the Democrats in pop culture).
|$84,254,167
|-
|''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: On Stranger Tides''
|2011
|PG-13
|Unlike the rest of the movies in the series which were just pure entertainment, this movie has some good Christian messages and a Christian missionary is presented in a positive light. The climax of the movie presents a very important message too; ''Only God can grant eternal life, not these pagan waters. Men, destroy this profane temple!''
|$1.046 billion
|-
|''Pixels''
|2015
|PG-13
|Aliens take the Earth in a war with a throwback to the classic video games. The film is pro-military, and pro-integrity, as the actions of a man who cheated in the video game are shown in negative light. Promotes joy and having and shows the wastefulness of [[nihilism]]. Also, many anti-[[feminism]] themes are present.
|$78,747,585 <ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pixels.htm</ref>
|-
|''Pokémon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back''
|1998 (Japan) 1999 (USA)
|G
|The movie showcases the consequences with the concept of playing God where the main antagonist Mewtwo, a clone, was shown to be disturbed at the revelation that he may have only been created to be the purposes of being a tool (with the message being more pronounced in the Japanese version due to religious censorship during dubbing). It also promotes the idea of self-worth and how the circumstances of one's birth don't matter so much as they try to push good, with Mewtwo ultimately being reformed upon learning this message. It also has an anti-cloning message, due to Mewtwo's aforementioned disturbance at his origins.
|$163.6 million
|-
|''Pokémon: The Movie 2000: The Power of One''
|1999 (Japan) 2000 (USA)
|G
|As implied by the title, it promotes the concept of individualism, at least in the English Dub. In addition, the character of Misty proceeds to risk her life to save Ash when he was nearly killed nearing the climax (with the Japanese version making a bit more blatant on the motivation by stating to Melody that "[Ash] is [her] burden."). The ending theme was famously quoted by [[Herman Cain]] during the 2012 Presidential Primaries.
|$133.9 million
|-
|''Pokémon 3: Mystery of the Unknown Tower''
|2000 (Japan) 2001 (USA)
|G
|Has a pro-family message, as the main antagonist's motives were to regain her family due to her father disappearing during his research for the Unown and her mother being implied to have been hospitalized, with her motives being treated sympathetically and tragically in the storyline, and Ash spends his time trying to find and rescue his mom, Delia Ketchum, after she ended up abducted by Entei. The Entei also proceeds to sacrifice himself late in the movie to stop the Unown from wreaking further havoc.
|$68.4 million
|-
|''Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: Voice of the Forest''
|2001 (Japan) 2002 (USA)
|G
|Has some implicit pro-Christian messages due to Celebi ending up being raised from the dead after barely rejecting the Dark Ball's influence on it.
|$28 million
|-
|''Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias''
|2002 (Japan) 2003 (USA)
|G
|Like with ''4Ever'', it has some implicit pro-Christian messages, as after the villains proceeded to hijack an ancient doomsday weapon, Latios proceeded to sacrifice himself to save Alto Mare from destruction.
|$20.9 million
|-
|''[[The Prince of Egypt]]''
|1998
|PG
|An animated telling of the life of [[Moses]].
|$101,217,900
|-
|''Prisoners''
|2013
|R
|The movie's main protagonist, Keller Dover, is a deeply devout Christian man, who says the Lord's Prayer on several occasions. The movie also depicts the importance of family in a very positive light, with Keller vowing to protect and love those closest to him at all costs. However, when his daughter and best friend are kidnapped, Keller takes matters into his own hands by kidnapping, imprisoning, and torturing the man whom he believes is responsible, even though it becomes apparent that he could not have done it. This is a clear transformation from holy man to sinner, as is symbolized at one point by the filmmakers intentionally changing Keller's daughter's best friend's rat from white to black. This makes it clear that the movie is self-aware that it's main protagonist is no longer a good Christian man. Furthermore, this is could be a symbolization of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, as the man being tortured is innocent, and suffering for the crimes of the real kidnapper, his aunt.
|$122,126,687
|-
|''[[The Pursuit of Happyness]]''
|2006
|PG-13
|A film that shows hard work, dedication, loyalty and trust can result in success and "happiness" for any American, regardless of race, gender or creed. It is an instructional piece about the tradition of "stick-to-it-iveness" that has made America a land of hope and opportunity for so many. This film’s main themes—the primacy of the family, the blessings of free and open markets, the necessity of staying true to one’s ideals—are all conservative concepts.
|$307,077,300
|-
|''Quo Vadis''
|1951
|UR
|The early Christian Church during the time of [[Nero]]'s regime.
|Unknown
|-
|''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''
|1981
|PG
|
|$242,374,454
|-
|''[[Red Dawn]]''
|1984
|PG-13
|A film by conservative writer and director [[John Milius]] about American high school students resisting a Soviet invasion through guerrilla warfare. Remade in 2012, this time with [[North Korea]]ns as the villains.
|$38,376,497<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=reddawn.htm</ref>
|-
|''Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical''
|2005
|R
|Movie based off the musical, which shows the dangers of marijuana. The main character Jimmy is a high schooler who starts smoking marijuana and becomes addicated to it. In the end, his girlfirend dies because of his mistakes. Even contains a scene where Jesus comes to talk to Jimmy and warns him not to turn his back on God.
|NA - TV
|-
|''Requiem for a Dream''
|2000
|R
|(not for children) Anti-drug film depicting four tales of drug addiction and the addicts going down a life of ruin. The film doesn't hold back on the brutal reality of drug addiction.
|$3,635,482
|-
|''Rise of the Guardians''
|2012
|PG
|Four immortal guardians appear as Christ-like creatures, who jobs are to protect those children who believe in them. Two of the guardians are Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, based on Christian allegories. Also, contains a guardian leader known as "Man on Moon" a clear allegory for [[God]].
|$103,412,758<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=guardians.htm</ref>
|-
|''Rio Bravo''
|1959
|UR
|Classic film with conservative star [[John Wayne]] as he and his crew battle the brother (and his outlaws) of an apprehended criminal. Also downplays alcohol abuse as Wayne's partner Dude (played by Dean Martin) is seen overcoming this throughout the film.
|$5 million
|-
|''Robin Hood''
|2010
|PG-13
|An origins tale to the character, this rendition of Robin Hood, unlike most other adaptations, takes more after how he was originally presented as a man rebelling against an unlawful government and taking back funds stolen by Prince John and returning it to the people who actually worked for it, and not the "steal from the rich to give to the poor" revisionist version by [[Joseph Ritson]] during the time of the [[French Revolution]] that was made in solidarity to the [[Jacobins]]. It also has the Magna Carta being portrayed in a positive manner.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2010/05/154853/</ref>
|$321.7 million
|-
|''[[Rocky]]''
|1976
|PG
|A talented but down-on-his-luck fighter gets a chance to challenge himself to the ends of his ability. This film - and its sequels and remakes - reinforces man's ability to overcome challenges. Included five sequels and one spin-off.
|$117,235,247
|-
|''Rosemary's Baby''
|1968
|R
|Higher powers intervene in this story of a young Catholic mother's devotion to her unborn infant.
|Unknown
|-
|''Rudy''
|1993
|PG
|A young man overcomes many obstacles, including dyslexia, to play for the [[Notre Dame]] football team. Shows the value of hard work and never giving up.
|$22,750,363
|-
|''The Sandlot''
|1993
|PG
|Honestly depicts 1950s America when boys acted like boys and girls acted like girls, wimps were taught to toughen up, and every boy had a chance to be great. No historical revisionism. Also celebrates America's pastime [[baseball]].
|$32,416,586<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sandlot.htm</ref>
|-
|''The Santa Clause'' (series)
|1994, 2002, 2006
|PG
|A divorced father of one must take on the responsibility of being Santa Claus after he is chosen. Along the way, he finds great joy and happiness in his new occupation. The film series also promotes the essence and importance of traditional marriage, family, and Christmas. Also has a strong message against the seperation of the church and state.
|$189,800,000; $172,900,000; $110,800,000
|-
|''Saving Christmas''
|2014
|PG
|Kirk Cameron fights using the truth in the War on Christmas. Liberals tried to censor it, but ultimately became a hit among those who believe in the truth.
|$2,800,000
|-
|''Schindler's List''
|1993
|R
| Tells the story [[Oskar Schindler]], a Christian businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film also shows the danger of [[gun control]] as German citizens are shown being shot by their Nazi oppressors without any way of fighting back.
|$96,065,768
|-
|''Sergeant York''
|1941
|UR
|A young American soldier during WWI overcomes an unfounded religious objection to killing and becomes a war hero.
|Unknown
|-
|''The Seventh Seal''
|1956
|NR
|Swedish film about the strength of religion.
|
|-
|''The Seventh Sign''
|1988
|R
|Starring Demi Moore, a fictional account of the return of Jesus to usher in the apocalypse and judge mankind. Catholic-themed movie has Demi Moore offering her life for the souls of others.
|$18,875,011
|-
|''Sexmission''
|1984
|R
|A Polish film about two men, Max and Albert, played by Jerzy Stuhr and Olgierd Łukaszewicz, respectively, submit themselves in 1991 to the first human hibernation experiment. Instead of being awakened a few years later as planned, they wake up in the year 2044, in a post-nuclear world. By then, humans have retreated to underground living facilities, and, as a result of subjection to a specific kind of radiation, all males have died out. Women reproduce through parthenogenesis, living in an oppressive feminist society, where the apparatchiks teach that women suffered under males until males were removed from the world. The totalitarian female society was meant to represent Communism and feminism and the movie was meant to ridicule it.
|
|-
|''Shane''
|1953
|UR
|Western about defending a homesteading family.
|$20,000,000
|-
|''Shattered Glass''
|2003
|PG-13
|Based on the true story of Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen), a reporter in the late 1990s for the liberal magazine ''The New Republic'', lies and distorts news stories to make them entertaining. He begins by submitting an article about the Conservative Political Action Conference, in which he fabricated stories of drinking and sexual mischief. Then, after he writes a colorful but suspicious story on a superstar web hacker, a group from a small online news site begin to question his journalistic integrity.
|$2,220,008
|-
|''Signs''
|2002
|PG-13
|This sci-fi drama proves that sci-fi and atheism need not be synonymous. The main character (played by Mel Gibson) is a former reverend who has lost his faith in God after the tragic death of his wife in a car accident. He now refuses to have anything to do with God, despite the continued desire to do so from his children. When an alien invasion hits home, he realizes that only God could have saved him and his family from death, and he rediscovers his faith in the end.
|$227 million
|-
|''Silence''
|2016
|R
|Powerful tale of faith, as Jesuits try to promote Christianity in 17th century Japan overcoming the violence and persecution they encounter.
|$7,100,177
|-
|''Sky High''
|2005
|PG
|Main lesson is that knowing how to use your abilities for your advantage, and that knowing how to use your strengths to achieve a goal. “Just because you have powers, that doesn't make you a hero.” Which can also be related to the expression "guns don't kill people, people kill people." Promotes the idea that anyone can be a hero. Shows the triumph of good vs evil. The main villain is a feminist, and her evil plan is to turn all the superheroes into babies, and raise them up to be evil, and loyal to her, (In a way she is playing God). In addition, the main female of the film is shown to contain many liberal beliefs (such as pacifism), but in the end, gives up her pacifism to fight back to help defeat the villains.
|$63,946,815<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=skyhigh.htm</ref>
|-
|''Sleeping Beauty''
|1959
|G
|Paints evil in a very serious light in the form of Maleficent, and also showcases loyalty to family and duty in a positive light, as despite Aurora wanting to meet with the man she met in the woods, she ultimately honored her stepfamily in being returned to her birth family. Is also inherently anti-feminist in its messaging and for traditional marriage. It is also pro-family, as King Stefan and Queen Leah ultimately gave up their baby to protect her from the main villain, and the narration explicitly stated that the royal family and the kingdom awaited the day of her 16th birthday to allow her back into their family when the curse seemed to be averted. Unfortunately, it ended up being ruined in 2014 with a revisionist retelling starring the main villain and pushed the exact opposite messages in that film.
|$51.6 million
|-
|''Snitch''
|2013
|PG-13
|A father becomes an informant on helping the police arrest drug dealers, so he can get his son out of prison. Pro-drug war, the villains of the movie are all drug dealers.
|$42,930,462
|-
|''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''
|1937
|G
|The Disney animated classic that started it all. Walt Disney and his staff of talented filmmakers, animators, and musicians overcame many challenges to create one of the greatest cinematic masterpieces of all time. Solid family entertainment that is a perfect film recommendation for everyone around the world.

In addition, the film is notable as one of the few Disney films to date to feature an openly [[Christian]] princess: Snow White.
|$418,200,000
|-
|''Solomon Kane''
|2009
|R
|A story about a Puritan on his way to redemption.
|$19,385,501
|-
|''The Song of Bernadette''
|1943
|UR
|An affectionate and beautifully filmed biography film on the life of Bernadette Soubirous. Illustrates the power and essence of faith, hope, charity, and forgiveness. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jennifer Jones).
|$7,000,000
|-
|''Soul Surfer''
|2011
|PG
|The true story of champion surfer 13-year-old Bethany Hamilton, who loses her arm in a shark attack. Her Christian faith helps her overcome her handicap to surf once again.
|$43,853,424
|-
|''[[The Sound of Music]]''
|1965
|UR
|Solid family entertainment about Austria's von Trapp family before World War II.
|$158,671,368
|-
|''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]''
|2002
|PG-13
|Praises moral virtue (hard-working teenager, devout aunt, and well-meaning uncle) and pokes fun at [[liberals]] (entertainers and journalists, particularly ''Daily Bugle'' publisher J. Jonah Jameson, who goes out of his way to unfairly smear and slander Spider-Man and foolishly question his heroic deeds). Hero chooses [[abstinence]]. This was one of the most profitable films ever made and had two sequels.
|$403,706,375
|-
|''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie''
|2004
|PG
|Exposes the evils of lying, stealing, and cheating for your personal gain and at the expense of others. SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star show great courage and dedication in order to retrieve King Neptune's crown and bring it back in order to save Mr. Krabs. They also save everyone else in Bikini Bottom who is put under a trance by Plankton. There are even some brief anti-feminist and anti-environmentalist messages. It is based on a TV show where episodes can have either a conservative agenda, liberal agenda, or even be politically neutral. However, this film is very good and conservative!
|$85,417,988
|-
|''Straw Dogs''
|1971
|R
|Liberal mathematician David Sumner moves to Cornwall, England with his wife to study stellar phenomena. While there, vicious criminals constantly harass him and his wife. The criminals do inhuman things such as kill his cat and rape his wife, leaving Sumner to abandon his liberal beliefs and pacifism and defend his life and all he holds dear.
|
|-
|''Strategic Air Command''
|1955
|UR
|Actor (and Brigadier [[General]]) [[James Stewart]]'s story of the real [[Strategic Air Command]] and its transition from prop planes to jet planes.
|Unknown
|-
|''Suicide Squad''
|2016
|PG-13
|A team of super villains are given a second chance to fight for the greater good. Surprisingly the film glorifies some conservative values. The villain's a [[Pagan]] goddess named Enchantress ( a rare film where liberal Hollywood actually portrays a Pagan as evil instead of the tragic hero nonsense we've seen). Also, even throughout the film is about supervillains, many of them regret their life of crime, such as one of the characters Deadshot abandons his opportunity to kill Batman on his daughter's behalf and another character El Diablo who used his superpower for evil ends up accidentally killing his family, which has haunted him. Moreover, in a dream sequence villain Harley Quinn shows her deepest desires which is being a housewife (points for having the guts for showing a female character not wanting to be part of the feminist agenda, especially in this day and age, even if it not surprisingly infuriated liberal critics<ref>http://www.avclub.com/article/margot-robbie-deserves-better-suicide-squads-sexis-240618</ref>). More interesting enough the director David Ayer is a Christian<ref>http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/shia-labeouf/#page2</ref> who was once in the Navy.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/16/david-ayer-something-maternal-about-tank-in-fury-brad-pitt</ref> So it's not surprising he added these values onto his film.
|$325,100,054
|-
|''Sully''
|2016
|PG-13
|A great morality tale on how one should rely on his/her human instincts and personal faith at any time in their lives, especially in this age where others rely more on modern technology.
|$124,643,039
|-
|''Superman Returns''
|2006
|PG-13
|America icon Superman is seen as an angel-like figure, who helps those in need.
|$200,081,192
|-
|''Swiss Family Robinson''
|1960
|UR
|After they were shipwrecked on a deserted island, the Robinson family courageously worked together to survive against all odds and transformed the jungle into a habitable, tropical south seas paradise. ''Swiss Family Robinson'' is both a great family film of the highest order and one of the most beloved live-action Disney films ever made.
|$465,977,300
|-
|''Taken''
|2009
|PG-13
|Retired CIA agent and divorced father Bryan Mills risks everything to save his daughter from Albanian sex traffickers. Followed by two sequels in 2012 and 2015 and a television series in 2017.
|$145,000,989
|-
|''Tangled''
|2010
|PG
|In its own strange way, ''Tangled'' stands as a perfect allegory for the Gospel of Christ. Teenage heroine Rapunzel represents humanity, who has grown comfortable in her prison but can’t ignore the light that shines in the darkness. [[Satan|The devil]] is signified by Mother Gothel, who tries to convince Rapunzel to forget the outside world and stay locked away in her tower. Lastly, [[God]] can be found in Rapunzel's real parents, who without fail, continue to shine their light in the hopes of bringing their lost child back home. A TV series sequel to this movie, ''Tangled: The Series'', debuted in 2017.
|$591,794,936
|-
|''[[The Ten Commandments]]''
|1956
|UR
|The definitive film portrayal of [[Exodus]]. Stars Charlton Heston as main character Moses and as the voice of God (the latter role shared with Delos Jewkes), John Carradine as Moses' brother [[Aaron]], Yul Brynner as Egyptian pharaoh and main antagonist [[Ramses II]], Edward G. Robinson as corrupt Hebrew overseer and secondary antagonist Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Moses' wife [[Zipporah|Sephora]], Anne Baxter as Moses' original love interest (and later Ramses II's wife) Nefretiri, Nina Foch as Moses' foster mother Bithia, John Derek as Hebrew stonecutter and Moses' right-hand man [[Joshua (Biblical leader)|Joshua]], Debra Paget as Joshua's love interest Lilia, Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Pharaoh Sethi, Judith Anderson as Bithia's servant Memnet, Vincent Price as Sethi's architect Baka, Martha Scott as Moses' biological mother [[Jochebed|Yochebel]] and Olive Deering as Moses' sister [[Miriam]].
|$65,500,000
|-
|''Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo''
|1944
|UR
|Pro-American film released after the wake of [[Pearl Harbor]] that portrays brave fighter pilots fighting the Japanese in WWII.
|$6,247,000
|-
|''The Toy''
|1982
|PG
|This pro-family movie is about a little rich boy, who is sad and lonely because his family lacks any real family values. He buys a man as a toy when really he wants a friend, where he learns “If you want a friend, you don’t buy a friend. You earn a friend. You know, with love and trust.” In the end, the boy’s father shows he really loves his son and tries to reconnect more with him, by rebuilding more family values. Also part of the reason their father-son relationship was so messed up was because he was divorced and also was being tricked into working for the [[KKK]], which is shown in negative light.
|$47,118,057<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=toy.htm</ref>
|-
|''The Tree of Life''
|2011
|PG-13
|An adaptation of the Book of Job set in 1950s Texas with a narrative structure based on the nature of human memory which many viewers will find confusing.
|$13,303,319
|-
|''True Lies''
|1994
|R
|Stars the future Republican governor of California, [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]. Teaches conservative values like marital loyalty, and politically incorrect facts such as the fact that most terrorists are Middle Eastern Islamic radicals who don't value human life.
|$146,261,000
|-
|''The Tunnel'' (''Der Tunnel'')
|2001
|
|Based on a true story a group of East Berliners escaping harsh Communist rule and hatch a plan to help others escape that same oppressive regime.
|$10,890
|-
|''Twelve O'Clock High''
|1949
|UR
|A thrilling movie about the heroics of fighter pilots during [[World War II]]; used as an educational film for management training seminars.
|$3,225,000
|-
|''Twins''
|1988
|PG
|Pro-family film about fraternal twins who are separated at birth, and try to reunite with each other and find their mother. In addition contains the many morals, including the importance of doing what right over getting what wants. In addition one of the twins was initially a small-town crook and learns the error of his ways.
|$111,938,388
|-
|''Unbroken
|2014
|PG-13
|Tells the story of how WWII hero, Louis Zamperini, overcame the Japanese while in one of their prison camps.
|$115,637,895
|-
|''[[Uncle Buck]]''
|1989
|PG-13
|A slovenly bachelor babysits his rebellious teenage niece and her younger brother and sister, and they learn the true importance of family. The villain of the movie is a teenager who is only interested in his girlfriend for sexual purposes.
|$66,758,538<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=unclebuck.htm</ref>
|-
|''Voiceless''
|2015
|PG-13
|War veteran and minister Jesse Dean stands up against [[Planned Parenthood]] when an abortion clinic moves across the street from his Church.
|$418,940
|-
|''War Room''
|2015
|PG
|Pro-Christian film where a woman turns to Christ to help fix her marriage. Film was one of the biggest box office surprises, even with biased reviews.<ref>https://kendrickbrothers.com/news/war-room-coming-theaters-august-28</ref>
|$67,790,117
|-
|''Wanted: Dead or Alive''
|1987
|R
|A modernization of the 1958-61 Western TV series with Steve McQueen (see also ''[[Greatest Conservative TV Shows]]''), where the outlaws are replaced with Islamic terrorists (the film also does a good job of not being politically correct on the subject of Islamic fundamentalism). Stars Rutger Hauer as CIA agent-turned-bounty hunter Nick Randall, the descendant of McQueen's TV character Josh Randall.
|$7,555,000
|-
|''We Were Soldiers''
|2002
|R
|Pro-war story film based on the soldiers and families fighting in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]].
|$114,660,784
|-
|''The Wicker Man''
|2006
|PG-13
|Shows the dangers of feminism and [[Neo-Paganism]].
|$23,649,127
|-
|''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory''
|1971
|G
|Showing the importance of having character. Charlie is able to accept the consequences of his actions. He acknowledges his wrongdoing while in the factory, and relinquishes a potential goldmine, from the sale of his everlasting gobstopper to a rival spy, back to Wonka.
The hidden message in this film is one of redemption. It is hidden because it is conveyed through the imagery of the films final scene. Charlie has made it to the end of his journey. Despite his moral struggles, he finds redemption through his desire to correct his mistake. He is given a reward that is beyond his wildest expectations - he is given the keys to the factory while the Wonkavator crashes through the ceiling up into the sky. The allusion to Heaven and salvation is unmistakable.
|$4 million
|-
|''The Winning Team''
|1952
|UR
|[[Ronald Reagan]] stars as a baseball pitcher who overcomes his problems to help his team win. This was one of Reagan's own favorites.
|Unknown
|-
|''Witness''
|1985
|R
|Highlights the virtues of strong moral values, with more substance than ''High Noon''.
|$65,500,000
|-
|''Won't Back Down''
|2012
|PG-13
|A brilliant movie that criticizes public schools.
|$5,310,554
|-
|''[[World Trade Center]]''
|2006
|PG-13
|Highlights the bravery of NYC's firemen and police in [[9/11]].
|$70,236,496
|-
|''Wreck-It Ralph''
|2012
|PG
|Main lesson of the film is that Ralph, a video game villain who is typecast as the poor and medal-less guy, is encouraged to use his equal opportunities to do better and pursue his own successes. The basis of the American Dream, the goal of overcoming one's present, lowly circumstances to achieve a state of greatness; and shows how trying to achieving this goal by theft, is the wrong way to do it. In addition, the main villain of the movie is a competition-hating villain who has deceitfully hidden his true identity and origin, who has pushed liberal values on the video game he rules in and established what's like a fixed economy where in that video game, only he wins.
|$189,422,889<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rebootralph.htm</ref>
|-
|''Zero Dark Thirty''
|2012
|R
|Docudrama about the hunt and [[Abbottabad raid|eventual operation]] that killed [[Osama bin Laden]] on May 1, 2011. The movie generated controversy, due to its depiction of enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. In addition, the movie put political correctness aside in its depictions of radical Islamic terrorism, showing several of Al-Qaeda's attacks from 2004-2011.
|$132,820,716<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=binladen.htm</ref>
|-
|''[[Zulu]]''
|1964
|UR
|Courageous, Duty, Patriotism. A defending of Western Civilization.
|
|}

==Documentaries==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Film
!Year
!Rating
!Comments
!Gross (Domestic)
|-
|''[[2016: Obama's America]]''
|2012
|PG
|Documentary by Conservative author [[Dinesh D'Souza]] explores the disturbing origins of [[Barack Hussein Obama]], including his inherited philosophy with his [[Barack Obama Sr.|drunken father]] and his inspiration from [[Communist]]s [[Frank Marshall Davis]] and [[William Ayers|Bill Ayers]]. Performed very well in the box office, becoming the second most successful political documentary ever.
|$33,349,941
|-
|''America: Imagine the World Without Her''
|2014
|PG-13
|Documentary by Conservative author [[Dinesh D'Souza]]. Shows that left-wing criticisms and versions of United States history are wrong and inaccurate. A very patriotic film that will make one proud of America. Does a good job at dispelling [[Liberal Fables]] about the country and showing that the leftist agenda will destroy America. While not as successful in the box office as ''Obama's America'', it performed very well in theaters.
|$14,444,502<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=america2014.htm America (2014)]. ''Box Office Mojo''. Retrieved July 29, 2016.</ref>
|-
|''An Inconvenient Truth''
|2012
|PG
|Self-explanatory.
|
|-
|''[[Expelled | Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]''
|2008
|PG
|[[Ben Stein]] exposes [[evolution]]ists' scientific and education system [[deceit]].
|$7,690,545
|-
|''Fahrenheit 9/11''
|2004
|
|Proves the Objectivist principle of limited government true.
|
|-
|''[[The Great Global Warming Swindle]]''
|2007
|UR
|Exposing one of the greatest frauds in the history of science.
|NA - TV
|-
|''The Hidden Rebellion''
|2016
|
|Exposes the French Revolution's destruction of Vendée, as well as the specific connections between the French Revolution and various Communist Revolutions. Also, shows the [[Vendée rebellion|Rebellion at Vendée]] in a positive light.
|
|-
|''Hillary: The Movie''
|2008
|UR
|Citizens United film exposing Hillary Clinton. This movie was the impetus of the lawsuit which overturned the McCain-Feingold legislation by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in ''[[Citizens United v. FEC]]''.
|NA - TV
|-
|''Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party''
|2016
|PG-13
|[[Dinesh D'Souza]] is back again, this time exposing Hillary and also, as indicated by the title, the dark history of the Democrat Party.
|$13,099,931
|-
|''How Should We Then Live''
|1976
|UR
|By the theologically conservative Christian theologian [[Francis Schaeffer]]. Christian film that traces Western history from Ancient Rome until 1976. A study of philosophic, scientific, and religious movements reflecting changing patterns.
|NA - TV
|-
|''I Want Your Money''
|2010
|PG
|Documentary film which supports the triumph of [[Reagan]]-economics over [[Obamanomics]].
|$433,588
|-
|''Indoctrinate U''
|2007
|UR
|Exposed political correctness, racial and ethnic politics in the academic setting.<ref>[http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3624795/9994231 Indoctrinate U -Part 1/3, Yahoo]</ref>
|Unknown
|-
|''Inside North Korea''
|2006
|NR
|Although made by liberal [[Lisa Ling]] and aired on the liberal [[National Geographic]] channel, the documentary nonetheless exposes the truly horrific nature of North Korea and its leaders, as well as showcases the high risks anyone in North Korea were willing to take to escape from it via the DMZ at the border.
|N/A (Made for TV movie)
|-
|''[[Is Genesis History?]]''
|2016
|NR
|Documentary film that showcases how the [[Young Earth]] view of creation is more feasible than the [[Old Earth]] view, and also exposes [[Evolutionism]] as being unfeasible with reasoned arguments. The narrator, Del Tackett, interviews thirteen [[creation scientists]] with Ph.Ds who provide very strong evidence for a young Earth in affirmation of the biblical creation account. Was originally released in theaters for one day, but so successful that it was shown two more nights.
|
|-
|''Kids Aren't Cars''
|2011
|UR
|How the teachers' unions are destroying our public schools.<ref>[http://www.kidsarentcars.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/KACOneSheet.pdf KAC Summary]</ref>
|Unknown
|-
|''[[Maafa21]]''
|2009
|UR
|This film explores the inception of [[Planned Parenthood]] as an organization created to exterminate African-Americans. It exposes the words of its racist founder [[Margaret Sanger]] and their impact on black genocide more than a century later.<ref>[http://www.maafa21.com www.maafa21.com]</ref>
|NA - DVD
|-
|"MARGARET THATCHER - Death of a Revolutionary"
|2013
|
|Shows how Thatcher's economic liberalism helped Britain turn from the sick man of Europe and the only socialist country outside of the [[Iron Curtain]] to one of Europe's best economies. It tells us contrary to popular belief (which is mostly likely lies spread by socialists, liberals and fake "conservatives"), the working classes actually liked her more than the upper classes.
|N/A
|-
|''Michael Moore Hates America''
|2004
|R
|Criticizes Michael Moores Anti-American positions, and shows how he hates this country.
|N/A
|-
|''Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure''
|2012
|N/A
|Hollywood conservative Kirk Cameron talks about the evils of dictators and viewers can learn a lot about U.S. history.
|$500,000
|-
|''The Obama Deception: The Mask Comes Off''
|2009
|
|Exposes Obama, the film was directed by paleoconservative [[Alex Jones]]
|
|-
|''Occupy Unmasked''
|2012
|Not rated
|Documentary about the [[Occupy Wall Street]] movement.
|
|-
|''[[The Soviet Story]]''
|2008
|
|Documentary about the crimes of [[Communism]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
|Unknown
|-
|''Waiting for Superman''
|2010
|PG
|Documentary on the U.S.' failed public school system.
|$6,410,257
|}

== Debatable Whether Conservative ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Film
!Year
!Rating
!Comments
!Gross (Domestic)
|-
|''21 Jump Street''
|2011
|R
|Two police officers try to take down a drug ring in high school where the villains are environmentalists and drug dealers. But contains many sexual references, full profanity, and many religious insults. A parodic comedy remake of the 1987–91 [[Fox Network]] police drama of the same name.
|$201,585,328
|-
|''Accepted''
|2006
|PG-13
|It criticizes the [[Department of Education]] (or colleges and universities in general) and our protagonist lives the America dream by starting his own college, but then the juvenile humor, gross-out humor and drug abuse steps in.
|$36,323,505
|-
|''Aeon Flux''
|2005
|PG-13
|Anti-cloning film, but also pro-feminism as well.
|$25,874,337
|-
|''Alpha and Omega''
|2010
|PG
|An animated film about wolves that has a message about standing up for what you believe in, especially since one wolf leader with a dictatorial agenda. It also promotes friendship and family values. However, its stances on multiculturalism and environmentalism seem to be rather mixed to positive.
|$25,107,267
|-
|''Antz''
|1998
|PG
|It's produced by [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] (and was rather notorious for being plagiarized from the then-in-development Pixar film ''A Bug's Life''), downplays the military, and possesses an implicit promotion of Communism via the main character, but also has an Anti-Eugenics message too.
|$90,757,863
|-
|''Army of Darkness''
|1993
|R
|Despite its unrealistic depictions of demons, it's a pretty gun-centric pro-Second Amendment film.
|$11,502,976
|-
|''Back to the Future''
|1985
|PG
|Contains some conservative messages such as the triumph of chivalry as well as the negative effects of deviancy and drug/alcohol addiction, although the film also promotes negative values including premarital sexual activity and disregard for chastity. Included two sequels in 1989 and 1990.
|$210,609,762
|-
|''Beauty and the Beast''
|1991
|G
|A young woman overcomes a shallow society and finds true love. Although by comparison a powerful and immensely popular antidote to [[feminism]] to the [[liberal]] movies churned out by [[Disney]] since, as well as overall promoting redemption (as seen with the Beast's transformation), and also promoting some family values (such as Belle being loyal to her father), there were a few hints at feminist propaganda at the beginning of the film, such as Belle being different from the villagers because she can read, which is implied to not be supported by the villagers at all (feminist propaganda often falsely claims that women couldn't get an education until the 1960s), as well as Belle being unwilling to hold the role of housewife for Gaston or raising children, and later her blaming the titular Beast for her fleeing the castle despite most of the events leading up to and after that event being largely her fault (specifically, her deliberate disobedience towards Beast and the servants by going into the West Wing as soon as she found out where it was located) and the story framing that as being a good thing she did. Then-Disney Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg also mentioned that he wanted "a feminist twist" on the original fairy tale by creating a heroine who is "a departure from typical Disney female characters",<ref>http://articles.mcall.com/1991-11-22/features/2825583_1_beast-s-castle-fairy-tale-madame-gabrielle</ref> and the feminist writer [[Linda Woolverton]] made clear that she made Belle a feminist and based her on the women's liberation movement from the 1970s in order to avoid creating another insipid princess.<ref name="Beauty and Maleficent">{{Cite web|url = http://time.com/2798136/maleficent-beauty-beast-writer/|title = The Same Woman Wrote Maleficent and Beauty and the Beast—Here’s How They’re Linked|date = May 30, 2014|accessdate = January 16, 2014|website = Time|publisher = |last = Rothman|first = Lily}}</ref><ref>http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/26/linda-woolverton-alice-belle-disney-heroines?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter</ref> Gaston is a conservative and hardworking hunter who is considered by the villagers to be their town hero, but is shown to be the main villain of the movie (it should also be noted that in the original screenplay for the film, Gaston was intended to be a Marquess [French nobleman], meaning the decision to make him a conservative and hardworking hunter was made after a rewrite). In addition, although not to the same degree as other Disney films that came after it, the film also has a slight anti-Christian bent, as the villagers (strongly implied by various verses in the opening song and the mob song, as well as a failed wedding, to be practicing and devout Christians) were later briefly seen supporting a plan that went against God's teachings, as well as overall depicted as being idiots, while Belle, the character framed as an intellectual and a moral figure, is not even seen or even implied to believe in God at all. In addition, Belle's love for Beast (where it is implied that she was largely unaware of the Beast being formerly a human prince) could be seen as promoting bestiality. Also, it is the first Disney movie to neither show nor hint at the two love interests getting married, and in fact, the only "wedding" in the film was the one Belle ruined, creating negative implications about marriage as a result, as well as starting a string of movies that don't paint marriage in a positive light. Similarly, the only three females in the film who are implicitly supportive of marriage and Christianity are demeaned, depicted as dumb blondes with the script and credits explicitly referring to them derogatorily as "the bimbettes." There was also a slight anti-hunting sentiment in the film, due to the main villain, as aforementioned, explicitly being labelled as a hunter. There were also several overtones of a pro-homosexual agenda within the film, including the mob song late into the film, largely because of the executive producer, Howard Ashman, being gay and dying from AIDs at the time the film was made. One of the protagonistic characters, Lumiere, is briefly seen making out with a featherduster and was implied that the two weren't married, with some hints at Lumiere being an unrepentant womanizer. In addition, some elements of the film were later reused in the [[Essay:Worst Liberal Movies#Social|definitely liberal]] ''Maleficent'' movie.<ref name="Beauty and Maleficent" />
|$$218,967,620
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|''Beauty and the Beast'' (2017 remake)
|2017
|PG
|On the one hand, the 2017 film version of ''Beauty and the Beast'' is the latest in the film trend of needlessly and shamelessly remaking animated films or children's stories for the sake of earning quick revenue in the dying Hollywood studio system. Liberals also seized the opportunity with the remake to exploit diversity within the ''Beauty and the Beast'' universe. The final result of the diversity inclusion is that it feels self-congratulatory in the sense of putting it in for the sake of having it, rather than having it be just a part of the story and the film. One notable example is the filmmakers' decision to make LeFou, Gaston's diminutive and bumbling sidekick, a homosexual who is conflicted with his feelings for Gaston. At the end of the film, LeFou is shown taking a romantic interest in a musketeer who is now a transgender woman after being transformed into one during Gaston's siege of the Beast's castle. Not only is it an atrocious artistic decision of the filmmakers to needlessly incorporate diversity simply for the sake of it, but the 2017 film version of ''Beauty and the Beast'' also serves as an example that liberals can legitimately shoehorn the [[homosexual agenda]] into Disney films. Adding salt to the wound, the filmmakers also further changed history to suit their feminist agenda, similar to previous Disney films like ''Mulan'' (1998), ''Pocahontas'' (1995) and ''The Princess and the Frog'' (2009) (most infamously, the villagers are shown to be explicitly intolerant of Belle learning how to read and teaching girls to do the same, smashing her washing machine in the process, despite the fact that the namesake for the village in this film, Mdm. Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, the original author for the fairy tale, was herself a woman). The 2017 film version of ''Beauty and the Beast'' is now even more of a feminist propaganda film than the 1991 animated film version ever was. There were also hints at an anti-war message due to Gaston being turned into a war veteran.

All of that, along with the other shortcomings of the film, reinforces the statement that most of Hollywood is currently out of ideas for motion pictures. It also re-establishes the fact that Disney would, at times, forsake genuine family entertainment in favor of blatant liberal propaganda.

On the other hand, there were also several surprisingly Conservative messages in the film, significantly more than in the 1991 version. Namely, Christianity is treated in a far more positive light in this film than in the 1991 version as one of the few friends Belle has in this version is the village Chaplain named Pere Robert who is shown to be sympathetic to her bibliophilic nature and also attempts to prevent Maurice from being sent to the Asylum, and later is shown to be horrified at the formation of the mob against the Beast (it is to be noted that in the original 1991 film, the character in question was merely a bookseller, not a priest, and most of the villagers, implied to be devout Christians, were demonized in the film), which was also surprisingly accurate to history despite the aforementioned changing of history in the film (in real history, Christianity, especially the Catholic Church, actively encouraged literacy, writing, and arithmetic among both genders, with girls being taught in convents or at the home.). In addition, Maurice actually is shown to be more proactive in this film, such as directly refusing Gaston's attempt at marrying Belle and even attempting to expose Gaston as an attempted murderer and psychopath, and also plays a direct role in saving Belle and himself from the paddywagon after she exposes Beast to the villagers (in the original film, although he does set out to try and find Belle and save her after trying to get the villagers to help failed, he ultimately required saving by her due to catching an illness during his trek, and ultimately needed saving alongside Belle via Chip). In addition, Lumiere as well as the featherduster (named Plumette in this version) are shown to be an actual loving couple (in the original film, it is heavily implied that Lumiere was a frequent womanizer and that the featherduster was also sexually loose), and the remake also doesn't demonize traditional marriage nearly as much as in the 1991 version (notably, the remake cut out Gaston's wedding proposal as well as Belle shoving Gaston into mud in front of attendees). The forgiveness and redemption theme was also significantly more emphasized in the remake, due to Beast ultimately forgiving Maurice after learning why he had tried to steal the rose and even allowing Belle to save Maurice specifically to make up for his past behavior, with Maurice also forgiving Beast upon Belle showing him the baby rattle (originally, Maurice was a bit more hesitant to forgive the Beast). It is also shown to be significantly more pro-family as well, as not only is Belle shown to be loyal to her father like in the 1991 original, but as noted above, Maurice himself took measures to protect Belle and notably agreed with Belle that Gaston would not have worked out for her (originally, Maurice also thought Gaston was alright for her), and he also was shown to be very protective of Belle after his wife had died from the plague, with Belle's mom specifically sacrificing herself by telling them to leave her behind to allow Belle a healthy life. In addition, the triplets (renamed to "Village Lasses") in the remake were depicted as having haughtiness, arrogance, being jealous of Belle, as well as overall being nasty people, including briefly smirking at Belle when she was locked up in the paddywagon as well as being actively involved in the arrest of Maurice as well as the later attack on Beast's castle (in the original film, the triplets were not shown to have any negative behavior to them besides their crushing on Gaston [not participating in the later arrest of Maurice, let alone the attack on Beast's castle shortly afterward during the climax, and also implying at one point that they were willing to give their blessing to Gaston marrying Belle when Belle refused him in the beginning of the film, and while they were present during the final lyrics for the Gaston reprise where Gaston explicitly divulged key details for his blackmail plan, the way it was framed could easily be interpreted as the triplets genuinely not knowing about the plan due to their absence from Maurice's arrival up to the scene where Gaston whispers the plan to LeFou.], and it is also heavily implied that they supported traditional marriage and were demeaned in the film by being referred to in the script as The Bimbettes and treated as dumb blondes for this reason). In addition, according to the film's director Bill Condon as well as one of the triplets' actresses, Rafaelle Cohen, the reason the triplets were intensely jealous and spiteful of Belle was because their mother neglected them while doting on Belle, showcasing the dangers of parental neglect. In addition, at least regarding Maurice, the villagers' actions to him were toned down, where their arresting him was simply due to their being tricked by Gaston into thinking he was a dangerous madman and not out of malicious intent (in the original film, it is heavily implied via the Gaston reprise that most, if not all of the villagers were in fact fully aware that Gaston knew, as did themselves, that Maurice was not actually dangerous and that Gaston was having him arrested specifically to blackmail Belle into marrying him and gave full support to the plan.).
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|''The Bee Movie''
|2007
|PG
|Its debatable whether or not its environmentalist or against it. It does show the destructiveness of environmentalism (i.e. butting into nature's problems in the name of helping her). The anti-human sentiments in the movie turned out to be wrong, however, the humans are taking the honey made by the bees, similar to the welfare program of taking from those who worked for it. Others believe the movie promotes [[bestiality]], and is just disguised as a family movie.
|$287,600,000
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|''Beowulf''
|2007
|PG-13
|Based on the epic poem of the same name from the Middle Ages, it portrays Christianity in a positive light (as evidenced with the character of Unferth, who wasn't that in the original tale), and the hero, Beowulf, does what he believes is right. However, a significant portion of the film has Beowulf doing anti-Christian things, including mating with Grendel's mother over killing her (a stark contrast with the original tale where he does in fact kill her), and also implies that the dragon that ultimately killed him in the original tale was the result of his sleeping with her (when originally, the dragon had no relation at all to Grendel, his mom, or Beowulf). In addition, it also depicted Hrothgar as a drunken womanizer.
|$82,280,579
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|''The Birth of a Nation''
|2016
|
|A drama film about Nat Turner, an enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. The film focuses on Turner's life as a slave but also a Christian. There are many scenes where he preaches to his fellow slaves in different plantations, even conduct Baptist services, at the same time, he exposes to the crimes related to slavery, which eventually force him to rebel. However, there is a line at the end of the movie downplaying the deaths of the white slave owners compared to the black slaves, something done by the Hollywood elites and unfortunate because all people are equally valuable.
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|''The Campaign''
|2012
|R
|Political comedy depicts the Democrat candidate (Will Ferrell) as an obnoxious, drunken womanizer and satire of [[John Edwards]], although the Republican candidate (Zach Galifianakis) is portrayed just as negatively as a corrupt capitalist.
|$33,165,738
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|''The Crow''
|1994
|R
|The tagline claims that our hero is an angel, but he doesn't display any Christian values. However, there is an anti-drug scene were Eric Draven (the hero) makes a drug addict mother realize that her daughter needs her & gets her off drugs. On top of that the film's villains are nihilist anarchists. The film is notable for being Brandon Lee's last film, as an accident on the set killed him during production.
|$50,693,129
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|''Ed Wood''
|1994
|R
|Although it does glorify cross-dressing and the [[homosexual agenda]]. It still is pro-capitalism and the film also glorifies the American dream. As despite the obstacles Wood faces, he still continues doing what he loves in making movies.
|$5,887,457
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|''Edward Scissorhands''
|1990
|PG-13
|Endorsed by the Christian website ChristianAnswers.net with a 4 out of 5 star rating. Conversely however, a prominently featured Christian character - the only character in the movie ever identified as Christian - is portrayed as fanatical and bigoted against people with scissors for hands.
|$56,362,352
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|''Falling Down''
|1993
|R
|Film takes jabs at many [[liberal values]], [[illegal immigration]], union workers, multiculturalism, (one scene were Bill tells his ex-wife that the ice cream shop him and his family used to go to is now a Mexican store) and foreign aid (in one scene Bill asks an illegal Korean immigrate a rhetorical question on how much America has given his country and yells at him after he refuses to learn the language).<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4tC4qfv92Q</ref> It's also one of the very few films to be truthful in the "Nazis were right wingers" myth perpetrated by liberals, in which Bill informs a Neo-Nazi that he's an American and the Nazi is a sick a-hole. As well as many shots where the America flag is trashed upon (which could symbolize how liberalism has trashed everything America has stood for).<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piPzExBdfIg</ref> But at the same time it also takes jabs at capitalism, where Bill believes he's no longer commercially valuable. And although the plot is about man trying to reach his daughter's birthday party, the film seems to toy with its audience in suggesting whether he's mentally ill or not, as opposed to a pro-family message.
|$40,903,593
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|''[[Fargo]]''
|1996
|R
|Pregnant sheriff with traditional American family values solves an elaborate criminal embezzlement, kidnapping and murder scheme.
|$24,611,975
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|''Ghost''
|1990
|PG-13
|The [[Bible]] claims ghosts don't exist. Still this film toys with idea that they do, also it has liberal actress Whoopi Goldberg as a psychic medium. Nevertheless, the film does show Christian values, as ghost Sam Wheat tries to uncover a bank fraud case, when he does convinces Goldberg to give the money to a Christian charity. It also has an anti-infidelity message, as despite being widowed, Sam's wife Molly still refuses to be with anyone else, even when his false friend Carl tries to hit on her. Also it isn't PC on [[Eternal damnation|damnation]], as the villains are seen being cared away helplessly by evil spirits after they die.
|$217,631,306
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|''Good Kill''
|2014
|R
|Ethan Hawke plays a man who questions the ethics of his job as a drone pilot, while it is taking a jab at the [[Barack Obama]] regime (Obama has droned more people in the Middle East than George W. Bush, most of whom were innocent bystanders and the left has ignored it or claimed it was a "Fox News conspiracy"). It could also be against the War on Terror too.
|$316,472
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|''[[Grease]]''
|1978
|PG
|Some [[conservative]] messages and no [[feminism]] or other [[political correctness]]; mocks [[public school]] and even [[television]] during the 1950s. Followed in 1982 by a much panned sequel (''[[Grease 2]]'').
|$153,113,000
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|''Grave of the Fireflies''
|1988
|UR
|While the film has been labeled anti-war, the director Isao Takahata stated the actual meaning was about growing up. The film's message is still debatable to this day.
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|''Hacksaw Ridge''
|2016
|R
|It tells the story of how World War II hero, Desmond Doss became a combat medic hero. However, its stances on gun rights is rather mixed to negative.
|$67,209,615
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|''Halloween III: Season of the Witch''
|1982
|R
|Unlike the two films before it (which has mass murder Michael Myers) this film's villain is a pagan who plans on sacrificing children via witchcraft to bring back the original celebration of Halloween. However he does this by selling masks to them which many critics pointed out may have been an anti-capitalism message.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/22/movies/haloween-iii-plotting-a-joke.html</ref> The film's "hero" is also an adulterer.
|$14,400,000
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|''Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters''
|2013
|R
|Western fairy tale characters Hansel and Gretel are now adults and have their own private bounty hunting organization in hunting witches. Portrays witchcraft in a negative manner, and guns in good light. But the gore, graphic violence and brief nudity is rather unnecessary.
|$55,703,475
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|''High Noon''
|1952
|UR
|A favorite of both Presidents [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Bill Clinton]]; [[John Wayne]] said it was "the most un-American thing I've ever seen in my whole life";<ref>http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/47/highnoon.php</ref> though susceptible of various interpretations, most of all it seems to scare people into wanting more government.
|$3,750,000
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|''Hoot''
|2006
|PG
|A movie about a bunch of kids who stand up to a CEO company that is trying to put one of its restaurants on a burrowing owl habitat. However the movie contains many morals, and promoting friendship. It does give kids the great inspiration to stand up for what they believe is right.
|$8,117,637
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|''[[The Hunger Games]]''
|2012
|PG-13
|Futuristic totalitarians plan titular annual televised "games" as punishment on the descendants of failed revolutionaries from a past uprising. Although technically a message against totalitarianism and for individualism, Leftist actor Donald Sutherland, who played President Snow, implied that the struggles of the films' protagonists were supposed to be derived from the Occupy Wall Street movement, and the book's author also indicated that the events of the book were based on the George W. Bush administration.
|$406,267,858
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|''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry''
|2007
|PG-13
|Portrayals an inside joke of [[same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriage"]] by having [[Adam Sandler]] and Kevin James pretend to be a homosexual couple in order to receive benefits. The villains of the movies are government ranking officials out to prove with they are really homosexual. However contains some scenes of girls in lingerie and Adam Sandler checking out some girls. The film took place prior to the 2011 enactment of the Marriage Equality Act, which claimed to "legalize" "marriage" for same-sex couples in the state. At the time the film was released, the state allowed for residents to file for unregistered cohabitation rights, and various municipal and county governments had offered domestic partnership registries.
|$120,059,556
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|''Independence Day''
|1996
|PG-13
|Although made by liberal director Roland Emmerich with the intention of getting then-President [[Bill Clinton]] re-elected into office as well as having a few liberal values (such as Marty Gilbert, David Levinson's boss, being implied to be homosexual and the fact that Jasmine Dubrow's an unrepentant stripper), it nonetheless manages to push patriotism for America and, due to an ad-lib by actor Bill Pullman, manages to have him bring context of honoring the American holiday Independence Day during President Whitmore's rousing speech before fighting off the alien invaders in a climactic battle. It also has some condemnation towards divorce, as evidenced by David Levinson and Constance Spano's divorce is treated in a negative light, and also is pro-family due to Russell Casse sacrificing himself during battle to save his family.
|$817.4 million
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|''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull''
|2008
|PG-13
|Although the film does depict the Communists as bad guys (to such an extent that the Russian Communist Party in Moscow was angered by the decision), and implies that Indiana Jones is a Republican or at the very least an [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] fan, the film also depicts McCarthyism in a negative light, with one character implying that the American Government was simply being paranoid and denies there being a sizeable Communist infiltration in America, and also seems to promote paganism in the form of the Crystal Skull.
|$786.6 million
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|''The Iron Lady''
|2011
|PG-13
|The British biopic of [[Conservative Party]] leader and 1979-90 [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]], Margaret Thatcher, showing the effects of conservative economic policy on Britain, helping to lift the country out of its recession. However, it also showed Margaret Thatcher in a somewhat negative light, depicting her during her late years as becoming slightly addled.
|$80,554,188 (international including UK), $27,081,674 (US - domestic)
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|''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''
|1946
|UR
|Falsely teaches that humanism is what makes life worthwhile; marginalizes [[faith]] with a cartoonish depiction and demonizes capitalism as sadistic and greedy.
|$3,300,000
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|''Jaws''
|1975
|PG
|Anti-environmentalism film, the heroes are police chief Brody, WWII vet Quint and Marine Biologist Hooper who team up to take on a monstrous, man-eating great white shark. However, there is a part where (despite the warning) the Mayor keeps the beaches open for the sake of money, which some may say is an anti-capitalism statement. Notable for being one of the first summer blockbusters. It was followed by three sequels in 1978, 1983 and 1987.
|$260,000,000
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|''Juno''
|2007
|PG-13
|A pregnant teenage woman rejects [[abortion]] and decides for an adoptive birth instead. This movie pushes [[feminism]] and marginalizes the essential role of fatherhood.
|$143,492,840
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|''Jurassic World''
|2015
|PG-13
|Jurassic Park is now functioning and open for business and the new boss is a woman, an obvious feminist message. Also the military is downgraded as they plan to weaponize dinosaurs. Despite all this feminists weren't impressed and labeled it sexist<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/10/jurassic-world-a-big-dumb-sexist-mess.html</ref> and even liberal critics called the weaponizing dinosaurs plot asinine.<ref>http://thoughtcatalog.com/olos-nah/2015/06/ill-just-say-what-everyone-is-thinking-jurassic-world-is-terrible/</ref>
|$652,270,625
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|''Kiki's Delivery Service''
|1989
|G
|The film does show the value of hard work and is pro-capitalism (Kiki owns her own delivery business), but at the same time depicts feminism and witchcraft in a positive light.
|$18 million
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|''Kingdom of Heaven'' (director's cut)
|2005
|R
|A story set in the Crusades period about a young knight. While the theatrical version was a pure liberal media, the director's cut promotes fighting, honor, duty, and portrays the noble Knights Hospitallers in a positive light. That being said, the movie still portrays Knights Templars in a negative light.
|$47,398,413
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|''Kingsman: The Secret Service''
|2015
|R
|Anti-environmentalist, the villain attempts to eradicate the human race because of his belief in man-made global warming. Though the film is full of language and violence as well as a brief nudity scene. There's also one scene were one of the characters gets into a bloody fight with a group of Christians whom are portrayed as "racists".
|$128,261,724
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|''Knocked Up''
|2007
|R
|Unemployed, immature and childish 23-year old Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) has a one-night stand with serious career woman Alison Scott (Katherine Heigl), with the unintended consequence of pregnancy. Alison's mother (Joanna Kerns) says she should get the pregnancy "[[abortion|taken care of]]", while Ben's best friend Jonah (Jonah Hill) suggests that "I won't say the A-word, but it rhymes with abortion." Alison decides to keep the child, while Ben decides to find a real job, grow up, and become a father.
|$148,768,917
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|''Labyrinth''
|1986
|PG
|It's debatable if the film is pro-family. While the main story is about a girl who has to rescue her baby brother from the Goblin King, our hero Sarah doesn't really learn the importance or responsibly of being an older sibling.
|$12,729,917
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|''The LEGO Movie''
|2014
|PG
|Anti-Large Government, with a message that anyone has the potential to be extraordinary. However is also anti-capitalist, and the main villain is Lord Business.
|$257,760,692
|-
|''Lincoln''
|2012
|PG-13
|Bio film on conservative icon [[Abraham Lincoln]], played wonderfully by Daniel Day-Lewis. Although overall very positive towards Lincoln and the Republican Party, it nonetheless downplays the role the Democrat Party played in the institution of slavery during the Civil War.
|$182,207,973
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|''Lionheart''
|1990
|R
|Pro-family as Jean-Claude Van Damme plays Lyon Gaultier (nicknamed Lionheart) who becomes a street fighter to help pay his sister-in-law's expenses after her husband is killed. During this time he also tries to reconnect with his estranged family. However he gets into the country illegally, which some could point out is a pro-illegal immigration statement.
|$24,078,196
|-
|''The Lorax''
|2012
|PG
|Although it has an environmentalist agenda, it also states that monopolies are wrong.
|$214,030,500
|-
|''Mrs. Doubtfire''
|1993
|PG-13
|Robin Williams plays a father who cross dresses as a nanny with the help of his gay brother (Hollywood trying to shoehorn the [[homosexual agenda]] one might say.) to be with his children. However, on ''Louder with Crowder'' it was one of the films (#1 actually) on TOP 5: Triggering Movies That Couldn’t Be Made Today, due to rampant gender confusion that's been happening recently.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWfSjyGNRPE</ref>
|$219,195,243
|-
|''P.C.U.''
|1994
|PG-13
|College students fight back against a campus where the administration promotes official [[diversity]] awareness weekends and radical [[feminism]], [[vegan]]ism, and [[political correctness]] run amok, but a conservative group on campus is also portrayed just as negatively as the P.C. groups.
|$4,350,774
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|''[[The Passion of the Christ]]''
|2004
|R
|Downplays the [[Resurrection]]<ref>The original version of the film had no references at all to the Resurrection.</ref> and strength of Christianity and omits powerful angels; instead exaggerates triumph of evil; film had little lasting effect on public or its producer; portrayed nails as through the hands rather than through the wrists as depicted by the [[Shroud of Turin]] and confirmed by modern science.
|$370,782,930
|-
|''Pillow Talk''
|1959
|UR
|A classic starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day in which conservative values triumph over liberal ones. There are no distortions by feminist ideology. Indeed, in one scene a leading man slaps the leading lady, but then is beaten up by dimwitted bystanders for it!
|$18,750,000
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|''Pulp Fiction''
|1994
|R
|Despite saying the F-word in almost every sentence, the film (surprisingly) has a pro-Christian message as after being shot at, every bullet misses mob hit men Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega. Winnfield believes it was a divine intervention and message from God to stop his life of crime. His partner doesn't believe this but it's later proven to be true as he perished later on in the movie. Also has sadomasochistic homosexuals as the bad guys. And (sort of) has an anti-drug message as mob boss's girlfriend Mia Wallace is seen also overdosing (a negative side to drugs) on heroin.
|$107,928,762
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|''The Rescuers''
|1977
|G
|The villain in this movie is a capitalist pawn shop owner, who wants a rare diamond to make her rich, to add insult to injury they're Southerners. Also paints the United Nations in a positive light. On the other hand, the main villain is also a feminist, and the main human protagonist is shown praying for not only herself (even she has been kidnapped) but for all the kids in the orphanage (who have not been kidnapped). This is one of the rare Disney films feature a [[Christian]] character that's treated in a positive light.
|$29 million

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|''Robin Hood''
|1973
|G
|Animated Disney adaptation of the iconic story, depicting all of the characters as anthropomorphic animals. Although the story itself was based on [[Joseph Ritson]]'s revised version of the character that was in support of the Jacobin cause and thus was a liberal icon (steals from the rich, gives to the poor), the villain is Prince John who makes his money from taxes, suggesting Robin Hood is only giving money the government demanded back to people who actually worked for it, and thus was implicitly closer in themes to the original, pre-Ritson revision version of the character. It also features a condemnation of government encroachment of the church, as a pivotal scene featured the Sheriff of Nottingham explicitly stealing a coin from the poor box and his later arresting Friar Tuck for trying to stop him, and the Sheriff's actions were clearly being framed in a horrible light.
|$32 million
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|-
|''Shame''
|2011
|NC-17
|While the movie shows [[Hollywood Values]], such as sex addiction, in a negative light and is clearly anti-[[homosexual agenda]], as the main character reaches his lowest point by partaking in such acts, the film is graphic in its nature leaving one to question how conservative it really is.
|$3,909,002
|-
|''Shrek''
|2001
|PG
|Although it has dirty humor and was made by the liberal company DreamWorks SKG, and the character Princess Fiona is depicted at times to be a feminist such as her utilizing martial arts on the Merry Men and taking them out effortlessly, it is implied that most of the characters are Christians as the gingerbread man says "God Bless Us Everyone". Also, Donkey sings a gospel song "I'm a believer", and the scene where Shrek and Fiona are silently upset about being separated has the version of "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. It also portrays Robin Hood (who is implied in the lyrics to be based on the infamous revisionist version by [[Joseph Ritson]] that was made in solidarity to the [[Jacobin]]s during the French Revolution), as an Antagonist. It also features some condemnation on materialism, as the main villain, Lord Farquaad, only desires Fiona's marriage so he could officially become the king of Duloc.
|$484.4 million
|-
|''[[The Simpsons]] Movie''
|2007
|PG-13
|Portrays the liberal [[Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] as a villainous and devious agency, and portrays the Government in general as intrusive and corrupt. On the other hand, it also promotes [[environmentalism]] in the beginning.
|$183,135,014
|-
|''Soul Man''
|1986
|PG-13
|A white student cheats the [[affirmative action]] system, by pretending to be black in order to get the scholarship he needs for to pay for Harvard. Towards the end, it is revealed he took the scholarship away from someone who needed it (and is really black) because she has a son and is divorced at such a young age. Exploits the racism that people have against white people. But on the positive note, the film teaches the importance of hard work.
|$27,820,000
|-
|''Starship Troopers''
|1997
|R
|Although it overall depicts the Military in a protagonistic light and arguably is pro-war and pro-military, the director of the film, Paul Verhoeven, implied it was actually supposed to push an anti-military, anti-war message where it implied that America during the Cold War were automatically fascists simply because they are entering war, and specifically stated it was "a natural evolution for post-World War II America." In addition, to reinforce Verhoeven's message, he deliberately modeled various scenes after ''Triumph of the Will'' and other pro-Nazi propaganda scenes, as well as modeled the protagonists' uniforms after the uniforms utilized by the Nazis (i.e., the character Carl, played by Neil Patrick Harris, wearing a uniform that was modeled after the [[SS]]). When asked by Michael Ironside, who was one of the people who had a role in the movie and had read the original book, about why he made the movie despite Verhoeven's leftist politics, he answered "If I tell the world that a right-wing, fascist way of doing things doesn't work, no one will listen to me. So I'm going to make a perfect fascist world: everyone is beautiful, everything is shiny, everything has big guns and fancy ships, but it's only good for killing ******* bugs!" (note that fascism is not "right wing", it is left wing, so Verhoeven's incorrect regarding which wing the Nazis/fascists were part of).
|$54,814,377
|-
|''Sudden Death''
|1995
|R
|Disgraced fire fighter now becomes a laughingstock fire marshal uncovers a terrorist plot, at a Hockey game, plans to redeem himself and protect his children and the Vice President from said terrorists. However, they're not Islamic, which may have been because the film was trying to be politically correct.
|$20,350,171
|-
|''Super''
|2010
|R
|Main character becomes a super hero after a vision from God. He also frequently turns to prayer and a Christian television show for guidance. Even though his wife leaves him for a drug dealer, he remains loyal to her for the whole movie. Although contains foul language, violence, and brief nudity scenes.
|$327,716
|-
|''S.W.A.T''
|2003
|PG-13
|Film adaptation of the conservative TV show from the 70's does still share the same pro-law enforcement messages, but has a female character named Chris (played by Michelle Rodriguez) who was never in the television show. Which some may point out was only put there to be more "progressive" and promote feminism.
|$116,934,650
|-
|''Team America: World Police''
|2004
|R
|While it is clearly pro-military, pro-America, and anti-Hollywood (notably, there was a scene where [[Michael Moore]] had a cameo as a suicide bomber, with his death being made especially graphic by stuffing his dummy with ham as revenge towards his "A Short History on America" segment from ''[[Bowling for Columbine]]'' that falsely attributed the creators of the film to the segment.), the movie is riddled with liberal values, including toilet humor and vulgar language throughout. Also, in the movie's foul-mouthed theme song, it favors abortion, slavery, pornography, and Democrats, while having no positive reaction to Republicans. Penned by the creators of ''[[South Park]]'' and ''The Book of Mormon'' musical.
|$32,786,074
|-
|''[[Titanic]]''
|1997
|PG-13
|Every life had value and the most powerful men gave up their seats on lifeboats to women and children first; the media and a young [[RINO]] are rightly criticized; broke the record in movie revenues. However, it also gave some hints at a pro-socialist view, and a key scene involving Rose being drawn in the nude is invocative of pornography.
|$600,779,824
|-
|''[[Trainspotting]]''
|1996
|R
|It's been debatable if the film is anti-drug.
|$16,491,080
|-
|''U-571''
|2000
|PG-13
|Had a plot which was based on the first capture of a [[German]] [[Enigma machine]] in [[World War Two]]. Despite the film being patriotic to America, the facts are wrong as the Enigma machine was captured by the [[British]] in 1941 prior to the Americans entering the war.
|$77,122,415
|-
| ''Van Helsing''
|2004
|PG-13
|Thanks to [[Hollywood values]], Van Helsing isn't portrayed as the Christian character he should be, but the film still gets its good vs. evil message across. As well as portraying the Catholic church in a positive light. The director Stephen Sommers has made conservative films ''The Mummy Returns'' and ''G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' though.
|$120,177,084
|-
|''Wall-E''
|2008
|G
|The movie warned against big government (BNL), however, it is also anti-capitalist and pro-environmentalism as BNL is a corporation.
|$223,808,164
|-
|''The Way We Were''
|1973
|PG
|Unique in the way that it appears liberal to liberals while unintentionally sending a [[conservative]] message to young women. Stars uber-liberal [[Barbra Streisand]].
|$49,919,870
|-
|''We're the Millers''
|2013
|R
|A drug dealer, stripper, runaway, and average loser pretend to be a family to sneak marijuana out of Mexico. However, they learn the value and importance of family. The villains of the movie are all drug gang men, the film also features a stripper scene, and whether or not the film is anti-drug in the end is debatable.
|$150,394,119
|-
|''Yours Mine and Ours''
|2005
|PG
|The film is about a widower father of a conservative family who marries a widowed mother of a liberal family. Their two difference lifestyles contradict with each other, and the film does not really pick a side of on whose lifestyle is better. However, it does have a scene where the liberal kids outsmart the conservative kids (By tricking them into thinking there is a fire and then getting to use the bathrooms to themselves). Also, has a scene where the kids work together and use conservative tactics to end bullying without the help of an authority figure. In the end, the kids learn to put their differences aside and realize that family is what matters more.
|$53,412,862
|}

== Debatable Whether Great ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Film
!Year
!Rating
!Comments
!Gross (Domestic)
|-

|''[[An American Carol]]''
|2008
|PG-13
|[[David Zucker]]'s [[conservative]] comedy starring Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, Trace Adkins and Leslie Nielsen.
|$7,013,191
|-
|''Armageddon''
|1998
|PG-13
|Though this film promotes patriotism and mocks environmentalism, the overall plot is fairly nonsensical and the action sequences bombastic. Bruce Willis even won the Razzie award for Worst Actor for making this movie, and this movie also received six other Razzie nominations, though it didn't win any.
|$201 million
|-
|-
|''Auschwitz''
|2011
|R
|Isn't politically correct on the topic of gun control as Nazi officers are seen shooting Jewish citizens and forcing them into concentration camps. However, its low budget and poor production value really hurts the film.
|
|-
|''Battle Los Angeles''
|2011
|PG-13
|Pro-military, but alien invasion plot has gone stale in this day and age.
|$83,552,429
|-
|''Battleship''
|2012
|PG-13
|It's good to see a pro-military film, but the overused alien invasion plot and the fact that it's based on a board game really makes it hard to consider good.
|$65,422,625
|-
|''Blood Freak''
|1972
|NC-17
|Has an Anti-Drug and Pro-Christian message, however, the film is also very violent and gory.
|
|-
|''The Brave One''
|2007
|R
|Pro-[[Second Amendment]], however the plot is almost identical to ''[[Death Wish]]''.
|$36,793,804
|-
|''Camelot''
|1967
|G
|The famous jousting scene is a powerful display of Christian values and chivalry, but the movie seems lost afterward.
|$31,102,578
|-
|''Carnosaur''
|1993
|R
|An anti-environmentalist film, where the villain believes that the earth was made for the dinosaurs and tries to wipe out the human race and allow dinosaurs to reclaim the Earth as their own. The film is considered a rip-off of ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.
|$1,753,979
|-
|''Captain America''
|1990
|PG-13
|Film still gets its [[Patriotism|patriotic]] message across, however, due to a low budget, poor production values, and bad editing, the film becomes tedious and sometimes laughable. It would be twenty-one years before another adaptation of the conservative icon would be made.
|$10,173
|-
|''Collateral Damage''
|2002
|R
|[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] stars in this pro-War on Terror (released shortly after 9/11 no less) film were he avenges his family after a terrorist attack, however by the time the film was released its story did feel formulaic. Even though the film was made and completed before the September 11 attacks, it was set for an October 2001 release but had been pushed back four months.
|$40,077,257
|-
|''Commando''
|1985
|R
|Pro-family film starring conservative actor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as former Delta Force leader John Matrix as he rescues his daughter from Communist insurgents (and the freelance soldier working for them, a former colleague of Matrix's who was fired from Delta Force for brutality) who plan to bring Communism back to their now liberated country. However the action is goofy and cheesy, in a way, it unintentionally becomes a comedy.
|$35,100,000
|-
|''G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra''
|2009
|PG-13
|Live action film based on the conservative cartoon from the 1980s. Regardless of that, the live action film adaptation is a disappointment, largely due to the acting, directing, screenplay, nonsensical action, and mediocre visual effects.
|$150,201,498
|-
|''Godzilla''
|2014
|PG-13
|The film gets its consequences of playing God message across. But the film itself is a mess. The idea of seeing the destitution from a soldier's point of view works on paper, but the character's too underdeveloped. Also, Godzilla's barley in it and the scenes of destruction (what made the Godzilla films great) are practically missing.
|$200,676,069
|-
|''It Takes Two''
|1995
|PG
|Has the same story as ''The Parent Trap'', but also has the same pro-family message too.
|$19,474,589
|-
|''Jack and Jill''
|2011
|PG
|Adam Sandler stars as both Jack and Jill in this family comedy that features pro-capitalism and pro-family values. That aside, ''Jack and Jill'' is an extremely terrible and revolting film, The film received an overwhelmingly negative reception from critics and audiences alike, with many calling it the worst film of 2011. At the 32nd Golden Raspberry Award ceremony in 2012, ''Jack and Jill'' was unanimously "nominated" for all of the categories, and eventually "winning" all of them, even beating out the Worst Liberal Movie ''Battlefield Earth''.
|$149,673,788
|-
|''Leonard Part 6''
|1987
|PG
|Villain is a militant vegan who plans to destroy the human race. But the film is wackiness on steroids, such as Bill Cosby's character Leonard Parker being tortured by lobsters, a henchman having his head blow up after eating a hot dog and Cosby riding an ostrich-like a horse (just to name a few). Even though he produced and wrote it, Bill Cosby has disowned the film and even begged people to not to pay to see it.
|$4,615,255
|-
|''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride''
|1998
|G
|Although made during the infamous Michael Eisner era and was part of that era's direct to video sequel line, it also features the same pro-family and Christian messaging as in the original movie.
|N/A (Direct to Video film)
|-
|''The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea''
|2000
|G
|Although it to some extent retreads the plotline of the conservative film ''The Little Mermaid'' and was part of the infamous Direct to Video sequel line of the [[Michael Eisner]] era, it also has a similar pro-family message, as well as depicts the villain in a truly horrific light (such as trying to murder the main protagonist, a child, twice, once while she was a baby which acted as the primary reason why her parents, Ariel and Eric from the first film, went to great lengths to prevent her from learning about her heritage or even allowing her into the sea, and the other time when she was 12).
|N/A (Direct to Video film)
|-
|''The Lord of the Rings''
|1978
|PG
|An early attempt to bring J. R. R. Tolkien conservative text to the silver screen. The film still has the same values of friendship, bravery, honor, sacrifice etc., but the animation (and pretty much everything else) has aged very poorly.
|$30,471,420
|-
|''Pearl Harbor''
|2001
|PG-13
|The film gets its [[Patriotism|patriotic]] message across, however the directing, screenplay, acting, romance between the three leads, historical accuracy, and bastardization of one of the most horrific, tragic moments in world history for the sake of ripping off James Cameron's 1997 film ''Titanic'' are extremely questionable.
|$198,542,554
|-
|''[[The Room]]''
|2003
|R
|Anti-alcoholism and adultery. Shows the destructive nature of liberal values. However, The Room has been critically panned for its acting, screenplay, dialogue, production values, score, direction, and cinematography. despite its low gross domestic result from its initial theater run, it has done much better in recent theater screening.
|$1800
|-
|''Space Jam''
|1996
|PG
|Michael Jordan uses the help of beloved animated children's characters, the Looney Tunes, from the 1950s (a simpler time in America's history) to beat back alien invaders from outer space who wish to take away our freedoms.
|$90,443,603
|-
|''Super Mario Bros.''
|May 28, 1993
|PG
|Has a pro-Second Amendment message in that an old lady, before mugging them, explicitly states the titular characters need to have a weapon to survive on the streets of Dinohatten (which is depicted as a lawless hellhole), and also having a condemnation towards Communist/fascistic-style big government in the form of King Koopa (who is depicted as a human-looking character in the film, as opposed to his dragon-like form of the video game). It also is to some extent anti-evolution and anti-social Darwinism, as although the story's backstory does involve dinosaurs evolving into humanoid creatures from being sent to a separate dimension from that of humans, the villains are the ones who largely focus on this aspect and want to eliminate humans as inferior to themselves. However, the film was also largely panned and did poorly at the box office, and was considered one of the more infamous examples of video game adaptation movies being poorly-made.
|$20.9 million
|-
|''Toy Soldiers''
|1991
|R
|Group of trouble making boys at a boarding school now must wise up and fight as their school is taken over by terrorists. The story's weak and kind of a mix between ''Die Hard'' and ''Red Dawn''.
|$15,073,942
|-
|''The Wild''
|2006
|G
|Main moral is that character and strength comes from within, and that it does not matter where one comes from, to achieve this. This is also a pro-family film about a father of the lion who along with his animal friends goes to search for his son after he is accidentally taken away. The villains of the movie are wildebeests that are trying to change the food chain, by planning to eat the lions, and one could argue this could give the film anti-environmentalist message. However the movie did receive poor reviews, and the movie’s main plot about animals from Central Park Zoo was considered to be a rip-off of more successful and politically neutral movie “Madagascar” which had been released the year before.
|$37,384,046
|-
|}

== References ==
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== See also ==
*[[Essay:Worst Liberal Movies]]
*[[Essay:20 Greatest Conservative Movies of the Last 20 Years]]
*[[Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs]]
*[[Essay:Greatest Conservative TV Shows]]

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