I agree with all you are saying. The hype does cause people to want to see it. But, it is time that people spoke up for their beliefs because there is a mass effort in this country to take God out of the U.S.
I have never said it would harm Christians. The concern is that it will cause untold numbers to believe the fiction and thus discount all the Bible says. It also furthers distrust of churches.
We speak up when people trash the U.S. on foreign lands, we speak up when we disagree with the president, it is totally fair to speak up when Jesus is used in a disrespectful manner.
Maybe the public will hear all the flack and understand that people are upset because it will cause the non-Christian public to be led astray and might prevent them learning the truth of what Jesus offers them if they only believe and follow Him.
But we also are upset because they are tampering with Jesus and not to spread His message - but to discount His message.
You are 100% correct when you say the atheists are trying to take God out of schools, our country, off our coins, and trying to take monument crosses down. We definately need to stand up and be counted. I totally agree.
Clancy all I am saying is that with so many people convinced to go see it that may not have seen it otherwise.
Sounds good to me.
I believe in God, with all my heart, but not the bible, nor organized religeon.