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So…here’s the embarrassing post where I admit that I actually kind of liked God’s Not Dead.
Yes, it was full of terrible acting and hackneyed apologetics.
Yes, it was full of offensive stereotypes of Muslims and atheists.
Yes, for a movie supposedly about a philosophy class, it didn’t seem to have a clue what philosophy is.
And yet, taken on its own terms, it still kind of worked.
Will it convert anyone? Not with its beyond-tenuous grasp of teleology, biology and cosmology. Will it make Jesus cool again? Of course it won’t — Jesus was never cool. (Sorry, Jesus.)
But if you’re judging it on those terms, you’ve profoundly missed the point of God’s Not Dead — and of evangelical films in general. Continue reading
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