Christianity and film: History of a rub.

  There is been a long history with Christian and movies. Many films show and some even seem to glorify sin. What Christians did however, was to boycott movies instead of engaging in them. This did nothing, but make Christians look intolerant and took them out of one of the most influential mediums of our time.

  For many Christians there is a rub with film. Many are afraid to show certain things in films, thinking that by showing them it somehow glorifies the sin. But, it does not have to, light exposes it for what it all ready is. The challenge with some Christian film is that by not showing depravity it comes off as untrue or trite. The unbeliever watches a movie like that and it comes off as cheesy, unrealistic and untrue to the everyday world in which he lives. As Christians we should be the first ones, at times, to talk about difficult subjects not just gloss over them and pretend they don’t exist.

  We don’t have to glorify them. We can choose how we show something tastefully though still truthfull. We can also show the struggle and the consequences to actions. This is what some of Hollywood usually does not do; they show just to show, all for the shock factor in order to get the mighty dollar. A life without consequences, while something many may want is a denial of the real world and also untrue.

  I know there are many strong Christians in Hollywood that are working on this very thing, but I point this out as an overall trend, not those fighting the good fight.