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Reasoning behind most Christian Films

posted 17 years ago by amy_oh2004
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I believe the reasoning behind the making of most Christian films is to reach those individuals who do not attend church to get their attention. Yes we preach at church to all on things to lead a blessed life and obedient life in Christ.

However, preaching about rapture, tribulation, judgement and end times is not a necessity to the Christian as it is needed for the non-Christian. The movies are made in hopes of reaching the non-Christian and hopefully awaken them to what God would have for them in the future. If they never make it to church then how are they to hear of the anti-christ and the end times. How will they know about the wonderful things God can give them?

We as Christians have produced some movies throughout the years, but there have also been many, many secular movies as well. Just like in the secular music industry there are many one-hit wonders where an artist made one familiar song but made others that did not create hits.

I believe we should continue to create movies out there to reach those who are lost to the love of Jesus. We may not need to introduce them to the ideas of the Rapture and Armageddon, but introduce them to the love of Jesus and attempt to reach them and encourage them to find a local church. Granted they need to know about the end times, but we should also give show them the love of Jesus.

[–] ricnfurter 17 years ago

So does that mean you buy the prophecy about the rebuilding of the temple mount? And if you go for that prophecy, are you also keen on seeing more strife in the middle east, because it will bring about the end times? I can't see being a christian (in the sense of following those central tenets of loving ya neighbour, and doing unto others) reconciling itself with believing in the prophecy of the end times!?

Aside from the absurdist religious dogma in this film, it was also abysmally produced, and the scriptwriter ought never to be given a writing implement ever again!

But let's see michael york hamming it up in some more shakespeare hey?

[–] ryanh_oh 16 years ago

It is amazing how many Christian tend to be negative about movies out there. They would rather point out at times poor acting or script writing and leave out the information about the movie and want it attempted to portray. The negativity is what gives Christians a bad name. I love watching football and have my favorite teams. I will not degrade another team because they are not my team I follow. I respect all teams and will say what I respect about them and not state the team is terrible.

[–] rmavers 16 years ago

"So does that mean you buy the prophecy about the rebuilding of the temple mount? And if you go for that prophecy, are you also keen on seeing more strife in the middle east, because it will bring about the end times? I can't see being a christian (in the sense of following those central tenets of loving ya neighbour, and doing unto others) reconciling itself with believing in the prophecy of the end times!?"

This doesn't make any sense. Believing a Prophecy doesn't mean you make it come true, it means that you believe it will come true. No one "WANTS" more strife in the Middle East, we simply believe that more will come and that God will eventually be the one to solve the problem. But it was man that made the problems not God. The choice to war is there own. There's a show called "Key of David" and it's incredible how this stuff has been predicted any they've been talking about this stuff for years. Go check out the RFID chip, then tell me the Bible was wrong about it. The chip is already being used for commerce and can be used for both buying, selling and tracking people.

[–] Nojaa 15 years ago

Rmavers said:
"Go check out the RFID chip, then tell me the Bible was wrong about it. The chip is already being used for commerce and can be used for both buying, selling and tracking people."

Sorry to burst your bubble, but your inference that RFID tags are the so-called "mark of the beast" is full of holes! If you read your Bible, you will clearly see what the book of Revelation says constitutes the mark of the beast, and it is NOT a tag of any kind. An RFID tag is merely a device that makes tracking merchandise much easier for the seller and makes inventory control easy. It is NOT required for buying and selling and it cannot be used to spy on a consumer's personal buying habits, as it is only a passive device. People said the same thing about barcodes years ago when they first came out, but this fallacy eventually played itself out.

An RFID tag is a passive device and transmits its information only when it receives the proper query signal, similar to how a transponder works in an aircraft. The only information a typical RFID tag contains is the brand and type of merchandise. If the RFID tag is used in a toll road system, it contains only that information to allow the system to use it, such as the tag number and validation information. Any personal information obtained is stored in the computer system, not the tag.

RFID tags are NOT the mark of the beast!

[–] Mithrandir-Olorin2 14 years ago

The Mark is something you can't buy or sell without, that's what the CFR wants to create.

The Greek Word translated Mark BTW is what the word Etch is derived from, Microchips are made by etching information into the chip.

"It's not about money.... It's about sending a Message..... Everything Burns!!!"

[–] avadonella-697-251567 10 years ago

It is funny that you bring up the mark of the beast. I had a co worker bring that up and said that she thinks it is in cell phones and she said everybody has a cell phone. I said, not true, my husband and father don't have a cell phone. So that kills her theory.

[–] bng_crosby 16 years ago

The problem with that reasoning is that non-christians rarely watch christian films.

[–] TheSolarSailor 16 years ago

I guess it's the believer mindset...they rationalize that their awful films are intended to spread their gospel, never realizing that these films are preaching to the choir and no one else. Even when someone like myself watches it, we are not weak-minded enough to see it as anything more than what it is...an attempt to scare us into believing their nonsense.

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OK, so what's the speed of dark?

[–] Mithrandir-Olorin2 14 years ago

My parents are not believers, but they loved the Left Behind books, and have enjoyed a number of Christian end times movies.

"It's not about money.... It's about sending a Message..... Everything Burns!!!"

[–] Nojaa 15 years ago

I was an active, practicing Christian for many years, having the unfortunate circumstance of being associated with a Baptist church. However, many years of being preached at instead of preached to, constant hellfire and brimstone threats, and an extremely narrow-minded, literal view of the Bible disenchanted me from the church.

Fundamental Baptists ("fundies" as they are sometimes called) have a completely unacceptable view of the Bible. 1). They assume that the entire Bible is literal and they accept it as such. To properly understand the Bible, you have to recognize which parts are literal and which parts are allegory. 2). The Bible was written by humans, not by God. Yes they may have had divine inspiration, but the fact remains they were written by people. I can be inspired to write a poem or piece of prose and claim the same kind of inspiration. 3). today's Christian church refuses to consider, or even acknowledge, the many additional books that aren't included in the current Bible, because they claim the writers weren't "inspired." These manuscripts were written many centuries ago. How can they know whether or not the writers were divinely inspired? Because these other books contain ideas the church doesn't consider as contributions to their dogma, they automatically discount them.

I look at The Omega Code in the same vein. The movie is an interesting movie to be sure, somewhat thrilling, but it is obviously intended to preach the Christian church's "end times" philosophy to the world, whether or not the world wants to hear it. Preaching at the people, even if it is through the supposedly-innocuous medium of a feature-length movie, will guarantee that church leaders will see only elbows and heels instead of butts in the seats.

Once the movie-goer puts this in mind, one can enjoy the movie without having to think about the underlying subliminal message this movie is trying to convey, the church's message of "get saved or else!"

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