Christian Bale: Moses would be droned today

Christian Bale: Moses would be droned today
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Actor Christian Bale has been busy doing research as he transitions from Batman to Moses for the upcoming film Exodus: Gods and Kings. On Nightline this week, he related some of his conclusions about the ancient Israelite hero:

[He was] absolutely seen as a freedom fighter for the Hebrews, but a terrorist in terms of the Egyptian empire… What would happen to Moses if he arrived today? Drones would be sent out after him, right? [ABC]

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.