Mount Zion: Nigerian Tweeps Lambast Popular Drama Evangelist’s Son, Joshua Bamiloye Over Tweet Condemning Marvel Movies

Mount Zion: Nigerian Tweeps Lambast Popular Drama Evangelist’s Son, Joshua Bamiloye Over Tweet Condemning Marvel Movies

Joshua Bamiloye, the son of Mike Bamiloye, founder and President of Mount Zion Faith Ministries and Mount Zion Television, is currently under fire for making a tweet condemning Marvel movies.

The young man, some days ago described Marvel movies as having characters who are possessed by an evil spirit.

His tweet attracted the outrage of Nigerians who claimed Mount Zion movies caused them more trauma as kids compared to the effect of Marvel movies.

Some tweeps urged the Christian filmmaker to focus on making movies in his niche and stop criticising what he cannot control.

He, however, made a follow-up thread to explain his intent stressing that he had not called for a ban on such movies but to encourage Christians like him to be more cautious with the entertainment content they consume.

He tweeted, “So I made a tweet on Marvel movies, and I think it’s time to expand on that because there’s something we need to hammer home in the body of Christ. What exactly is it? The impact some of today’s films have on our generation, and even more so on our (future) children.

“Let me preface this by saying I watch Marvel films as well, so this isn’t a topic to completely ban, dissociate, or cancel Hollywood films from our homes (because you can bet some people won’t read half of this thread but still come to their silly conclusions just to cause chaos).

“Rather, this is a plea for us to be more deliberate in how much of God we pour into ourselves and subsequently into the lives of our children, so their thought process isn’t shaped by these movies.

I’ll go over a few of the characters who sparked that concern.

“Scarlet Witch, a superhero, was my first source of concern. I’m not going into details, I’m just pointing out who our children will refer to as superheroes. Characters they would want to copy.

Doctor Strange is in the same boat (who is a sorcerer, same-same).

“Over the years, foreign films have beautified witchcraft & sorcery.

We may know that witchcraft is a no-no, regardless of how many movies we see about it, but believe me, it is harmful for a child to grow up with this kind of orientation without proper knowledge of God’s word.

“The message is consistently the same: there are “good witches” and “evil witches. NETFLIX KIDS is also known for these types of shows.

That’s by the way, let’s go back to marvel.

”Another example is Venom, which was released in 2018, followed by a sequel in 2021. The plot revolves around a man whose body was fused with that of a “symbiotic alien” (a funny euphemism for a demon, in my opinion) named Venom.

“The sheer gore in the sight of this monster that was supposed to be the hero of the story freaks me out.

Venom is a creature that dwells inside a man and manifests in times of battle. Venom can also take control of a man’s activities without visibly appearing.

“Last year, I had the opportunity to talk to a gathering of high school students.

I casually asked, “Who has seen Venom?” Hands were raised.