4 Mar 2017

Beauty vs. The Beast

by | posted in: Uncategorized | 65,563

It is amazing the posts on my news feed over the hoopla concerning another Disney movie. First Disney has been headed down this road for a while, and we need to quit being surprised. Next, this topic brings up some real discussions, we as Christians need to have. The world sees the hypocrisy in our actions. But this is what happens when we run around telling people “we don’t need to worry about all that theology stuff, we just need to let people know Jesus loves them”. We end up not having any answers or giving poor, if not just wrong, answers to the world’s questions.

So what is the question of the day? It is this… why would Christians boycott Beauty and the Beast when it goes against their values, yet continue to see movies that involve all kinds of other sins; murder, bad language, sex, and more? This is a valid question. And this is how the world sees the argument.

Let’s look at where we agree. I remember when another movie debuted. It was called Magic Mike. This movie did not get the scorn you would expect from the Christians. Instead Facebook news feeds were filled with ladies talking about going to see this movie. These same ladies were posting bible verses the day before. The same argument above works here. Why would you call down condemnation on men for going to the strip club but then justify going to a movie which involved men stripping? I suppose you just use the Playboy argument, “it had a good story”.

The real question being ask is this, why do you justify one sin and condemn another? There is a tendency we have to avoid our own failings and point out the sin in others. This is the meaning of judge not lest ye be judged. Not that we should never judge but that we when we judge we should judge rightly because the same standards will be applied to us. So if we are to boycott a movie like Beauty and the Beast then we should also boycott Magic Mike.

So why don’t we just boycott all movies that contain any sin? There are always distinctions to be made and the distinction is this; both Beauty and the Beast and Magic Mike glorify sin. If a movie contains a murder, it is typically understood that it is wrong and justice is sought by searching for the guilty party, arresting them, and putting them on trial. The fact that a movie contains sin is not a reason not to watch it. The question should be what does the movie say about that sin? The question is not how many cuss words are used. It doesn’t matter if it is 3, 7, or 24, but what is the world view being promoted. Truth is that Christians should probably quit watching most of what is on television and in movies, and read a book. If you need a reference let me know, there is one that has been around a while.

We need to learn to define our worldview and what is important. Christians need to stop defining their worldview based on their own personal preferences. This is what makes it hard to answer the world’s questions. This is how we are hypocritical. We need to learn to rightly define our own sin, as well as sin in general. It is time we take self evaluations and honestly review our own lives. What we watch, what we wear, how we speak and how we spend our time.

Sin is sin is sin. We need to call sin what it is. Truthfully, Christians need to quit justifying their sin and the world needs to quit glorifying their sin. We need to learn that not agreeing is not hate. Truth is true regardless of our emotional reaction. Truth may elicit emotions but they don’t define it. Because I call what you enjoy sin does not mean I hate you. I understand the struggle because I struggle myself. Our sins are different and the same. But sin is sin and we must bring light to the darkness. It is the beast that separates us from our creator but if we turn from it he will redeem us and therein lies true beauty.

65563 Responses

  1. Ada McGee
    | Reply

    Skup nieruchomości to idealna opcja dla tych, którzy potrzebują natychmiastowej gotówki za swoją nieruchomość. Dzięki temu procesowi można zaoszczędzić czas na poszukiwanie kupca i negocjacje cenowe skup mieszkań

  7. Harriet Pearson
    | Reply

    .How do we bridge gaps remaining between providers receiving trainings necessary while simultaneously increasing awareness amongst patients navigating challenging terrain surrounding potential risks involved when seeking care ultimately resulting adverse medical malpractice lawyer

  12. animation
    | Reply

    When I initially left a comment I seem to have clicked on the -Notify
    me when new comments are added- checkbox and from now on whenever a comment
    is added I recieve 4 emails with the same comment. There has to
    be a way you are able to remove me from that service?

    Many thanks!

  18. spot
    | Reply

    Aw, this was a really good post. Taking
    the time and actual effort to produce a superb article… but what can I say… I put things off a whole lot and never manage to get
    nearly anything done.

  20. sojourn
    | Reply

    I’m not that much of a internet reader to be honest
    but your sites really nice, keep it up! I’ll go ahead and bookmark your
    site to come back later on. Many thanks

  21. قیمت جک درب پارکینگ دست دوم
    | Reply

    It’s a shame you don’t have a donate button! I’d
    most certainly donate to this outstanding blog!
    I suppose for now i’ll settle for book-marking and adding
    your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to new
    updates and will share this site with my Facebook group.

    Talk soon!

  22. linkinbio
    | Reply

    Hello to all, how is all, I think every one is getting more
    from this web site, and your views are good for new viewers.

  28. click now
    | Reply

    Greetings! I’ve been following your blog for a long time
    now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you
    a shout out from New Caney Tx! Just wanted to mention keep up
    the great job!

  32. رنگ ضد حریق
    | Reply

    Having read this I thought it was rather informative.
    I appreciate you spending some time and effort to put this informative article together.
    I once again find myself spending a significant amount of time both reading and posting comments.
    But so what, it was still worth it!

  37. yakima maid
    | Reply

    Hello to every one, the contents existing at this web page are in fact amazing
    for people experience, well, keep up the good work fellows.

  39. Wally
    | Reply

    Learn More About How To Get Diagnosed With ADHD UK While Working From At Home how
    to get diagnosed with adhd as an adult – Wally –

  46. Global Networking
    | Reply

    It’s a shame you don’t have a donate button! I’d most certainly donate to this superb blog!
    I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
    I look forward to fresh updates and will talk about this blog with my Facebook group.
    Chat soon!

  49. power washing painting service painting power washing near me gutter cleaning
    | Reply

    My programmer is trying to convince me to move to .net from PHP.
    I have always disliked the idea because of the expenses.
    But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using WordPress on several websites for about a year and am anxious about switching to
    another platform. I have heard great things about blogengine.net.
    Is there a way I can import all my wordpress posts into it?
    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *