Hollywood’s shallow-but-incessant swipes at Christianity are of course nothing new. But now we’re treated to using a grey alien as the vehicle for humorous backhanding of the faith. And this time we get a bonus: the mirage of science and Christianity being incompatible. Now there’s up-to-date thinking. But I’ll grant it’s easy to mislead viewers into thinking Christian thought can’t address tired old arguments against a theistic worldview. Honestly, though, what can you expect from an industry that has produced a panoply of movies that, fifteen years ago, would have gone straight to Mystery Science Theater 3000 for the mockfest they deserve? Does it really take any intelligence to give us movies like Gnomeo and Juliet, Rango, Hoodwinked, and the Smurfs. Talk about a brain drain.
But it isn’t about brains; it’s about making their own religious statement (poorly, but widely).
Thanks for the pingback! This movies agenda was transparent enough. I neglected to make the connection until I saw your post but the Apostle Paul actually did raise Eutychus from the dead in Acts 20.
I had considered mentioning this once before, but it seemed too unbelievable. This article has renewed my agitation however with this particular agenda. Last year during my final semester of undergraduate studies, the library at my university at one point had three display sections set up simultaneously. The first was devoted to books on extraterrestrial life, the second to evolution, and the third to global warming. This nonsense is typical for Hollywood and Internet Land, but it is particularly upsetting for me to see this “Great Cosmic Consciousness Shift” propaganda in the schools. (Towson University, Cook Library, Spring 2010)
interesting
Witchfinder, what a combination…. it almost sounds like we are being prepped for a great deception scenario when a higher evolved species comes to earth to save us from ourselves(AGW).Naaa that would be loony. Or would it?
History is filled with all sorts of swipes from and against anyone in disagreement with the other’s idea. Only, perhaps the agendas of the past were enforced through fear and violence. At one time, scientists (among others) were victims of looney Christians (err, not that Christians are looney, just very specific examples of Christians). I hope readers keep that in mind.
It’s fun to watch these hidden battles on the sidelines. One trying to convince the other their assumptions are wrong. There is no common ground … what could possibly persuade the other? How can you arrive at a proof of one claim over another if both sides have completely dissimilar sets of assumptions? What a waste of time.
Humorous article though.