Up is down, down is up and two plus two is five….
I am always amazed at how statements like “Rise of Those Scary Christians” can be made. When was the last time that any Christian was violent? It is fear without basis….
And we know it will continue to increase until the last days, culminating during the Tribulation, with the Antichrist and his mark. Good news is Paul’s blessed hope, the rapture, will occur before the Tribulation. God promises to keep his church from the wrath.
The other line that got me was the: “creepy images of a newly severe Bible-thumping underground America”. How does this have any basis in reality?
It shows clearly the disconnect between the media/entertainment/politicians and the average American. But I am afraid it is also due to our approach to our earthly society, summed up best in Paul’s letter to Timothy:
1 Timothy 2:1-3 – “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;”
We are not they type to stir it up by nature. We are not the type to complain, instead demonstrating God’s love through actions.
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‘Entertainment Weekly’: ‘Last Exorcism’ About Rise of Those Scary Christians
Entertainment Weekly’s “racially insensitive” Owen Gleiberman’s insights about the original “Exorcist” aren’t quite as deep as a puddle, but at least his Christian stereotyping and bigotry are plenty rabid:
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So what does the devil look like in The Last Exorcism? I’d be the Antichrist if I spoiled it, but I will say that the movie is a nightmare vision of the rise of Christian fundamentalism. It’s about the dark side of piety — the cultish wrath that can emerge out of the high and the mighty. At the center of it all, once again, is a teenage girl’s gnashing madness. The original Exorcist came out a few years after the feminist revolution kicked into gear, and Linda Blair’s she-devil expressed our primal fear of a newly furious, newly empowered, and newly sexualized generation of young girls, the first that seemed to be channeling wanton forces far beyond their control. …
The movie is like The Exorcist without a spine-tingling catharsis. Still, it does leave you with creepy images of a newly severe Bible-thumping underground America. That’s the thing about the devil in movies: He’s really just a mirror.
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So there you go, reason #11, 422 to cancel your subscription to this left-wing rag of sucker-punchery on the off-chance you haven’t already.
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Link to full original article: ‘Entertainment Weekly’: ‘Last Exorcism’ About Rise of Those Scary Christians
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