Source: io9
Though many say ninja monk flick Book of Eli is about Christianity, it’s actually about rebooting the old church for a new world. Like many SF stories about the emergence of a new faith, Eli questions religion while defending it.
In the pantheon of science fiction tales, Book of Eli is just one of many that imagines future, mutated versions of contemporary religion. Like Margaret Atwood’s recent novel The Year of the Flood or the classic Dune, Book of Eli makes just a few telling tweaks in familiar forms of faith. These stories suggest something that many would consider blasphemous: Religion is a product of history, and it changes with the times.
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Don’t get me started on the topic of religion. If books or movies decide to tweak religious notions for the sake of the story, it’s called fiction and shouldn’t be placed in the same box as actually religious practices. That is about as much as I will say right now. What are your thoughts?
