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I'd go for brother! I could annoy her just like I do my real sister, haha. Seriously, all I really want is a retweet or a favorite. An acknowledgement of my existence! Just once.
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For the next one I finally get to the Harry Potter series.
Harry Potter and the ontological argument! I'm writing this from the Christian perspective. It's just my opinion. Please don't be offended. Feel free to disagree. Anyway, here goes...
How many times do we see the concept of the substitutionary atonement through sacrifice in fantasy literature? Just off the top of my head there's not only Harry Potter...there is also a lot of other good fantasy with the same theme. Think about Thor, or The Fantastic 4 - Rise of the Silver Surfer, or Narnia's The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, or The Matrix just to name a few. All of these stories revolve around the idea of the atonement through sacrifice.
Now take this into the realm of philosophy. The Ontological argument for God's existence basically starts out with a dream argument...the idea that we can only dream of things that are logically possible. In other words, we can dream of crazy things…such as people flying…but we can’t dream of illogical things. In other words, we can dream of people flying because we know people exist, and we know some things can fly. But we can't dream of circles that are squares, for example, no matter how hard we try...because such objects are inconceivable to our minds.
However, many of us do dream about things such as Heaven and God. The very fact that we do shows that it is at least logically possible for God to exist. Some people take the argument a step further...the basic idea being this: if we can imagine a supreme being...then one must exist, because limited, finite beings created by chance would have never thought of such a concept.
I believe that the very fact that people dream of better worlds...whether they be Hogwarts, Narnia, or a world outside of “The Matrixâ€...might be do to the idea of a better world being put into our minds from the beginning. The ontological argument makes the assumption that the reason we think of these things is most likely due to a true better world actually existing.
But if this is true, then how do we get there? I think that it’s interesting that in most of our fantasy literature we get there through an atoning sacrifice. Harry saved Hogwarts...Aslan saved Narnia...Neo saved the people from “The Matrixâ€, etc. I believe the reason that human authors seem to be drawn to this theme is because we somehow know it to be true.
This also doesn’t appear to be a new concept. In the past, people have made up creation stories...such as The Gilgamesh Epic...because they have always known that we were created and not put here by chance. In the same manner, I think the main reason people make up atonement fiction (and it's so popular) is due to the fact that all people know in their hearts that the atonement did or at least needs to happen.
Even in the book of Job, which may be the oldest book of the Bible, we see a person that looked forward to someone that would be the atoning sacrifice…
25 “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.â€
Job 19:25 (NLT)
From the Christian perspective, we believe that many years ago...God did indeed come to the Earth in human form. He came to die in our place and save us from our own destruction. He did not sin and did not deserve to die, but He willingly died and rose again. Now He sits at the right hand of the Father in Heaven...and as many who are willing to believe; He calls them out of this world to the place that our hearts have always been longing for in our dreams...our eternal home...Heaven.
11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.
Eccl 3:11 (NLT)
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"Out of the Silent Planet" C.S. Lewis
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Congrats. I'm happy for her graduation. The slogan from UPS keeps ringing through my head, "What can Brown do for you?"
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A Lesson from "Pacific Rim".
OK. My next entry is not on an Emma Watson movie. However, it is about a movie that she recommended people see via her Twitter account. That’s close enough for me!
The movie I’m talking about is Pacific Rim. Pacific Rim is about these huge monsters called Kaijus that have come up to the earth’s surface through a hole in the ocean floor. To fight the monsters, the world builds these large fighting robots called Jaegers. Just like most films, at one point things look desperate, but of course humanity and the Jaegers win in the end.
In the story, the people of the world, through a mathematical formula, know almost exactly when the evil Kaijus will appear. In addition, after the Kaijus appear, the good guys are almost instantly aware of their location. To top this off, the bad creatures usually appeared only one at a time.
If only real life were like this! If we could know exactly when and where our problems were going to come, and if they would come to us one and a time; life would be quite simple. But our own experiences show the opposite to be true.
In reality, we often don’t know when we’ll face temptations. Problems come in groups, and when we least expect them. It’s just when we think everything’s okay that a temptation seems to overwhelm us.
But there is hope. The good news is that Christ does not leave us alone. The apostle Paul wrote the following words,
13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure. 1 Cor 10:13 (NLT)
The truth is, we may face multiple problems and temptations…but for us as believers, we can put our hope in this: God knows our limits and He will never give us more than we can handle. When we’re going through a tough time, Christ will be there with us to show us the way through. Even if it doesn’t end well for us here and now, that’s okay. Our hope was never really in this world, but in the world to come.
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I would be Fred or George Weasley for sure. I like to do goofy things in serious situations.
For example, I was at an association meeting this week, and they've divided our county into districts...before I spoke, I'm introduced as representing District three...so before talking I just held up my hand up and started whistleing. The secretary's like, "Jim, what are you doing?". Come on, I can't believe there wasn't a single person in the room that saw any of The Hunger Games. If just one person would have whistled back it would have been epic!
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I'd wear an embarrassing outfit in the desert for a week if that's what it took
Would you eat a bug?
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Emma_BKrazy...I am so sorry. I will certainly pray for your mom and for your friend. I will pray for you as well, that you will be strong during this tough time.
"For most of us the prayer in Gethsemane is the only model. Moving mountains can wait". - C.S. Lewis
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As far as the whole topic of prayer, I thought this might also be useful to some people. It's a true story. I saw it happen! I originally wrote it as a church newsletter article. It goes like this,
"About a year ago, I went out to eat at one of my favorite seafood places...and so far so good about my resolution to eat better, I had the broiled fish with rice…no fried fish or fries for me!
After about 15 minutes, a pretty long line had formed at the counter, because it was lunchtime. Of course, I’m still there because I’m slow eater. Then I noticed a couple in line; they were talking using sign-language. Now, I’ve seen this before…at first I thought they had a sign-language class at school.
But, as I watched, I had never seen two people sign so fast. They were “talking" away, their hands flying through the air, and both were smiling. So, then, I thought to myself, “Well, that’s makes me kind of happy and sad…maybe they’re brother and sister, and one had to learn to sign b/c the other is deaf".
However, I watched them as they got to order…and they both pointed to what they wanted, instead of saying it. Then the girl started to get out her checkbook, and the guy shook his head “no,†and made the sign for “togetherâ€.
At this, the girl started blushing and shook her head, and made the sign for “separateâ€. But the guy signed, “together†again…finally the girl relented and signed, “OK, together†and then she sort of blushed…but she gave in and left him pay.
At this point I realized, these two weren’t related…they had found each other, and were sort of on a date. It was so cute, because you could imagine how they probably felt.
Both of them were probably thinking, “FINALLY a person that understands how I feel, and the problems I go through. I can actually ‘talk’ to this person without an interpreter, and they understand what I’m saying".
It was so neat…you could see them expressing their feelings, even though they didn’t verbalize them with words.
The truth is, sometimes we try to go to God in prayer…and we have so much going on, and our problems seem so great to us, but so small in the grand scheme of things…that we feel like we don’t know the right words to say. We feel like we need an interpreter.
The good news is, we can still pray, even if we don’t know the words…God has provided the interpreter…the Holy Spirit…as the apostle Paul wrote in the book of Romans,
“…the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don’t even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.†Romans 8:26 NLT".I guess the bottom line is this - Don't be afraid to pray. God can understand you even when others can't.
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Wow it's been almost a year since anyone posted a prayer request!
I went through all five pages. I pray that all of the job changes have worked out, that the people that lost loved ones are comforted...to those facing depression, that they feel uplifted, and for those in tough situations at church, I understand and will definately pray.
I will also be praying for those affected by the actions of others, and for those in uniform, and for those facing challenges at school &/or home.
As far as the "form" of prayer...I don't necessarily think that prayers need to follow a certain form...but a form that I've commonly heard used and taught is called the ACTS of prayer. It's an acrostic.
A stands for Adoration. We begin by simply thanking God for being who He is. Something like, "We thank You God for being all-powerful, and all wise", etc.
C stands for Confession. This is where we confess and ask for forgiveness for when we fall short. Something like, "God, forgive me for worrying so much about what others think of me, for not caring enough for those around me, etc."
T stands for Thanksgiving...this is just thanking God for the good things...i.e., "God, thank you for my family, that they are healthy....thank you for a place to stay and work I enjoy, etc".
S stands for Supplication...this is where we present our requests for ourselves and others.
It seems like a pretty good model to follow. Just work your way through from top to bottom.
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Thanks for the welcomes!
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OK. This is my first post here. As a Christian, I thought I'd try and post a spiritual truth that you can see displayed (intentionally or unintentionally) in some of Emma's films. I'm hoping to add to this once a week. The first one I'll try is Perks of Being a Wallflower. Here goes:
“We accept the love we think we deserve.†There’s a lot of truth in that statement. If we’re honest, most of us would admit that we have a hard time thinking that others would truly love us if they really got to know us.
Most people are aware of their own bad habits, selfishness, and mistakes. We often act like Adam and Eve, when they heard God walking in the Garden after they had sinned. They tried to hide from God, because they felt they were no longer worthy of His love – He only asked of them one thing – and they knew they blew it, so they were scared.
It’s this same fear that makes all of us do stupid things. Guys act foolish and hurt other people, just to impress their “friendsâ€. Girls date guys who hurt them. People enter into relationships with others that are either physically or emotionally abusive. Many of these eventually end, but then the same people simply develop new ones that are just as destructive. It’s a vicious cycle. All of this is due to one thing: In our heart of hearts, this is all of the love that we believe we could possibly deserve. We’re afraid to think that we are worth so much more!
The Bible tells us that perfect love casts out all fear. But people unwilling to accept the perfect love of God remain frightened. So they turn to other things to dull their senses…alcohol, drugs, shopping, eating, etc. These things often help us temporarily work through the pain. But they are not the answer.
Accepting the perfect love that comes from God is the real solution, but Satan is sneaky. Sometimes he’ll even use the truth if it benefits him. Ultimately, we are all just sinners, unworthy of God’s love. He’ll make sure we understand this, but that’s all he wants us to know.
But of course, there’s more to the story. As C.S. Lewis puts it, “God loves us; not because we are loveable but because He is love, not because He needs to receive but because He delights to give.†I like the Hawaii Pidgin Bible’s version of Romans 5:8. A loose translation of this same passage back into regular English would be, “God showed the plentiful love that he had for us, because at the same time we were doing all kinds of bad stuff, Christ was willing to die for usâ€. God’s love for us is infinite. And even though we aren’t worthy of it, because His love is unlimited, He chooses to love us anyway.
The real problem is our acceptance of Him. The beginning of true self-esteem is the realization that even though we’ve got quirks, problems, and misgivings; God chose to love us anyway. We were not loved because we were worthy, but because God made us worthy through His Son Jesus Christ. That’s how much it cost Him. That’s how much He loves us. That’s the love that we long for, even though we don’t deserve it.
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I'm Jim. I’m almost 40 years old, so that probably makes me an old person for this board. Back when I started college, I started out as a Theater/Communications major at The University of Pittsburgh. Two years later I decided I wanted to pursue full time ministry so I transferred to Liberty University.
In the late ‘90s, I met my wife, Julie, at the cafeteria at school. We got married about a year later. I worked for a clothing store and an insurance company for about the next 7 years while I finished my Master of Arts and Master of Divinity degrees.
After that, we moved to a part of southern Virginia, where I was called to pastor a small rural church. There is a real goat farm right next door to me (Aberforth would be in trouble)! Julie works at a local hospital. We’ve been here for almost 10 years. I enjoy inline skating, watching sports, and marching band and Drum & Bugle corps music!
I’m a fan of Emma because she seems so down to earth. If more Hollywood people were like here, I think the world would be a better place. I love her work with People Tree. I enjoyed the Harry Potter series, and was impressed that most of the same cast was able to stay together for so long. I have read all of the HP books and watched all of the movies. I also read and watched Perks, and I read the Noah graphic novel, and watched the movie, of course. I haven’t been able to bring myself to see The Bling Ring. I’m just afraid that I won’t like that movie, and I don’t want to think less of Emma, so I’ve never seen it.
That’s me in a nutshell. I wish Emma the best in her work and relationships.
I hope to go to the religious section of the board and write some posts over there.
A lesson from "Perks"
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How about the Noah movie, what can we learn from it?
Basically, we can learn the concept of original sin and judgment. I think that the movie also provides a bridge to the Abraham/Isaac story and the concept of a sacrificial atonement. My explanation is REALLY long and ruins the plots of both “Noah†and “Facing the Giantsâ€, so if you’ve never seen them and don’t want to know what happens, then don’t read on! Otherwise, here goes:
I liked the Noah movie. In preparation for the movie I re-read Enoch, the beginning of Genesis, and a slightly abridged English version of The Gilgamesh Epic. As you can tell, I was quite excited before it even came out. After seeing it, I thought that Darren Aronofsky made a good movie, and I think that Emma’s performance was terrific.
But as a Christian, the question again is what can we learn from it?
First of all, I think the movie itself more closely followed the Book of Enoch than the book of Genesis.
What is this book of Enoch? The book of Enoch was a book that was not included in most Jewish cannons of the Old Testament. According to Wikipedia there is a group of Ethiopian churches that have accepted it, but most have not.
I think the biggest argument against Enoch being legitimate comes from the story of how it was supposedly “handed downâ€. The story goes that Enoch wrote this book…and he gave it to Noah to save on the ark…and that’s why we have it today. The problem is, if Enoch wrote the book, and then he gave it to Noah…in what language would it have been written? It would have been written in the world’s first universal language. It was only about 100 years after the Noah story in the Bible and what do you have happening next? The tower of Babel, where all of the earth’s languages were confused. But the oldest fragments of Enoch that exist are written in Aramaic. It’s just not old enough. Most Christian and Jewish groups would consider this book a forgery, not really written by Enoch. But it’s still good to understand it.
In a nutshell, the book of Enoch tells of these angels that decided to have sex with human women. Samyaza was kind of the leader of these angels…and you find him mentioned by name in Aronofsky’s Graphic novel. The way Enoch puts it is that there were many of these chief angels, and they taught the humans living at the time all these different things: sorcery, incantations, using roots and plants, etc.The offspring of these people were Giants. And the giants were evil and killing each other…and the people were using all of this stuff and killing each other. And so, that’s why there had to be a flood.
If we take all of this to the Bible, there is this one passage in Genesis 6 that is quite confusing. I don’t know if we’ll ever have consensus on exactly what happened here this side of Heaven. Genesis 6:1-8 tells us,
1 Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.2 The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.â€4 In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.5 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.6 So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.7 And the Lord said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.â€8 But Noah found favor with the Lord. Gen 6:1-8 (NLT)
Now, who are these “Sons of God†that had sex with these daughters of men?
Back when I was in seminary, our theology teacher, Dr. Elmer Towns, he taught us that there were a number of ways that this passage could be explained. Basically, everything in the next 3 paragraphs in quotation marks below is a rough quotation of Dr. Towns.
“FIRST, some people thing that this passage does suggest sexual relations between fallen angels (or demons) and the human race. There is some support for this. The term ‘Sons of God’ always seems to refer to angels in the Old Testament. The passage seems to imply that the resulting offspring of these unions were Giants. In this case, the Flood was not just a natural consequence but a universal judgment of such vast devastation that eliminated any trace of the sin and unnatural offspring of the cohabitation between angels and women.
In addition, 2 Peter 2:4-5 seems to imply the same, inferring that there were angels that sinned.
4 For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment.5 And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood. 2 Peter 2:4-5 (NLT)
SECOND, however, and a totally different view, is that what Moses was writing to us in Genesis was God’s explanation of a godly line from Seth intermarrying with the ungodly line of Cain. This would make sense in the sense that the previous two chapters of Genesis list the godly and ungodly genealogies
Furthermore, in Matthew 22:30 Jesus said that angels do not reproduce.â€
All of this being said…if you hold to view #2…then the entire Noah movie is going to be inaccurate. (Again, not to say that it won’t be a good movie…but it will be totally out of context).
At least if you hold to view #1…then there is some kind of strange angel/human thing going on…so having these “Watchers†(rock type creatures…fallen angels that the comic novel refers to) running around is at least a possibility.
But even if you hold view #1, then there’s still a lot of additional material added. Emma’s character, Ila, she doesn’t even exist in either Genesis or Enoch. And here you have her, she becomes like an adopted daughter of Noah. Noah at this point has determined that the best way to stop the inherited sin from Adam is to just let the entire human race die out…the plan is Shem & Ila will bury Noah and his wife…Ham will bury Shem & Ila, and Japeth, will then be the last man.
The caveat though, is Ila finds out she is pregnant while on board the ship. She ends up having twins…two girls. Noah decides to kill the children, because he wants the human race to stop.Ila asks if she can just hold them, and she sings a lullaby to them, and then she tells Noah to go ahead and kill them…and then in a “Noah meets Abraham/Isaac Momentâ€â€¦Noah says he can’t do it…and right after, the dove comes by with the olive branch in its mouth.
Following this, the people then return to land, and we’re taken to the scene of Noah getting drunk and Ham seeing him naked…and the idea is that of course sin still reigns in people. It basically ends with Ila telling Noah that maybe he can teach the remaining people to be better…to give them hope.
So what does Aronofsky get right? He gets right the idea that humanity is sinful. “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God†(Romans 3:23). To the people saying that the movie made Genesis to be about environmentalist issues, it didn’t seem that way to me at all. There were places where the Noah character in the movie stresses the importance of being a good steward…but that to me is a Biblical concept…we’re not to waste things…and I thought that both the graphic novel and the movie made it clear that people are just sinful…arrogant, proud, etc…it’s sin that’s the problem.
What’s the solution though? We just teach people better? In the Noah movie…I think the whole temptation for the sacrifice of Ila’s two children is an allusion to the Abraham/Isaac story…but what really happened that kept Abraham from killing Isaac? God provided the sacrifice…Look at Genesis 22…
7 Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?†“Yes, my son?†Abraham replied. “We have the fire and the wood,†the boy said, “but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?â€8 “God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,†Abraham answered. And they both walked on together.9 When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.10 And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice.11 At that moment the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!†“Yes,†Abraham replied. “Here I am!â€12 “Don’t lay a hand on the boy!†the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.â€13 Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.14 Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the Lord will provideâ€). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.†Gen 22:7-14 (NLT)
God provided the sacrifice to die in the place of Isaac. As Christians, we believe that God provided the ultimate sacrifice…Christ died in our place. He died when we deserved to die.
It’s interesting, Darren Aronofsky only considers himself culturally Jewish…but he has a handle on sin…he understands that humanity is sinful. He knows the need of judgment for sin. But it’s almost like, what hope can there be…look at all the bad we’ve done?
What about Emma? I think she did amazing. But in the publicity, she comes out with this interview saying that she’s a spiritual universalist who believes in a “higher powerâ€. She kept saying, [my rough summary of her quotes], “All these cultures have flood stories, and we should celebrate this.†That’s the only thing that disappoints me. Technically all of these faiths having flood stories is a true statement. But what’s the problem? The problem with this for me is that all of these flood stories clearly aren’t the same.
You take something like the Gilgamesh Epic. In that story, Utnapishtim was sort of the Noah…he wasn’t really the focus of the story. Utnapishtim was the one that survived the flood and the “gods†granted him immortality. Gilgamesh sought him out, but he himself wasn’t granted immortality. However, Utnapishtim’s wife told him about a magical plant that would help him be young again. So Gilgamesh manages to get this plant, but just before he eats it a snake takes it and eats it. Gilgamesh then learns to accept mortality. This isn’t the same story at all, although it does mention a flood and a man that survived it and took two of each animal with him.
People will say that the Gilgamesh story is older (it may be the oldest book in existence), so it must be the true one…and the Bible is making things up…but most evangelical Christians hold to the view that God explained the first five books of the Bible, mainly to Moses, who wrote them down…(although I guess Joshua probably wrote part…I doubt Moses wrote about his own death)…so we believe that Moses had an eyewitness in God himself. The Babylonians got part of the story right, but we believe that they messed it up as it was handed down through time. I have to admit, Christians have no proof of this…we believe this by faith. Regardless what one thinks about this, though, it can clearly be seen that these two stories are not the same.
Now the Christian message of Noah is what? Genesis 6:8 and Hebrews 11:7…
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Gen 6:8 (KJV)
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Heb 11:7 (KJV)
God decided to show his grace to Noah…and Noah responded in faith.
What do we get from the movie…we get an understanding of sin and the need for judgment…Sadly, though, there really isn’t a reason for hope…except for Ila trying to console Noah by telling him that maybe one day people will learn.
All in all, though, I appreciate the honesty of Paramount Pictures. Right up front they said that this movie is inspired by Noah…they didn’t claim it as a word for word retelling. They admitted that this wasn’t the purpose.
Furthermore, we have had “Christian†movies from “Christian†production companies. An example would be, “Facing the Giantsâ€. Movies like this didn’t come with a disclaimer, and yet, what did “Facing the Giants†teach? In that movie, the basic plot goes as follows: before following Christ, a football coach was about to lose his job, his football team was losing, his car didn’t work, his house smelled, and his wife couldn’t get pregnant. Then, the man decides to follow Christ, and he ends up keeping his job, the football team wins, he gets a new car, they find the dead mouse that smelled up the house, and the wife gets pregnant. It’s like a come to Christ and all your earthly problems are all solved…it doesn’t represent “a take up your cross and follow me†picture at all. It's a terrible misrepresentation of the Gospel. And yet, this is sold on DVD at Christian Book Stores with no apologies. And Christian’s don’t complain about the movie being totally inaccurate…they promote it.
On the other hand, you have the “Noah†movie…and it’s made mostly by people who were not Christians…and Paramount is up front and honest that it’s not a retelling of Genesis…and the movie attempted to get some things right (fountains of the deep, dimensions of the ark, explanations for how the animals possibly hibernated to survive the journey)…but still, some Christians response was, “Well, if it’s made by an atheist, I’m not going to it.†A response like this seems hypocritical to me.
I mean some of the Facebook comments about the people involved with this film were really mean, and many of those comments came from people that considered themselves Christians. It seems so often that Christians raise the bar higher for non-believers than they do their own. The double standard just makes me sick. On one hand, I guess I can understand people having a high view of the Bible getting upset if the story is changed…and I can understand people pointing to John’s prohibition of adding words to scripture from Revelation 22…but to me this wasn’t really adding words to scripture…Darren didn’t rewrite a Bible…he rewrote a story from the Bible and made it into a movie, and the producers from Paramount were up front and honest that it was simply based on the Biblical story, not a retelling of it.
To sum up, I enjoyed the movie. I didn’t expect it to be accurate. I guess it could confuse some people. But I think that the movie Noah correctly presents the concept of sin, and the need for the judgment of sin. In addition, the ending makes for an easy transition to talk to people about the story of Abraham and Isaac and the meaning of the Gospel.