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'Lone Ranger' film is 'pagan' and 'anti-Christian'

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Dynamite Entertainment's The Lone Ranger #4 cover. Art by John Cassaday. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Gore Verbinski 's " Lone Ranger " opened in theaters Wednesday. Verbinski, director of the " Pirates of the Caribbean " franchise, brought along a familiar face, well-known actor Johnny Depp . Despite Depp's appeal, however, the film has received sour reviews, and two prominent reviewers explained why. In an interview with The Christian Post , Dr. Ted Baehr , chairman of the Christian Film and Television Coalition and Editor-in-Chief of Movieguide, attacked the film's "strong mixed pagan, revisionist, politically correct worldview." "The government is bad – the army is killing Indians – the bad guy is a businessman, the military-industrial complex is bad," he explained, finishing the list with a notable exception – "the Christians are not always bad." Nevertheless, "the pagan elements triumph because you're l...