I feel like I have had many discussions based around the subject of "Christian" movies versus "non-Christian" movies. Let's compare a little bit here. Christian movies are light-hearted, overtly talk about God or Jesus in every scene, and are terribly acted, and non-Christian movies are full of violence, sex, drugs, alcohol, and Hollywood names, right? Oh. My. Goodness....
Not only is it frustrating when this is supported, but it is saddening. It's like Christians are forcing themselves to actually be narrow-minded and naive. It seems that these Christians are blind siding themselves to so many positive messages that could be known to them if they learned how to look beyond what is being immediately presented to them and look for further truths or Truth (yes, with a capital "t"). The world has been filled with promiscuity and violence since the beginning. The Bible itself is filled with stories of such. If one reads those stories without looking deeper, it's easy to pass off as just another story. But take and really look at the stories being presented! Sex and violence are everywhere. Christians need to challenge themselves in what they can take out of it that could make them stronger when watching these movies. Whether it be knowing that certain things really are against what they believe, or whether it be in realizing that there are more ways in telling people about Christ than throwing it at them the easy way. People need to challenge themselves. This really is just scraping the surface to what I could say about this subject.
Also, Schultze talks about how ministers in the mid-1900's claimed "movies portrayed lasciviousness, generated sexual arousal, modeled criminal activity, glorified smoking and drinking, and even taught teenagers how to make out."
O Lord help us all when teenagers learn how to make out...
1 comment:
JILL!!... you need to calm down. I've never read such anger and hostility. You have some good points though. The last thing we need is a bunch of teenage hooligans running around with their tongues in other peoples mouths!
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