The Embarrassment of Christian Media

[Apologiaphoenix]

Yes. They're actually making a movie about this.... http://deeperwaters.ddns.net/?p=8487

[Darth Executor]

They made a movie out of the atheist professor chain mail, what did you expect?

[Apologiaphoenix]

I haven't heard of that.

[Darth Executor]

The one with Hercules in it.

[Apologiaphoenix]

I actually thought God's Not Dead was a decent start. At least it's getting into apologetics some, though the ending was way too cheesy.

[Cow Poke]

I actually thought God's Not Dead was a decent start. At least it's getting into apologetics some, though the ending was way too cheesy.

Yeah, over all it was pretty good, but there were a number of cheesy moments besides the ending.

[LeaC]

Yeah, over all it was pretty good, but there were a number of cheesy moments besides the ending.

Oh, I'm going to have to disagree with that... overall, I think it was pretty cheesy and bordering on insulting to actual apologetics(something I don't claim to be an expert on either, but enough to recognize amateurs)... with perhaps a few good moments. But whenever the debate or arguments verged on becoming too interesting or thoughtful, the movie tended to cut away to another scene of cliched, stereotypical, and frankly, boring characters. The secular professors(not just the "evil atheist") were unbelievably horrible and fit every trope of "elitist liberal" with very little in the way of realism. I don't consider myself a liberal, but most people are not two-dimensional caricatures, and generally, everyone in that movie other than the main character(and the priests) were ridiculously unpleasant. Even the "Christian girlfriend" was portrayed very unsympathetically, for all her unrealistic concerns about failing this one, freshman-level course having the potential to ruin the hero's academic life forever... really?

It had potential, it just squandered it at every opportunity and came across to me as very cheap and lazy writing. The ending... well, enough said about that. I just really didn't care for it at all

[Apologiaphoenix]

I have heard there's one coming out based on historical apologetics. I do prefer that to scientific apologetics.

[Sparko]

most people are not two-dimensional caricatures

Have you met JimL or Jorge yet?

[jpholding]

I understand Kirk Cameron's Christmas movie was even worse.

[KingsGambit]

I understand Kirk Cameron's Christmas movie was even worse.

No kidding. Christians are getting their heads sliced off in the Middle East, and we want to claim persecution over perceived slights over Christmas terminology?

[KingsGambit]

I'll be honest, though, Cameron lost all apologetic credibility with me along ago because I understand he was part of the presentation of the banana video.

[rogue06]

I'll be honest, though, Cameron lost all apologetic credibility with me along ago because I understand he was part of the presentation of the banana video.

And the crocoduck silliness

[Cerebrum123]

A long time ago I had seen a video he was in that made some really good points*. He also did so in a way that was interesting. Looks like wasted potential to me.


*It was mostly stuff about how sincerity of belief doesn't equal correctness of beliefs. It's been a long time, so there might have been some dumb stuff in there I either wouldn't have realized, or have forgotten.

[Y'hoshua]

And the crocoduck silliness

I was aware of the stupidity of the banana argument, but I didn't know about this crocoduck thing... care to explain?