It's not often that I watch a movie and say "hmmmm! Never quite thought of it that way." This movie is targeted squarely at Christian audiences, but it's premise has profound implications for all Truth-seekers. Who is the source of your Truth? Can it stand the test of time?
Whoever first said that "All truth is God's truth" was affirming a basic tenant of Christianity. Jesus Christ claimed to be THE source of all Truth (John 14:6); If something is True, it is so because He designed it to be so. This is not a trivial claim! Either He is God and telling the truth, He was a mischievous liar or he was a nutcase. There are no other options. Calling him a "good man" is to flaunt ignorance about the implications of many of His claims.
America and her founding fathers once accepted the authority of God on Truth. This is clear from their writings. But what happens when we as a society dislodge Truth from its author? Only in disrespect would we quote an author (e.g. Shakespeare) without referencing him. Do we disrespect Jesus Christ when we quote Truth without referencing Him? And what are the consequences of such disrespect?
"Time Changer" addresses the authenticity of Truth with a distinctly non-Hollywood plot. When a late-1800s seminary professor seeks the approval of his new book from his faculty, a dissenting professor sends the author into the future (modern America) to see the ramifications of the views his book proposes. Food for thought!
The acting is sometimes hard to watch, there's humor where there shouldn't be, --and no humor where there probably should be. But if you relax and let the movie talk, it has a message you'll personalize and carry with you long after the movie's over. Even if you don't accept that Christ is the author of Truth, you still have to ask yourself "who is?" and what happens when we base our truth on whatever feels good or is popular. These questions have consequences. If you are the author of your truth, you'll be gone and forgotten in 70 years. What then?
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Several reviewers have lashed out condemning the movie for painting a rosy picture of the past or neglecting to point out the sins of the past. Get real! No society is perfect, and the movie never tried to pretend that the 1800s were. (Any moral argument based on a temporal frame of reference exposes itself to criticism from the past and the future. Only a fool would use one relative frame of reference to condemn another. Do us all a favor and reach for something more substantive!) It's painfully obvious to any clear-thinker that some societies are *worse* than others because of the way they behave. If you can't see that, then see a doctor.
The movie's point was that divorcing Truth from the creator of Truth -no matter how good that Truth may be - has dire consequences. And this is always True, regardless of your religion, culture, frame of reference and your existence in time.
Whoever first said that "All truth is God's truth" was affirming a basic tenant of Christianity. Jesus Christ claimed to be THE source of all Truth (John 14:6); If something is True, it is so because He designed it to be so. This is not a trivial claim! Either He is God and telling the truth, He was a mischievous liar or he was a nutcase. There are no other options. Calling him a "good man" is to flaunt ignorance about the implications of many of His claims.
America and her founding fathers once accepted the authority of God on Truth. This is clear from their writings. But what happens when we as a society dislodge Truth from its author? Only in disrespect would we quote an author (e.g. Shakespeare) without referencing him. Do we disrespect Jesus Christ when we quote Truth without referencing Him? And what are the consequences of such disrespect?
"Time Changer" addresses the authenticity of Truth with a distinctly non-Hollywood plot. When a late-1800s seminary professor seeks the approval of his new book from his faculty, a dissenting professor sends the author into the future (modern America) to see the ramifications of the views his book proposes. Food for thought!
The acting is sometimes hard to watch, there's humor where there shouldn't be, --and no humor where there probably should be. But if you relax and let the movie talk, it has a message you'll personalize and carry with you long after the movie's over. Even if you don't accept that Christ is the author of Truth, you still have to ask yourself "who is?" and what happens when we base our truth on whatever feels good or is popular. These questions have consequences. If you are the author of your truth, you'll be gone and forgotten in 70 years. What then?
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Several reviewers have lashed out condemning the movie for painting a rosy picture of the past or neglecting to point out the sins of the past. Get real! No society is perfect, and the movie never tried to pretend that the 1800s were. (Any moral argument based on a temporal frame of reference exposes itself to criticism from the past and the future. Only a fool would use one relative frame of reference to condemn another. Do us all a favor and reach for something more substantive!) It's painfully obvious to any clear-thinker that some societies are *worse* than others because of the way they behave. If you can't see that, then see a doctor.
The movie's point was that divorcing Truth from the creator of Truth -no matter how good that Truth may be - has dire consequences. And this is always True, regardless of your religion, culture, frame of reference and your existence in time.
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