In their honest moments, like something that appeared on Salon recently, the left admits that their greatest weapon is entertainment, bar none.
A great battle in the spiritual war continues going on right there.
This entertainment makes people turn away from evangelizing, makes them less fit to do so, and hardens the people who might hear the word.
Entertainment’s goal isn’t to entertain, but to change.
That’s not just a Christian conclusion, either, but is backed up by what the world says. I went to school for English and the message was that the express purpose of all art is to communicate something, and when it’s humanistic rather than focused on Christ, it’s to communicate humanism. And the people receiving it are the piece of paper, or film screen, or TV set - the clay to the potter. The entire thinking of the “creator” is how to effectively manipulate the person receiving the message, and if it’s done most effectively, it’s so gripping and entertaining that it avoids the smell of propaganda, and someone goes away happy, but changed. The the “creator” or “creators” world-views - their beliefs - are always what’s being communicated.
... the left admits that their greatest weapon is entertainment, bar none.
And most people literally cannot imagine living without it. Sometimes I wonder if the media or TV is the beast of Revelation.