Not Your Father's Faith-Based Movie

Where on earth did you read there is nudity in this film? The clown that wrote that is dead wrong. Very bad information. I have no idea where that came from. Like I wrote before, the infidelity scene is as graphic as the scene in "Gone With The Wind" that shows Rhett carrying Scarlett up the staircase.

I will answer your last question, why would you and your wife want to see it? Two reasons. 1) It has incredible music. The best I have ever heard in a faith-based film. 2) Even if you and your wife never struggle with the issue of infidelity, you know people who do. This movie has real-life answers for that. It is not simplistic, "Just pray for forgiveness and everything will be all right". It shows the hard work and struggle that is involved in putting a marriage back together.

As for hating adultery and not watching it, I can admire that. Today's culture glorifies casual sex and pretends there are no negative consequences to it. The Song is counter-cultural. It shows the dark side of infidelity in ways that you will rarely, if ever, see today. Then (and here is where the "faith-based" part kicks in) it gives hope for those who have screwed up. It shows a path to forgiveness.

This next paragraph will sound disrespectful. I don't mean it to be. You sound like a guy with strong, uncompromising beliefs. You also sound like a guy who is big on judgment, small on mercy. I get that. With my personality I have to fight not to be like that. But thank God, he is a God who is both holy and righteous, not tolerating sin, AND full of mercy. This is the story of the Bible. (See the book of Jonah, the parable of the prodigal son, etc.)

The world today needs to hear both sides of the story--that God is a God of holiness. That there are terrible consequences to sin. But also that He is a God of forgiveness. Because we all have sinned. If we are not guilty in the area of sexual purity, then we are guilty in some other area--gossip, greed, sloth, or (and this is the one that so many of us in the church are guilty of) pride and self righteousness.

You may hate this movie. But you have friends who won't hate it and need this message. God bless you.

... what Christian value can [this film] promote?

Have you ever read Hosea? His wife didn't just commit adultery; she was a prostitute. And God didn't simply tell Hosea to take her back, but to go get her. This was a picture of God (as Hosea) and Israel (as his wife). But it's also a picture of God and the Christian.

All throughout Scripture, there are references to what humans are without Christ, and it's a LOT worse than an adulterer. Unfortunately, a lot of the Bible gets bowdlerized (both by old versions like the KJV and by well-meaning folk who want God to be "safe for the whole family"). But Isaiah refers to even our good deeds as used tampons (and you have to remember that in that culture, menstruation was really looked down upon). And Paul refers to his religious bona fides as utter crap (or perhaps even sh*t, depending on how you translate skubala).

I'll not condemn your belief that forgiving infidelity doesn't necessarily mean remaining married. But to universally proclaim the opposite -- by questioning how forgiveness can be promoted as a Christian value -- is very troubling, indeed. And it really makes me wonder what your definition of "Christianity" is. God (Who did nothing wrong ever) forgave a lot worse than Rose ever did, and He's declared those who are forgiven to be His Kid's bride.