tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388376.post6507010685092669275..comments2023-06-18T09:52:46.626-05:00Comments on Fitz's Random Ramblings: Christians in the MediaFitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248944284682768319noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388376.post-44842823328851038532011-06-25T18:34:27.724-05:002011-06-25T18:34:27.724-05:00Adam, I agree with your point about the portrayal ...Adam, I agree with your point about the portrayal of Christians not being the main point of the movie. However, it was a pretty strong theme. And yes, they took some stereotypes and blew them up which is, at best, lazy and, at worst, an intentional attack on Christians. I'm not sure which it was for the producers, but I hope it was the former.<br /><br />You are correct that we need a new identity, but my point was that we have many examples of Christians to have exemplified a new identity, only to have them ignored. Again, I hope it's because the media is simply lazy, but I'm not so sure any more...Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248944284682768319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388376.post-38123521958615179042011-06-20T22:41:36.326-05:002011-06-20T22:41:36.326-05:00I don't know why Christians are portrayed like...I don't know why Christians are portrayed like that. I just recently saw that movie as well and the way Christians were portrayed bothered me. Maybe it's what we do that bothers them. The way that we are open to serving the people that are outcastes in our society. That we are willing to love them the way that god loves them. Even if we are not perfect because we are human and people shouldn't hold us to standards that are unreachable. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to reach those standards. The best we can do is to continue loving the people that are our brothers and sisters and to never forget that they are human just like us. That everyone we pass on the streets,or the child at school, or the YMCA, even the person we just pass in our daily routine, is human but not only that but god as well. So I guess it doesn't really matter what the media thinks of us because that would never change but how we think about ourselves as Christians. That we don't just sit here and watch, but we do something about what bothers our hearts.Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186517137978075671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388376.post-40516821726039259622011-06-20T20:44:45.952-05:002011-06-20T20:44:45.952-05:00We actually taught this movie in our high school g...We actually taught this movie in our high school group on Sunday. (Just showed some clips) <br /><br />I think they took some stereotypes and blew them up. Ultimately, the movie isn't about how Christians are portrayed... it's how flippantly we destroy our reputations. Which, I think, ties right back into how Christians were portrayed in this movie. <br /><br />We need a new identity in our communities. Because "too good for you" is just not going to cut it.Adam McLanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017070388202238812noreply@blogger.com