Kirk Cameron likes to say that he used to be an atheist because that's what he thought smart people were. However he became a born again Christian when the father of a girl he liked took him to church and he did it because he liked her. That girl's name was Chelsea Noble and he later wound up converting and marrying her.
Here's the problem, Kirk isn't exactly the smartest guy in the world and it's obvious his conversion was one part due to him wanting to get in his co-star's pants and another part that is he's easily led. After all, he went to church, felt guilty of the things he did and eventually converted. But what if the woman was Jewish? Or Hindu? Or Scientologist? Or, shock of all shocks, a Muslim? Would he have converted to one of those religions as well? I'd like to think so and if the multiverse theory is correct that means that in some other Universe Kirk Cameron is chumming around with Tom Cruise and trying to protect the world from the evil Xenu.
The movie itself is pretty silly. It boils down to, "This is God's will, his ways are known only to him, he has his reasons for doing what he does and we only find out about them after we die." So if you die without knowing God he doesn't want to know you and you burn for eternity in a lake of fire for believing in the wrong God or wrong version of him.
It's not deep. It's not interesting. And above all else, it's not compelling. I am an atheist but one thing I would love to see is a Christian movie that doesn't preach to the converted like this one and so many others do. I'd really want to see one that is designed to change hearts and minds and not just go on about stuff we all know and weren't convinced of the first hundred times we've seen it.
So if you're a born again Christian and you want to believe you made the right choice, this is the movie for you. But if you're anybody else, don't bother. It's not worth your time and you'll walk away feeling the same as you did before.
Here's the problem, Kirk isn't exactly the smartest guy in the world and it's obvious his conversion was one part due to him wanting to get in his co-star's pants and another part that is he's easily led. After all, he went to church, felt guilty of the things he did and eventually converted. But what if the woman was Jewish? Or Hindu? Or Scientologist? Or, shock of all shocks, a Muslim? Would he have converted to one of those religions as well? I'd like to think so and if the multiverse theory is correct that means that in some other Universe Kirk Cameron is chumming around with Tom Cruise and trying to protect the world from the evil Xenu.
The movie itself is pretty silly. It boils down to, "This is God's will, his ways are known only to him, he has his reasons for doing what he does and we only find out about them after we die." So if you die without knowing God he doesn't want to know you and you burn for eternity in a lake of fire for believing in the wrong God or wrong version of him.
It's not deep. It's not interesting. And above all else, it's not compelling. I am an atheist but one thing I would love to see is a Christian movie that doesn't preach to the converted like this one and so many others do. I'd really want to see one that is designed to change hearts and minds and not just go on about stuff we all know and weren't convinced of the first hundred times we've seen it.
So if you're a born again Christian and you want to believe you made the right choice, this is the movie for you. But if you're anybody else, don't bother. It's not worth your time and you'll walk away feeling the same as you did before.