Friday, August 20, 2004

How bad an idea is this?

Fox News reports on a new wave of pastors using pop culture films to portray a Christian message. Some of the examples cited include:

The films analyzed on the Movieministry site include everything from “Princess Diaries 2” (“God exalts the humble”) and “Anchorman” (“What is love?”) to “Spider-Man 2” (“Confession is the first step of forgiveness”) and “The Notebook” (“God can step in where science cannot”).

There is nothing wrong with these movies as entertainment (although I haven't seen any of them except Spider Man 2), but why the need to dumb down the church to make a point? Many of those who are involved in this "ministry" are in california, and thus think those who are not keen on Hollywood are ignorant louts...

David Bruce, who runs HollywoodJesus.com and has a background in network television, said it’s foolish for the church to shun show biz.

“The church at its worst has been rock-throwing,” he said. “Hollywood is the easy whipping boy.”

Hollywood has made itself the whipping boy by churning out films full of vile language, soft core pornography and graphic violence. Worse, the overwhelming majority of films that address religious issues at all tend to mock and denigrate Christianity and revere eastern religions. How odd that we would not embrace this culture!

Hey, rather than movies how about we use a book to make our point. I know one that has a good Christian message. It is called the Bible!

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