tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post5801569682748550622..comments2024-03-05T02:14:39.266-07:00Comments on Strange Culture: What Movies Do Christians Want? Part III - A Dichotomy of Purposes - Insulation or InfluenceRChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-47528210725305736712009-05-14T22:53:00.000-06:002009-05-14T22:53:00.000-06:00I have always thought that the idea of being in th...I have always thought that the idea of being in the World but not of the World has been handled in a backwards kind of way. It seems to me that Christians in North America have been creating a sort of mirror version of the society they are trying to escape. But that mirror is sort of like a fun house mirror, in that the ideals it actually portrays are not really the ideals trying to presented.<br />The values I see portrayed (and that people I know outside the Faith see) are commercial and consumerist. How often is the focus on box office, money, being just like "secular society". (in terms of production, action, accesibilty, etc) Is this the right focus? It is hard to put this into words right now, but I just think modern North American Christianity is off the mark. We always run to people like Macdonals, Lewis (and the other Inklings) and Chesterson as examples of how Christians are just as smart, educated and talented as anyone Else, But all these men wer from the United Kingdom and of entirely different generations - Lewis dies in 1963! Has anyone in Christendom really stepped up to carry on that tradition? No. With certain exceptions in music, we dropped the ball in literature and never really produced anything in film worthy of wide spread praise or appeal.<br />Where's the talent? Where's the art? Where's the storytelling? I have been told that I have to support Christian endeavours because they are Christian: but if they are poor quality, why should I bother? How effective a tool is evangelical music, films and books? Mostly what I see is preaching to the converted. Maybe we should focus in on good craft instead?<br />Long rant, perhaps unfocused, but this is something just eats at me. It is hard for people like me to be part of the Faith sometimes.Magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741378159534413277noreply@blogger.com