Posted on 11/01/2013 10:03:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
No such word as ‘homophobic’...people opposed to the sodomite agenda aren’t the slightest bit afraid of queers...they just don’t approve of their sick lifestyle.
This issue comes to a head with the gospel.
The Old Testament regime was a training ground. It spoke little of a union of humanity and heaven (though some Psalms address this matter). Its governing law did not present the full salvational power of heaven in a formal way. That does not mean the power was not present, but it was ministered case by case, without being formally offered to mankind.
So, practicing homosexuals (who were convicted by the usual Mosaic law trial process, requiring two or three witnesses — a single witness and they would walk) ended up with a rocky finish on this mortal coil. Repentance of heart before they died would be still possible, and they could thus still be reconciled with God for the sake of eternity, but the system demanded they would die anyhow.
Our modern body of Western and American law is a mixed bag of gospel and Old Testament principles. It was not usually very kind to buggerers.
Anyhow, I believe a radical reordering of priorities according to genuine gospel will be needed in order to address the present situation. The cat is thoroughly out of the “law” bag now and just scratches when we try to get it to go back in. Secular law has done all it could. Now it is time for gospel to step up to the plate. Save sinners by overwhelming Satan. And it is an odd looking fight, because it entails doing good to the sinner. What, do good to a homosexual that disgusts you? Well, yes. If you believe in the gospel. Now you oughtn’t to go rolling out red carpets of glory for them in their unredeemed state, but God can use even that imperfect state of affairs without missing a beat if we gospel believers address ourselves to it. The gospel cure is: teach them (after accepting Christ for salvation of their eternal lives) to glorify God in their body. They will probably find it very hard to believe God would care that much and can exert that kind of power. Great reassurance that He does, and can, is needed. This is where our modern church is almost AWOL, and what ex-gay groups there are have very little courage. May the good Lord remedy this forthwith! We cannot just let Satan dance around and have his way.
How is it they don’t pay the author of the book?
Excellent book. The sequels weren’t though.
You were correct they did do it justice. They stuck very close to the plot of the book and developed the main characters pretty well.
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Sorry to bump this, but I saw it during the day Tuesday. Huge, huge disappointment to me. This confirms my suspicion that Gavin Hood is indeed the worst director in the history of film.
The other day I saw a CD for a movie score, and as I picked it up, I realized what the subtitle actually said: Music inspired by. The score was completely made up by someone. I took it home anyway, figured that it couldn't be that bad, maybe they came up with some new ideas. What it turned out to be was as if someone had read a review of the film and maybe a couple ten second segments of the music of the film, and then went and created a whole new thread of music, occasionally referencing back to things mentioned in a review, or a couple themes repeated from the ten second burst they heard of the music.
That's what the screenplay comes across to me as.
I can't fault his direction - he followed the flawed screenplay he write to the letter, he brought forth great special effects, good acting, a great cast, and something very rare for a modern space invader movie - a plotline.
It just had little to do with Ender's Game the book by Orson Scott Card. And in the end, he probably brought home enough cash (especially with the excuse of Thor opening the weekend after) to avoid this becoming a bomb and possibly making a bit of profit for the movie company. And utterly ensuring that the franchise won't be touched again for at least 20 years.
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