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By: going back before I go forward… « forever nocturnal

going back before I go forward… « forever nocturnal — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:58:52 +0000

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By: zackhensley

zackhensley — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:39:34 +0000

Alejandro,
thank you for your opinion. This really wasn’t about Hollywood as much as it was about the messages being sent throughout our culture. I think you have to agree that whether or not they intend to, Movies and TV shape our culture. Yes they entertain, but no one doubts their power to change and shape our society.

however, my point is that the messages in our culture as a whole, is to be a good person. I used the example of a movie to make my point understandable to the reading audience.

Thank you for never ceasing your amazement concerning people like myself.

By: alejandro

alejandro — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:23:35 +0000

Wow. It amazes me to no end the lengths at which some will go to pick apart and analyze something to find its purpose, when, in fact, it was never created for a purpose other than to entertain and make lots of dollars.

How’s about concentrating on something real instead of a Hollywood adventure that was made solely for entertainment.

Wow. People never cease to amaze me.

By: zackhensley

zackhensley — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:57:06 +0000

So true Bret.

Personally I beleive that the basis of human morality is the doctrine that will be used by the Anit-Christ, “peace and safty” to deceive the world to fall under his rule. It’s the 1 Tim. 6 forms of godliness that will come to decieve the body. These messages that look like godliness and are actually evil scare me as a shepard in the body of Christ.

By: bretmavrich

bretmavrich — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:32:44 +0000

I think this is spot on. So often the teachings of Jesus get emphasized in a way that distorts the totality of His message: the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus ministers to the poor, but his message is not activism; Jesus teaches on forgiveness, but his message is not morality; Jesus touches on social issues, but his message is not social reform. As John so concisely summarizes at the end of His gospel, the life and sayings of Jesus are not written so that we would become philosophers and activists, but so that we would believe that He is the Son of God and have life by believing.

When we have a Christo-centric world view we will find that we have little common ground for dialogue with secular ideologies, particularly those that emphasize a human morality.

By: Ben Shapiro’s Divine Insight « My View from the Center

Ben Shapiro’s Divine Insight « My View from the Center — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:44:23 +0000

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By: Amanda Beattie

Amanda Beattie — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:39:28 +0000

So true. It makes me think of a quote by Ravi Zacharias:

“Satan was perilously and painfully close to a truth. But it was a half-truth, and a half-truth gets so interwoven with a lie that it becomes deadlier by the mix.”

Entertainment often presents a half truth — usually the struggle between good versus evil — but then the lie is that we somehow overcome that evil through our own strength, selflessness, or general nobility.

Great post.