My mom and I were talking about her doing duets at special services this time of year. We began discussing how nice it would be to do duets together, and maybe...just maybe play the piano and organ together at a church some day. Wouldn't that be nice?
*Ding*
We're watching Glee, and we're on the episode that caught a lot of flak from the AFA and One Million Moms. They present different viewpoints on Christianity and other religions. All in all, I don't agree with some of what they said, but they had some really strong Christian viewpoints there. Obviously, the AFA and OMM only saw the parts they wanted to see, and didn't see the parts that were actual Truth. Strange. Most times I know they're doing awesome work, but sometimes I just wonder if they're just searching for reasons to get ticked off at people or programs or companies. I don't think they watched the whole episode either. Yeah, if you stop half way through, you'll be offended as a Christian because the person who the whole episode is based around is blatantly saying that he believes in no God. At the end of it, he turns and realizes that he may not believe, but he can't shut out everyone who does, and shut off what they do (pray) for people that are hurting. In the end, he realized that the friends that he prevented praying for his father who was in a coma, were just doing their part to help and bring his dad back to consciousness. The other naysayer in the episode, a cheer leading coach, said she didn't believe in God because her older sister with Down's Syndrome wasn't cured and was ridiculed her whole life, and she has prayed for those things when she was young. Then she talked to her sister, who said that God doesn't make mistakes and offered to pray for her sister. The coach then had her viewpoint changed too, but only the last minute of the show. Now. Tell me this couldn't have had some impact on people? Yeah, I get that it's "bad" to present the negativity against God, but truly, that's this world. That's a lot of "Christians" that are walking around playing church. They may not say they don't believe in God, but they sure do live like they don't, except on Sunday when they put on their church clothes, complete with moral adjustment as an accessory. Whew...where did all that come from? I think I've been mulling over things in my head recently, and they just spilled out! But for now, it's time to sleep. So we will sleep with our pet, Zeep. Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow...
is another one!
ReplyDeleteNailed it.
Okay, so you have basically copied my thoughts when I first watched that episode. It baffles me when Christians get all upset with TV shows that present non-Christians acting like...non-Christians. What? Is Kurt supposed to miraculously convert? How truthful would that be? I appreciated the honesty with which they showed his struggle. And really, it spoke to me about how hopeless life must be for people who don't have faith in God. That's honesty. A TV show that portrays the brokenness of people is just as valuable as a TV show that goes around quoting Scripture 24/7. Without knowledge of our brokenness, how will we know we need to be saved?
The hopelessness! YES! That's what I was feeling too, for him. I mean, if his dad hadn't have come out of his coma, and had died, he would truly believe that was the last of his father. The last he'd ever see of his father. SO grossly tragic! I mean, not all shows can be Touched By an Angel, or Veggie Tales. While those shows have tremendous value, we must see that the other side exists, and that they hurt and how they hurt.
ReplyDeleteAnd way to go on the finishing of the statement. I was beginning to get a little down about that. :)