A Grain of Salt

It’s been a desire of mine to see this movie for the longest time. Then, an article in Entertainment Weekly, which is summed up here, brought my attention to the true point of the plot. It seems that in order to comfort the residents of the world that cannot lie, the main character invents religion as a whole, or as he puts it, “the man in the sky.” “It’s not atheist propaganda,” says Ricky Gervais. I don’t think that the simple inclusion of the plot device is the main issue here. It’s the movie’s rating.

Other movies have had anti-religious viewpoints before, but they were very up front about the ideas portrayed in the movie. Any one who wanted to see the film, and the ways that other people view our religion, and even some ways that we can defend the faith. But this is an anti-religious film hiding in the clothes of a comedy. I haven’t seen it- it could be the most hilarious movie in decades. But that won’t change what it is trying to sell. The hundreds of thousands of teenagers that go to see this movie will be met with a statement-  “God is a good idea, but c’mon, who actually believes that?”

At a certain point, thoughts like this will become all to prevalent. Then we reach a point that Frederick Nietzche talked about- God is dead. I think now would be a good time to explain that I still believe in God. I think Christianity is the best explanation for everything that has ever gone on in the world, and that faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to get to heaven. But, at a certain point, the idea of God is beyond saving in a society. This is getting ever closer in ours– even now the name of God is seen as the epitome of irrational, illogical thought. Unless we make a stand for God, it will soon bet too late- his cause will be seen as “only for the unintellectual.”

Tags: Arguments, Cover-up, Decline, Entertainment, Society

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