It's not the best apologetic work, I just enjoy it.
How can you resist theaters sold out full of youth groups across the Bible belt? We had busses at our theater. It does make me pretty sure that all of Hollywood is going to start cashing in on American Christians, though. No souls won, only saccharine affirmation of stereotypes and contemporary Christian culture.Ĭall me postmodern, but I don't see how this media was supposed to affect me. They weren't real, they were designed to do so. Of course the reporter was always looking for Christ. Of course the professor changes his mind. It kind of floored me, because they were all characters written in a carefully engineered script. People (youth groups) in the theater cheered when people "came to Jesus". Also, making money off guaranteed youth group turnout. "Shooting fish in a barrel" and "preaching to the choir" came to mind.Īlso, reputation engineering and advertising for Newsboys and the Robertsons. Next time I'll do a bit more proofreading when I post at 4 in the morning. If that day comes, I'll die a happy man, but until then, can we please stop encouraging this?Įdit: Charlton Heston film is "The Ten Commandments", not "Moses ". I just feel like I'm going crazy as I read yet another "glowing review" praising trash films such as this one, while giving no good reason for a decent filmmaker to put out a solid Christian movie. If I've struck a wrong nerve here, I apologize. I feel like unless we have serious discussions about the future of Christian film, and boycott these terrible attempts at shaming people into Christianity, then we'll continue falling towards this downward spiral into obscurity. We haven't had a decent film about the faith since Charlton Heston portrayed Moses in the film of the same name. I can't be the only one sick and tired of this. What makes me sad is the fact that this film is far exceeding the box office gains they'd projected to make, which means we'll be seeing even MORE terrible Christian films coming out that continue to preach to the choir and give the world more reason to turn away from the Church. Zero minds will be changed, and the rest of the world has yet ANOTHER reason to point and label the lot of us as a giant pool of judgment and bigotry. The entire film is just one giant atheist bash. Then we find out that his professor isn't actually an atheist, he's just mad at God for not saving his wife. I'll sum up the entire film for those of you who haven't seen it yet: An atheist professor makes his class declare that "God Is Dead" (which is extremely un-professor-like in this day and age, so there's that), and the lone Christian student in his class spends the entire film convincing him that God exists. We have a lone Muslim character who beats his daughter, an atheist professor who just happens to be the biggest narcissist this side of the Mississippi, the idea that all atheists chose their lifestyle because deep down they hate God, and even more nonsense that I can't fit in this post. Let's talk about the OBVIOUS and TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE stereotypes presented by the film. The film turned what could possibly have been a good idea - an atheist professor debating the existence of God with a Christian student - and made sure to destroy ANY sort of positive message that could have been gained. My first thoughts after walking out of the theater were absolute horror, disgust, abhorrence, and sadness.
For starters, I've been a Christian for the past 6 years, and just saw the movie the other day. I'm new to this subreddit, but I felt the need to make a post discussing my thoughts on the recent "God's Not Dead" film. Please visit the wiki for the complete list. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6Ĭome chat with us on IRC /#reddit-Christianity /#reddit-Christianity-meta Religious/Denominational Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. If you are asking a question, be sure to check our FAQ as it may have already been addressed there. Our Community Policy (XP for short) contains guidelines to help promote healthy discussion and discourage trolling, please review it.