Noah Movie and protecting the faith

im looking forward to watching it

I was hoping this new movie would be a good presentation of the story of the flood.
Yet Hollywood has a way of taking liberties to suit their ideas.
When we know the truth, it is for each to discern these things.

parsley said:

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How do you feel about shows that distort things that are precious to your faith?

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My faith isn't shaken by anything anyone else says.

"I know whom I have believed"

Even if they raise a question I can't answer right now I know that God will do all that soon:

"the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him." (Jude 14-15)


I'm here for 2 reasons:

1) put down my own imagination that interferes with the truth God has shown me

2) minister to his sheep (are receive from them)

The Noah movie is wrong on many levels

some of the greatly misunderstood things include the presence of aliens, nephilim and high technology on planet Earth at the time Noah was building the ark.

People do not realize the Pyramids and Atlantis were around within hundreds of years of the flood - that there was a pink solid crystalline sky (and dinosaurs roamed the earth at that time) - thankfully God will judge those who are willfully ignorant of the truth and that includes Hollywood I believe their time is short.

How do you feel about shows that distort things that are precious to your faith?

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I admit, when I feel that things are distorted, I do get irritated. However, I'm more forgiving of a movie that does this, than say, a pastor. Fred Phelps and Jonathan Edwards (of old sermon fame) distorted the truth in the name of God. At least Hollywood isn't doing that.

parsley said:

We have seen threads here on what shows are suitable for Christians to watch, and have gone back and forth talking about legalism, asceticism, liberality and grace.

This review of the Noah movie brings up more insights into on how we make our decisions:

‘Babylonian Chainsaw Massacre’: Glenn reviews Noah after attending screening in LA – Glenn Beck

He describes the movie as inflating the story to the point that it makes miracles worth mocking, makes God appear to require child sacrifice, and turns the questions we still have -- like giants -- into ridiculous myths.

Apparently it is like watching another "Scary Movie." (My words not his.)

While I'm not asking for advice, I'm asking for conversation.

How do you feel about shows that distort things that are precious to your faith?

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*I've seen a half a dozen different clips of "Noah" and it has the look and
feel of Lord of the Rings meshed with elements from the Bible about
Noah and the great flood, Tubal-Cain has a strong presence in the movie --
he's a nemesis of Noah or something... like there's a family feud running
parallel with the key storyline.
There's a strong environmental leaning and the clips of
the movie where I've seen Noah interacting with other people are presented
negatively...it's like he doesn't even like them or something-- gee Noah,
lighten up on all the scowling lol!

All my comments are based on the movie trailers, how close are they
to the actual movie, I don't know because the movie doesn't open here
until March 27th. I've found movie trailers to be a splice of this and that--
did they take the scenes from deleted material? Or was it from the final
movie draft? One never knows.
I also found the movie's disclaimer--
"The film is inspired by the story of Noah. While artistic license has been taken, we believe that this film is true to the essence, values and integrity of a story that is a cornerstone of faith for millions of people worldwide. The biblical story of Noah can be found in the book of Genesis."

How do you feel about shows that distort things that are precious to your faith?

*I don't care for it and it really bothers me when Christians distort things
that are precious to our faith... when those who aren't believers do it, it
bothers me but not to the same degree.

It is a given that Hollywood will distort and work to mythologize the stories of the Bible. Everything Hollywood stands for is antithetical to the values, ethics and morality of the Bible. What better way to undermine the confidence of people in the veracity of God's Word than to portray its stories in mythological and cartoonish fashion. Hollywood is not trying to do the Christian worldview any favors by producing this movie. Quite the opposite.

Selah.

Slapping a "Bible based" label on a movie does not impress me. Show me that the film actually honors and respects the Bible and I might be enticed to give it my attention. This movie - just from hearing and reading reviews - is a joke. It is not the Biblical story of Noah, it is a watered-down Hollywood smear that reduces Noah to a hallucinating loon (he learns about the impending flood through mystical "visions", the name of God is never spoken in the entire film), removes God entirely from the story, and turns the whole thing into something so pitiful it's almost comical. Some people want to compare it to epic classics like "The Ten Commandments", which is a travesty IMHO. TTC had some Hollywood embellishments (romantic tensions, etc) but it still followed the Bible story and showed respect for it. "Noah" is not even comparable to that.

BFine said:

*I've seen a half a dozen different clips of "Noah" and it has the look and
feel of Lord of the Rings

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^^^ This! 100X

With rare exceptions (Jesus of Nazareth, e.g.), I distrust anything out of Hollywood, where the forces of mammon are regularly in full battle array. And now that Bible themes are a proven box office draw (thank you, Mel Gibson), we need to put on the armor with regard to the velvet glove of seduction rather than the iron fist of persecution we are used to from that quarter.

I didn't even like the History Channel's Bible series. I gave it a fair hearing, really WANTED to like it, but felt it pulled punches and took too many liberties. I have no interest in their follow-up movie either.

The tricky part to all this is that most of us can watch this kind of movie and separate fact from fiction, or even simply see a trailer and discern the level of worldly hype. But there is a generation out there that is not well-grounded in Bible truth. For many, movies like this constitute their entire knowledge of the Bible. That can be a very dangerous thing.

I'm not saying there is nothing good about the movie. I thoroughly enjoyed LOTR and others like it, because they model good values and even give spiritual insight. But the blurring the lines of Bible truth is something we need to be very careful of. We also need to be able to help people see where the movie deviates from truth.

Paul, I totally agree with you. I was listening to interviews with the makers of "The Bible" series and "The Son of God" movie, and they were saying that, even though they look liberties with the stories, they were just hoping to "get people talking" about the Bible and God. I guess their hope is that they will then seek out an actual Bible or church, but is that really realistic? I don't know.

I still would love to see this movie, but I will take it with a grain of salt for sure.

I actually really enjoyed the movie, Passion of the Christ. It's not 100% but fairly good, and it definitely helps paint a picture of how harsh Roman treatment was, and just how much Christ really suffered.

Inkachu said:

Paul, I totally agree with you. I was listening to interviews with the makers of "The Bible" series and "The Son of God" movie, and they were saying that, even though they look liberties with the stories, they were just hoping to "get people talking" about the Bible and God. I guess their hope is that they will then seek out an actual Bible or church, but is that really realistic? I don't know.

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Dear Ink,

I think it will have all kinds of results with different people. God can use anything, so in the sense of seed planting I think there is some validity. The question for each person is whether the error outweighs the good. Notably, the hackneyed raising of the environmental angle to absurd levels, though unsurprising because mass culture rarely misses a shot at cheap virtue, while at the same time never even mentioning God in the movie, doesn't raise my hopes.

Knockout said:

The Noah movie is wrong on many levels

some of the greatly misunderstood things include the presence of aliens, nephilim and high technology on planet Earth at the time Noah was building the ark.

People do not realize the Pyramids and Atlantis were around within hundreds of years of the flood - that there was a pink solid crystalline sky (and dinosaurs roamed the earth at that time) - thankfully God will judge those who are willfully ignorant of the truth and that includes Hollywood I believe their time is short.

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Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Are you saying that the movie includes nephilim and such or doesn't.

From what I understand, the nephilim where around at the time of Noah and that Noah's family was one of few that was not tainted by the bloodline of these "creatures" and due to this fact, his family was chosen to carry on the human bloodline.

As for the movie, I hope I can enjoy it without being as disappointed as I was with "The Son of God" which had mixed up scripture, continuity errors and plot errors.

Hopefully it brings more people to research the real story than to dismiss the whole truth as just a mythical story. Or, give ammunition to blaspheme God.

I have no interest in it because hollywood often twists biblical movies. And sometimes the movies aren't based on a denomination close to mine. Such as Passion and Son Of God were way different denominations. Son of God isn't out yet I think, but its based of that Bible series on cable. Which is made by Roma Downey who admits to being a new age believer.

I think whats more scary is how many christians have seen the trailers and said it looks very dark. When asked why they said they didn't like that the flood kills people. I am thinking to myself "Um.... you have read the story right? The whole flooding thing?". lol

As for how do I feel about it distorting things.Same as BFine.

If its not true to the Bible then its a corruption of the truth. That disinterests me as I suspect it may offend God.

Billy Bayou said:

Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Are you saying that the movie includes nephilim and such or doesn't.

From what I understand, the nephilim where around at the time of Noah and that Noah's family was one of few that was not tainted by the bloodline of these "creatures" and due to this fact, his family was chosen to carry on the human bloodline.

As for the movie, I hope I can enjoy it without being as disappointed as I was with "The Son of God" which had mixed up scripture, continuity errors and plot errors.

Hopefully it brings more people to research the real story than to dismiss the whole truth as just a mythical story. Or, give ammunition to blaspheme God.

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Amunition to blaspheme God.

With shows like Ancient Aliens on regularly, Christians need to either embrace the truth about how our race has come about and which races were here on the earth at the time of Noah or the world is going to twist it before we can get to the lost.

Either the bible has the answers, including who the sons of God were, when they were here, what aliens are, or it doesn't and has zero authority... the Church is worse than the world in being blind towards this.

aiki said:

It is a given that Hollywood will distort and work to mythologize the stories of the Bible. Everything Hollywood stands for is antithetical to the values, ethics and morality of the Bible. What better way to undermine the confidence of people in the veracity of God's Word than to portray its stories in mythological and cartoonish fashion. Hollywood is not trying to do the Christian worldview any favors by producing this movie. Quite the opposite.

Selah.

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Amen.

I love love loved it so much that I saw it twice and filmed it on my iPhone for later viewing and possible YouTube video.