One would assume that this opinion was created by excessive use of vulgar language, inappropriate situations, etc. Well, despite the face that there was a small bit of the aforementioned [What movie isn't like that these days?], that was not was cause so much disdain for me. It was a complete mockery of Christianity. Not just a few aspects of it or a few known faces of it, but of the entire Christian belief system.*** (See below for a summary. I wouldn't want to be the reason for anyone to watch this just so that they could understand what I was talking about.)
To start, I know that we live in a country that has freedom of speech and I am in total agreement with that. It was not the fact that the movie was offensive to me and my beliefs that truly upset me though [even though that was a small fraction of it]. It was that such a large amount of people were a part of a movie like this particular one. That that many people were okay with putting something of its' content out into the eye of the public. And even worse, that it could sway unknowing people to believe such a lie. It is just so heartbreaking to me.
However, while this entry is not meant to bash or offend the people apart of the making of the movie or anyone who likes the movie, it is simply to remind myself [most of my posts are made for similar reasons if you haven't already noticed] that while this world we live in is an amazing miracle and blessing by our Creator, it is also full of the Devil trying to manipulate and ruin us with everything he can.
Our message at youth group on Sunday was based around almost the exact same principle, and it just shows me how much God truly is working in my life. It amazes me how I can go from being so upset about something that Satan is responsible for, to feeling so blessed because my God is keeping me aware and focused on the prize; Living an eternity with Him.
So while this is to remind, encourage and focus myself, it is also to help any and everyone to do the same thing in their lives. It is inevitable that the Devil will do all he can to take us down with him by putting bad influences in our lives (people, movies, etc.), but it is our job to keep our eyes on Jesus and all of the amazing things He has promised us.
"The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you."
Romans 16:20
XOXO
Lindsey
***The summary:
Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) is a loser about to lose his job as a screenwriter at a very successful production company, Lecture Films. He also has a lifelong crush over the perfect girl, beautiful Anna McDoogles (Jennifer Garner), but she doesn't want a fat, snub-nosed loser as her husband. That would ruin her chances to have perfect genetically beautiful, pretty babies. The setting for the story is somewhat odd. Nobody can actually lie about anything, they don't even know about the word as its not invented yet. Mark is about to get thrown out of his apartment for his inability to pay the rent. So, he goes to the bank to withdraw all his cash. But, there's a technical glitch in the computers and they ask the amount he has to withdraw from his account. He asks for 800$ instead of 300$ and the systems are back on. But, the lady says there must be a mistake as the system shows 300$ and she gives him 800$ thinking the system is corrupt..! Here inadvertently, Mark invents the art of lying. He is the first person ever to lie and its as easy as drinking water to him and everybody believes whatever he says. His Mom gets sick, and he makes up a story about an afterlife to help comfort his Mom on her deathbed. Doctors and nurses overhear him, and soon Mark becomes an international authority on the afterlife. People camp on his lawn to learn more. Mark develops a story about the "Man in the Sky," who functions like God, and he pastes his theology on two pizza boxes like Moses and the ten commandments. Using his new found power, he sways his old company and becomes rich and famous. He gets his girl, finally and marries her.
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