RE: [asa] Zeitgeist - the Movie

In all human affairs, the best attitude is to turn a negative into a positive. This biggest of lessons comes directly from Jesus the Christ, who used death to gives us victory. "When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Cor. 15:54-57.

Moorad

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu on behalf of Merv
Sent: Sun 11/18/2007 9:57 AM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: [asa] Zeitgeist - the Movie

There are a variety of Christian responses (& not all negative ones) to
eruptions like this one when they emerge:

1. Hunker down & fight it. --spiritual warfare is very real, and
somebody needs to be in the trenches.

2. Ignore it. Those who advocate this are quick to note that much of
the popularity is fed by publicity freely & unwittingly given by the
Christian right. How big a check should J. Rowlings write to Christian
right organizations for her Potter series? Better publicity could not
have been delivered & it was free of charge. That is not to say these
works would not have thrived without specific Christian activities
against them. Anybody who pokes at "establishment" is going to have
some guaranteed audience no matter how the establishment reacts.

3. Use it. I heard an evangelist recently speak of his excitement
over the Da Vinci Code. For the first time in years, he said, the
topic of religion could actually be brought up (or arrived at) in polite
public conversation. And popular fads like this are the ticket to
steer the conversation around to important things. Bring it on! What
does real truth have to fear from falsehoods flying around? Is truth
so flimsy that we think it will disintegrate if (gasp!) the public
becomes enamored with another falsehood?

More recently, I guess, the "Golden Compass" is also attracting the eye
of Christians. I also remember walking by a polite oppositional picket
line to see "The Last Temptation" years ago. There is nothing new
under the sun.

--Merv

Roger G. Olson wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Sorry to interrupt the niggling about the nuances in our common belief in
> Creation and the Gospels, but I just heard about yet another attack on our
> common belief from the artistic media, namely a movie titled "Zeitgeist -
> the Movie" : http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/transcript.htm
>
> It appears to be complete "conspiracy theory" nonsense. The Virgin Birth,
> Incarnation, twelve apostles, death, Resurrection after three days, are
> tied to Bronze Age astrological phenomena and the Sun god. Yoicks!
>
> The reason I bring this up is that a student cited heavily from this movie
> transcript in a paper he was writing on the Big Bang and origins. He
> seems to have latched onto this nonsense as a reasonable argument for
> rejecting the God of the Bible.
>
> The movie is likely campy nonsense, but such nonsense is often scarfed up
> by those looking for yet another excuse to reject the Divine.
>
> Roger
>
>

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Received on Sun Nov 18 10:38:50 2007