Religulous

Posted by adamlepp in Religion

So I watched Religulous last night.  There are a couple of things I realized while watching it.  But before I get there, lets start with a few positives.

1. This movie started some great conversations including:
   • Aliens a possibility?
   • Dinosaurs are in the Bible
   • several others
2. We also talked about salvation
   • The only thing that affects salvation is faith in Christ Jesus
   • The other stuff is there, and it’s fun to talk about, but not worth dividing or arguing over

So, obviously, now comes the not so positives I took from the movie

1. With the exception of Bill rejecting Jesus, he mostly has things right
2. Most Christians are to religious, that Jesus gets left out of the picture
   • Not one of the Christians in the documentary mentioned anything about Jesus or God loving us

I want to take just a few minutes to express what Bill got right and what he got wrong (quotes taken off of IMDB).  My hope here is that you will see that Jesus is so much more than just some religion:

Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don’t have all the answers to think that they do.

- True, Jesus clearly said that only the Father has all the answers.  We don’t have all the answers, so why does religion say we do?

Anyone who tells you that they know, they just know what happens when you die, I promise you, you don’t. How can I be so sure?

- Interesting statement.  but more or less agree with it.  I don’t know what is going to happen to me when I die, but I have faith that Jesus will keep His promise.

If you believe that the world is going to come to an end – and perhaps any day now – does it not drain one’s motivation to improve life on earth while we’re here?

- I’m not sure what “improve life” means, but if it’s anything like get rich, live the american dream sort of idea, then yes it does, very much so.  I can’t wait to get to heaven.  What it doesn’t drain is my motivation to keep sharing the Gospel.  Quite the oposite in fact, because there are so many who havn’t heard it.  God Loves you!

They just do it because they have always done it, and isn’t that religion for you.

- Sounds like it to me.

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