[b]xLisax wrote:[/b] [quote][quote]Author Message DHfan wrote: Well duh.... its a secular film..... I dont like it either, but its nothing like "woah... this is so different" and that's really not what we're discussing in this thread[/quote] 1. I tend to disagree - - if the movie wasn't really so different - - it wouldnt' bring up so much contraversy - - if it was about faith or not - -[/quote] I was speaking of the using God's name in vain.... while I dont like it.... the majority of secular movies do.... at least the ones rated over pg do.... its not much different in that sense [quote]No, the same concept does not apply to anything..... x-rated films contain substances and such that are completely wrong and it would have nothing to do with your faith..... there is a huge difference..... the Davinci Code is a matter of "history" and philosophy and such..... its not a porn movie.... its not going to cause you to make sinful habits like one of that type would[/quote] [quote] 2. it would be a sinful habbit to turn from God wouldn't it? and I'm not saying that a "strong" Christian would do that - - but if "strong" Christians keep utterly supporting the movie -- non-Christians might pick up the wrong message - - I myself would wonder if I was a disbeliever why someone who is so strong in their faith would want to watch a movie that displays lies and disproven content about their God -- and that would be misleading people from Christ - -and that's a sin also.[/quote] No.... you're basically saying that we shouldnt try to strengthen our walk and faith by watching/reading something and trying to understand the opposite views of something Here's an example for you: my dad is a pastor and he watched the movie and read the book (he said the movie was extremely boring and long). He did this so he could teach a class about the movie. this class was to teach people about the things that are wrong in the book and so he could understand it himself. He's a strong Christian. Is he sinning by watching the movie and reading the book in your opinion? People are talking about Christ now, and the majority of them dont believe the movie (most people in general know the movie is fiction), but they still have mistaken views of Christ and some of those are present in the movie. They might ask us questions, knowing that we are christians, about things that were in the movie. A lot of these questions, we might not know answers to. By watching the movie, we can understand what they are asking and know what to tell them in the sense of truth. [quote]If they get confused and lose their faith just because of a fiction movie, they didnt have faith to begin with..... how can you have faith without knowing the opposing viewpoints? if we just shut ourselves out to absolutely every opposing view, is it really faith? if you dont know how to dispute these ideas, how much more will you fall? and those who get more agitated from the movie would just get the same amount of agitation and such just from watching the news [/quote] [quote] 3. I wasn't really pertaining to the people who already had faith - - but rather those who don't - - a lot of disbelievers might watch the movie not knowing of hte truth and if it is not shown to them they might think that the movie is real - - media has so much impact on people - - just because you're strong in your faith and the movie wont shake you doesn't mean it will have the same effect on others. i applaud you on your confidence that the movie wont hurt anyone - - but thats just not how I feel about that - - and i guess there's no way everyone would agree.[/quote] As I said, the majority of people do not believe the movie in the first place. I know people who get shaken in their faith just from watching the news. It gives them questions about God and the Bible just from watching it. Should we never watch the news just because it shakes people from the faith a little bit? No, we need to understand what's going on. Going to the unbelievers side of it. The news is so biased that they have misconceptions just from watching that as well. This movie really wont shake more people in their view of Christianity than almost anything will. Non-christians that I know dont care at all about the movie when it comes to their views of christianity as they do about how christians act. They think that christians are basically doing the same things they are, so, why even be a christian, there's no difference. That's the problem. Not the movie. Yes, some people are going to just believe the movie just straight-out, but the majority have enough common sense to know not to take the media for everything they say. Most people dont do that anyway