Wannabee
Obi Wan Kenobi
It can be hard sometimes to be prudent and discerning, and yet avoid legalism. Some movies we find unacceptable, yet others rave about them (speaking of Christians here). Others don't see what the big deal is.
Example: We have certain things we will not sit through. I check out movies on Plugged In to see what the content is. Violence doesn't bother me much, while others shirk from it. But there are some things we won't abide.
The things we will not see include:
Nudity (partial nudity can be acceptable)
Sex
The abuse of Jesus' name
Some may wonder why I don't include "god" here (little "g" intended). Simply put, it's not a personal name. Nobody uses YHWH abusively. Nobody abuses the Holy Spirit. But Jesus' name, the name at which every knee shall bow and tongue confess, is regularly abused. It is for this reason we had to turn down an opportunity to see Dark Knight. It's one area I won't flex on. We rented Midway not too long ago. I remember it being a great war movie from when I was a kid. It wasn't more than a few minutes before it became evident that we weren't going to be able to watch it. I was shocked to see Charlton Heston (Moses?) repeatedly abuse "Jesus Christ."
Where do PBers draw the line?
Example: We have certain things we will not sit through. I check out movies on Plugged In to see what the content is. Violence doesn't bother me much, while others shirk from it. But there are some things we won't abide.
The things we will not see include:
Nudity (partial nudity can be acceptable)
Sex
The abuse of Jesus' name
Some may wonder why I don't include "god" here (little "g" intended). Simply put, it's not a personal name. Nobody uses YHWH abusively. Nobody abuses the Holy Spirit. But Jesus' name, the name at which every knee shall bow and tongue confess, is regularly abused. It is for this reason we had to turn down an opportunity to see Dark Knight. It's one area I won't flex on. We rented Midway not too long ago. I remember it being a great war movie from when I was a kid. It wasn't more than a few minutes before it became evident that we weren't going to be able to watch it. I was shocked to see Charlton Heston (Moses?) repeatedly abuse "Jesus Christ."
Where do PBers draw the line?