tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857168373791164001.post4150738039366561004..comments2023-05-03T04:31:57.305-07:00Comments on Cozaddale Chronicles: Be Ye HolyTravis Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05022222994131988711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857168373791164001.post-31815843867913499592008-09-27T00:03:00.000-07:002008-09-27T00:03:00.000-07:00"We know holiness is not to murder; but we love CS..."We know holiness is not to murder; but we love CSI."<BR/><BR/>Very true indeed. Something I find interesting among Christians is the fact that they think it is wrong to watch a film with sex, drugs, language, nudity, etc. But they will watch any action flick with any amount of murderer.<BR/><BR/>But, what I find totally misleading is the fact that we judge movies, generally, based on what we should/shouldn't see, such as the language, drugs...basically sin. <BR/><BR/>I however, do enjoy movies with terrible people in them, but not for the reasons some might. I do think it's a sin to watch a film and see someone killed and think that it's "cool" or "justified". But to watch a film and see someone killed and realize the trueness of what just happened and gleam from the film the underlying message. <BR/><BR/>I think this way because if the Bible were a film, I would also see cases of rape, murder, filthy language, sex, nudity, pridefulness, drunkeness, incest, homosexuality. It is what we can gleam from these stories that make us better people, and holier. <BR/><BR/>Now, I am not going to claim that films made by some guy in LA and the Holy Bible are in any way comparable. What I am saying is, the Bible tells us to abstain from sin, but following that it tells us to examine it. I feel this is what some films do. While Hollywood markets a lot of films with murder or profanity or nudity, as being about those things, this simply is not always the case. Granted I will say it does happen more often than not. <BR/><BR/>As long as we view film as an art that should be examined and studied and realize that the movie may not be the sin, but what we gleam from the movie is. If you would like, a film I really admire, is a drama called "Seven". It is about a murderer who kills people who have committed one of the 7 deadly sins. I know that 7 deadly sins is not a Baptist idea, but a catholic idea, but the film examines sin in such a precise way that I have really learned a lot about God from looking past th exterior and into the heart of the art. <BR/><BR/>Anyways, now, I don't know if you'll agree or not. I was not trying to really prove anything I guess, just bring in a different perspective and see what you thought of it.<BR/><BR/>I am glad you are getting better daily. I am trying to do the same.<BR/><BR/>-your anonymous critic =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com