Dogma (film) Warner Bros. Records. It features an orchestral score by Howard Shore, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra; and the song "Still", written, performed, and produced by Morissette. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described the "rich, effective" score as "alternately melodramatic and humorous". "Dogma" was the third-highest-grossing film in its opening weekend, behind "The Bone Collector" and "", grossing $8.7 million. The film grossed a domestic total of $30.7 million from a $10 million budget. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 126 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads,
God as the devil century) accuses the Persian prophet Mani, founder of the Manichaean sect in the 3rd century AD, identified Jehovah as "the devil god which created the world" and said that "he who spoke with Moses, the Jews, and the priests [...] is the [Prince] of Darkness, [...] not the god of truth." According to their critics, these heretics referred to the Abrahamic God variously as "a demiurgus", "an evil angel", "the devil god", "the Prince of Darkness", "the source of all evil", "the Devil", "a demon", "a cruel, wrathful, warlike tyrant", "Satan" and "the first beast of the book of Revelation".