Matt. 22: 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err,
not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
I always find it quite amusing when a movie comes out with a
religious overtone but more times than NOT there is no biblical value except
that they use God in a detrimental manner just to garner money. They turn
non-fiction into fiction and to me those boundaries should not be crossed, not
with the Bible.
I also find it interesting that Christians who KNOW a film
or book is derogatory to scripture would actually PAY money to see it just so
the can say, “Yup, it was foul. Don’t waste your money.” To me, they are just
as bad as the person making the money, when they would hand out money for
blasphemous, derogatory words against God.
The first thing that comes to mind is The DaVinci Code. All
I needed to hear was the book stated that Jesus had sex. I didn’t need to hear
anymore and I had NO desire to read the book or see the movie. I was not going
to fall into satan’s lap just so I could say, “That was wrong! That isn’t what
the Bible says.”
But wouldn’t ya know, Christians everywhere flocked to buy
the book and see the movie. Why? Just to make themselves feel good when they
asserted that the story was hogwash? Looks to me like satan won on that one. He
had Christians by the millions buying what he was selling. Even if they hated
it, it was with Christ’s blood that money exchanged hands.
Now I fell into the trap of paying to see The Passion of
Christ, only because I had heard that it was an eerie, close rendition to what
the movie industry imagined Jesus actually suffered. What an imagination. They
saw it as Jesus suffering, blood-whipped, denied and persecuted. Hey, that’s
how I imagined it too!
I do not and never will imagine fairytales of Jesus ever
having sex. I won’t give any man money so he can live in a lavish home with
swimming pools and acres of land just because he writes Jesus had sex. That
would be satan’s lies and I know them when I see them, I don’t need someone
justifying why THEY bought into his lies. Just for the clarity of them being
right and the author wrong?
Biblical stories don’t sell unless they are wrought in lies.
Take for example the new movie coming out about Noah. Now I don’t need a
creationist to tell me the movie is a bogus bag full of lies, all I need to
know is are they capitalizing on GOD, or in their terms the Creator, to make
money? Are they stirring controversy? Is it a story rich with biblical truth or
is it a twisted tale of deceit?
As soon as controversy surrounds a movie or book, I close
off the evil that is trying to sell me on the falsity and lies. I know some
Christians, many actually, won’t be able to resist the urge of satan pulling
them into see what he has up his sleeve. They’ll feed the controversy, deny the
lies being spewed by the web-weavers, then on some quiet night when they least
expect it, they’ll find themselves viewing the blasphemous tale, just so they
can add more, “What a foul movie. Don’t waste your money.”
Whether they paid for the movie or got it for free, they’ll
view it and justify why, when satan came knocking, they fell prey and opened
the door. The Bible stories are fast becoming Hollywood’s new franchise.
Whether it is shrouded in truth, whether veiled in deception, whether blanketed
in controversial themes, bible stories are a free for all.
I read this from Dorothy Pomerantz: “The fact that the Bible
is in the public domain means that no one studio can corner the market on Bible
movies but there also aren’t any pesky authors to negotiate rights with.”
Oh, I think she got it all wrong, as did Hollywood in
thinking they have no ‘pesky’ author’s to contend with? Oh they have the One
author, the One Creator, the One GOD to deal with. And since they don’t
seriously believe in the bible, they feel they can mock it and toy with it
without any ramifications.
And you the consumers are going to be swallowed into the
abyss with them because what you think is innocent viewing is not as innocent
as it appears. Remember the wolf in sheep’s clothing? Hollywood would have you
think it is a designer shepherd gathering all you sheep by the waving of God in
your face.
You smell the lies, you have the lingering wretched aroma
caught in the back of your throat, your eyes see cinematic thrills that you
want to hold in your hand to say Aha! When in reality, you are taking a bite of
the apple and will soon be put out of the garden.
The Bible is not a fictional tale to be toyed with. The
bible is a sacred text and anyone trying to put their fictional spin on it is
falling into the arms of satan to do his bidding. I’m all for a fictional tale,
I’m on board with a non-fictional tale as long as it is truth that is being
sold. But I am not going to buy into any author who pretends to know a
non-fiction story when they themselves were not alive to witness the story
unravel.
To man, it’s all about ego and control. No man likes the
fact that there is an all powerful God in control of his life. Man needs
control to feel whole in this world so he takes a sacred biblical truth and
makes it his own. It’s all about controlling the unknown.
I don’t pretend to know the whole truth, I don’t research
until my fingers bleed to get to the truth of what the bible mysteries hold and
I surely don’t feel it within my power to twist the stories around to fit in a
man’s world. The bible stories are a mystery and should remain as such to
maintain its sacred power.
The Holy Bible; you either have faith and believe, or you
toss it with the rest of your arsenal of books as a good fictional tale. The CHOICE is yours.
John 5:39-47 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye
have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
I receive not honour from men.
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in
his own name, him ye will receive.
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour
that cometh from God only?
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth
you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
