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I cannot watch it; reducing faith in holy scripture to a movie experience is a bridge too far

I'll tell you what, anything that brings more people to seek out and form a relationship with Jesus Christ is okay with me. Narrow-mindedness is what drove me and others away from the church for many, many years. I was brought back by God's grace 6 years ago and have an incredible relationship with Jesus today. Thank God that He has led me to a Grace based church whose teachings are based on a loving God rather than an angry and vengeful God. God is Love.

Nobody should be pushed beyond the boundaries of what he or she can do in faith.

If a movie carries vibes that knock a Christian off spiritual course, that Christian shouldn’t see the movie.

I don’t see it, not because I am narrow minded, but because gore floors me. That would be overdoing the point from my perspective. I already weep just at the thought of what a dedicated sacrifice was made for me. God meant business, He did not footsie around, when He bought my soul.

And anyhow it’s about faith in a Savior, which the bible shows us, but the bible isn’t the same as this Savior.

I don’t do it because I’m a wimp about gore. Show me a bloody carving of prime rib (Golden Corral is good for something with their premium nights) and it’s like whoo. And that’s a very tiny symbol unto me.

If the movie serves to bring a point home about the events related by the scripture, however, the movie is blessed by God to that purpose. Some people reduce scripture to a sterile intellectual reading of text, like chemistry formulas were being described. Here’s how you make sodium whatsis, this is how you make potassium whatchamacallit. God wants us to embrace Him body, soul, and spirit.

Thank God that He has led me to a Grace based church whose teachings are based on a loving God rather than an angry and vengeful God. God is Love.

Yes. God is love. God has many attributes. One must accept all of them. For example:

The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you,that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Exodus, Catholic chapter fifteen, Protestant verses two to three,
Luke, Catholic chapter twelve, Protestant verses four to five,
Hebrews, Catholic chapter twelve, Protestant verses twenty eight to twenty nine,
First John, Catholic chapter oner, Protestant verse five,
First John, Catholic chapter four, Protestant verses seven to eight,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James