Praying for Armageddon (2023) User Reviews

Disturbing, but relevant

[ericanaess · 8/10 · 23 October 2023]

If you filter the review scores by country, it's basically the Americans who are trashing the film. I'm an American living in Norway (the home country of the director), and I found the film very disturbing, and incredibly relevant.

I teach about American government and politics and it's clear that despite the fact that there is supposed to be a separation of church and state, religion has had a massive influence on politics in the US for a long time. How does anyone think Roe gets overturned despite the majority of Americans being against that?

And this film shows how these Evangelical literal interpretations of the Bible lead to America's flawed Israel policy. It's incredibly scary to see how many people want war in the region and how close we are to this escalating.

I only wish we got to know how the one former preacher, Frank Schaeffer, came to leave the movement. It could serve as a path forward. How do you deprogram these people? The film doesn't really leave us with any hope or point to any solutions to the problem, which is my main problem with it.

A very good documentary!

[zfcpfzkfg · 8/10 · 29 March 2023]

This doesn't demonize Christianity because what it show has nothing to do with Christianity. It is showing how some of the evangelical community has a very concerning grip on some of the republicans, politicians, churches and military. It is showing us everything that can and will go wrong if Trump comes to power again and it is showing a clear picture of how Israel is behaving towards the Palestinians and USA's role in this.

Watch this if you are the slightest interested in the deeply concerning Armageddon movement in USA. Don't watch this if you believe that Jesus wants us to fight and believe that he will come down to us with weapons in his hands.

Very relevant documentary

[eirikrohalden · 10/10 · 8 November 2023]

If one observes just now US policy in the Middle East it is very scary to find the similarities with the documentary. US seems to be a very violent culture, problems are solved by firearms, just look at Hollywood movies, mass shootings and fire arm laws. Very disturbing documentary, i hope the reality is not so close but the latest news seems to support the claims in the movie. Hopefully this documentary will pinpoint the structural problems in US which are clearly shown in US politics the last years. I was not aware of the great influence from evangelia churces but if you notice both democrats and republicans are referering to God in their speeches.

If you like watching conspiracy theory clips on youtube, this might be for you

[danielprag-718-338413 · 4/10 · 15 April 2024]

Nothing but a conspiracy theory with a slightly bigger budget. It is not nuanced. A clear attempt to create reactions and emotions, rather than objectivity. If you do a bit of your own research, you quickly find that several elements are greatly exaggerated or taken out of context. They pick what fits into their storyline. The journalist who is used in the field does not conduct good interviews and does not get close to any important figures. He doesn't strike me as credible. He is loyal to the storyline, not the journalistic profession.

It was bad, ignorant, but somewhat entertaining. I think the director is trying to use this channel to raise awareness about Gaza, but wraps it in a different package to reach a larger audience.