Okay, first off, hello. Secondly, after reading this, please do not insult my view points as rudely and immaturely as you just insulted this movie. I am a Christian (a Christian, not an "xian") and would like to share my beliefs and oppinions. My fingers are not in my ears as far as the reality of the crappy world we live in. I KNOW it's a bad place. I KNOW that junk happens to everyone. Sure, there are some hypocrytical Christians out there who ignore the facts, but those of us who truly have a relationship with Christ, actually do face realities. One of my very close friends (who IS a Christian, and a very strong one at that) has gone through a ton of crap. She cut herself and struggled with sexual sin, as well as suicidal thoughts and depression. And don't say that it wasn't "real" because it most definitely was. She was at the point where she was about to commit suicide, but I thank the Lord that she didn't. She was VERY aware of the reality around her. But does that mean she gave up and gave in? No, she overcame it, not easily, she didn't just jump into her "happy bubble", but she did overcome it with the help of God. So, to end this point, no, the real Christians don't live in "happy bubbles". If anything, it's worse, because the devil throws attacks at us left and right.
As for your second point - God is there, but he was gracious and loving enough to give man the gift of free will. He NEVER does anything to hurt us, but out of our own stupidy and ignorance, we hurt ourselves. The devil throws things at us that are hard to handle, but if we are willing to try and ask for God's help, we can overcome them. And, no matter what it seems like, God is always there for us. He is always with us but if we work so hard to push him away and keep Him out of our life, He will stay away. He's not going to force Himself on us. He gave us the right to choose and isn't going to tell us what to do, controlling us like puppets on a string, because He is gracious and loving and kind and perfect. He loves us so much and it hurts Him to see us hurting. Please, please give Him another chance. You might be surprised at what you find. I mean, really give Him a chance. I can't promise it's going to make the world we live in any better, or make your life any easier, but I can promise you'll experience a love and a joy like never before. I can also promise that with God's help, you will always be able to get through the junk life throws at you. Please, just consider it. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a private message. :)
Just you and I defying gravity! Kiss me good-bye, I'm defying gravity!
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niques55
14 years ago
Well put missabug =)
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Wes47
14 years ago
I Agree. Reviewing the movie is fine. That's what this forum is about. But reviewing a review is rude and disrespectful.
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goldberg-1
13 years ago
"He is gracious and loving and kind and perfect"
Here is your "gracious" and "loving" and "kind" and "perfect" god having two women raped and then he killes a baby to punish one man......
2 Samuel 12:11-19
11 “This is what the LORD says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight. 12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”
Nathan replied, “The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.
14 But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for[d] the LORD, the son born to you will die.”
15 After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. 16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth[e] on the ground. 17 The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
18 On the seventh day the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “While the child was still living, he wouldn’t listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.”
19 David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked.
“Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”
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nicole-elizabeth-tobias
13 years ago
That would be the epitome of what Atheists and others who want to call out Christians do: take a verse out of context.
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jmim-1
11 years ago
Just brilliant, goldberg-1. Take one second-hand account out of a millenia-old book that was verbally related for centuries before being written down, then translated through some fourteen languages - and use that to, at least in your own mind, justify a myopic, narrow-minded, unscientific viewpoint about the nature of One Whom you obviously have made no attempt to know yourself. I bet you are so proud of yourself and your penetrating wisdom, aren't you?
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klawho
8 years ago
I'd say it's really a matter of how one interprets the bible because on the one hand, you have people like Martin Luther King, Mother Theresa, Francis of Assissi and Shakespeare, then you have people like Adolf Eichmann and Fred Phelps! Another consideration is that one has to allow for the fact that the old testament part of the bible is a genealogical/historical/cultural basis for the identity of the Jewish people. I can definitely confirm that a good knowledge of the bible really helped me ace all my Western Lit classes, so just saying ^_^
I realize this is a 3-year old thread. Just wanted to point that out.
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