Brent. I love your blog. I am a regular reader, but I’ve never felt the need to comment before. Theologically we almost always agree. I am a Christian. I believe the bible. I am not a “cafeteria” Christian. I don’t take what I want from the bible and leave the rest. Our children are being raised on biblical principles, and we take seriously our charge to live *in* this world but not be *of* this world. My family and your family would be friends in real life & you’d not hesitate to let me babysit your kids (you’ll just have to take my word for that;-).

But I am so sick and tired of being called a *liberal* by my Christian brothers and sisters because I distrust corporate America and suspect that much of the decisions made my corporate America are greed-driven and do not necessarily have my childrens’ best interests at heart. Or because I *know* that we humans have damaged the earth that God gave us. Or because I believe additives are put in our food that are harmful to us. Or because I suspect that wars have been waged for very UNbiblical reasons and that sometimes Christians are duped into believing that God is on one side or the other. There is *nothing* in the bible that says that I must whole-heartedly support any war that “conservative” politicians support. Nothing that says that the earth is given to us to abuse in any way that makes us money or make us happy.

I have not seen the movie Avatar, and I’m thankful for your review. I don’t care to see a movie with erotic undertones or questionable language…If I did see it, I would likely see the religious lean myself…However, nothing in your bulleted list is inherently unChristian and as a Christian who believes many of these things, I resent the implication that it is. Please, please, please don’t call me a “liberal” because I am environmentally concious & don’t blindly follow every politician that carries the “conservative” banner (and I’m not saying that you *do* blindly follow anyone). It makes no sense that because of my viewpoints on corporate greed, war, and the environment, I have been lumped in with pro-choice, Kabala-believing, celebrity-worshiping, homosexual-supporting, anti-Christian individuals…One does not equal the other.

I enjoy your blog and will most definately continue to read…Please prayerfully consider what I’ve written.

In Christian love,
Amanda

Comparing movies, books, ministers, the world, our daily activities to “what is written.. and what it means in correct context..” or The Word, Bible, Old and New Testaments is where we are to anchor ourselves and those we meet daily.

I apologize for my failing flesh and a couple of strokes (i.e., i’m not talking about my old golf score’s either as I gave that up years ago..) and difficulties with dementia beyond my control have slowed me down… just a tad. LOL Mixing the religions of the world with Jesus teachings and the Old and New Testament teachings is paramount to going back to egypt in Moses time. Wheat is solid sound doctrine and bare’s further crops for future generations, some a hundred fold.. etc. These altered doctrines are the weeds of the doctrines of the world sewn amongst the Word or Wheat. We can’t pull them up but we can teach other’s what is wheat and what is weeds (old english used the word tare’s).

If good ministers, are to teach future generations how to grow wheat and not weeds, then contrasting sound doctrine against false doctrines is one of our major farming tasks. Keep contrasting the WORD and what is written with the ungodly egyptian concepts of the world. Didn’t the socery practitioners in Egypt duplicate most of the Mosaic GOD given tasks in an attempt to deceive people and pharo?

GOD will not share his glory with another.. KJ Isaiah 42 and 48 the chapters? Sorry my computer crashes preclude my current online checking at blueletterbible dot org.

Keep up the good work, GOD put Adam (man) in the garden to till the ground, for there was not a man in the garden to take care of it? Adam before he had sinned was planting wheat. The second Adam i.e., Jesus, is the True Bread, 100% whole wheat that leads to eternal life without sin.

JesusGOD Bless!
Keep The Faith, Preach The Gospel
Respectfully Submitted,
Jeff

You and I would just have to peaceably disagree then. To say that Cameron did not purposely set out to educate and indoctrinate is simply ignoring the obvious. He didn’t just give a brief glimpse of a religion (or several glimpses, or even a few scenes); the ENTIRE MOVIE was solidly constructed around 2 things: liberal environmentalism and Shamanism. THE ENTIRE movie… from the language, the names, the visuals, the storyline, the symbols, the themes, the conclusions…

That’s like saying Schindlers List didn’t set out to educate about the Holocaust. You would have to simply ignore the entire movie to make that statement.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with “stretching” your mind… I did this myself by viewing the movie and I study other beliefs and history. But I do this from a foundation of confident faith and the ability TO DISCERN the Truth based solely on God’s Word. The problem we have today is that an overwhelming percentage of those who profess Christ know very little – often not even the basics – about what Jesus Christ clearly proclaims as absolute truth (or even why the Bible IS that authentic Truth).

Blessings,
Brent

As with the other bullet points, what I’m stating is that movies, for decades, have portrayed western civilization (and white men specificially) as the RUIN of the earth, when in fact, western civilization, America in particular, have gone to great lengths to learn how to be good stewards of the land. While far from perfect, American industrial civilization actually does an amazing job of managing and protecting the environment and responsibly managing the land(though it’s never enough for environmentalists because they are after POWER, not results).

To the contrary, it can be shown that many, if not most, native groups before “western civilization” came to the Americas moved from area to area STRIPPING and DESTROYING the land, then moving on. Except in Hollywood and liberal politics, this history is beyond dispute… unless you simply don’t want to believe it.

Hollywood, for several decades, would have us believe the OPPOSITE is true. Many natives embrace this myth for obvious reasons; it benefits them and flatters them. Most non-native Americans except this as “fact” simply because if you repeat the same lie long enough, it becomes truth. We see this truth in politics and culture all the time.

I don’t care about or defend ANY political correctness no matter who it protects. I’ll denounce slavery and the abuses of America natives just as quickly as I’ll denounce revisionist history and today’s liberal socialism. I defend the moral goodness of religions I don’t believe in and condemn the hypocrisy of the one I do believe in.

The TRUTH is the only thing that interests me because ETERNITY is a LOT longer than this wisp of a lifetime now.

Brent