Re: [asa] AIG reads too much into Hollywood

As usual, AiG misses the point about as badly as possible. The presence of
evolution, BB &c in most Hollywood productions, TV &c isn't a conscious
attempt to promulgate any "worldview." If it were, they'd probably handle
these things more accurately! The reason those themes are used is because
people - writers, performers & audience - knows that they're true.

& this is not true only of Hollywood but also of reporting on current news.
News media may refer to controversies about the age of the earth when YEC
enthusiasts are promoting their views. But when the news is about some
discovery in paleontology or astrophysics, it's simply taken for granted
that the earth & universe are billions of years old - & rightly so since
this is firmly established science. & in fact I suspect that a lot of
laypeople who belong to churches promoting YEC read those news items without
batting an eye. It's only when they go to church that they perform an act
of doublethink & manage to believe that the universe is 6000 years old.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol or John Burgeson" <burgytwo@juno.com>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:58 AM
Subject: [asa] AIG reads too much into Hollywood

> Here is AIG's broadside this week. Note how they cheerfully assume
> motivations on the part of others. "Many producers want you to adopt
> their pagan worldview." Sure. And I have this bridge ...
>
> Q: How has evolution become part of entertainment?
>
> A: Evolution has become so ingrained in the culture-especially when it
> comes to movies and television.
>
> Evolutionary ideas, such as millions of years and the big bang, are no
> stranger to Hollywood. These ideas are snuck into cartoons, comics, and
> movies quite frequently. Perhaps evolutionists think, "Make it funny and
> cute, and show it enough times, and maybe they'll accept evolution as
> fact."
>
> Hollywood doesn't spend hundreds of millions of dollars just to entertain
> you. Many producers want you to adopt their pagan worldview that says
> there's no God-and that man sets his own rules. And they know that a
> belief in evolution and millions of years is a powerful way to get people
> to doubt the Word of God.
>
> Carl Kerby, one of AiG's popular speakers, teaches young people how to
> develop their biblical radar to spot lies about God's creation. Whether
> it's Bugs Bunny, Gilligan's Island, Spiderman, Batman, SpongeBob, or Star
> Wars, evolutionary ideas are there. Sometimes it's subtle, but still
> effective in indoctrination.
>
> Burgy
>
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