tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149833790792062928.post7474059137833083535..comments2022-12-20T18:33:06.060-06:00Comments on Brave: Taking on the Life You Were Meant to Live: God's Not Dead. But He May Be a Tad UnwellAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774267389873705088noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149833790792062928.post-37351163760849641542014-09-08T17:43:14.709-05:002014-09-08T17:43:14.709-05:00Thank you, Karmen. I really appreciate the input. ...Thank you, Karmen. I really appreciate the input. This is why I tried hard to stick to not necessarily critiquing the movie as much as the mindset. I really, really don't want to sound like I think poorly of people who like it and recommend it. There are other reasons they have for liking the message, and that's perfectly OK. I just am distressed by the defensiveness i'm seeing in so many places that goes on the attack whenever persecution is perceived rather than, as he puts it, loving well. It's not how Jesus taught us to react. <br /><br />I don't think it was so much atheist bashing people are complaining about as stereotyping. In the same way that Christians are often stereotyped on TV and in movies. <br /><br />You're right--it would be so wrong to offer a flat out criticism of something I have not seen. I hoped it was more of a criticism of the idea than the movie. I guess I need to work more on that differentiation. Being controversial is not my comfort zone. I appreciate someone willing to force me into more clarity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774267389873705088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149833790792062928.post-6071819237435690662014-09-08T16:18:58.300-05:002014-09-08T16:18:58.300-05:00Y ou are making accusations about a movie you have... Y ou are making accusations about a movie you haven't seen based on other people's opinions of that movie. It is like my friend who is a single mom would not go see moms night out based on what others had said about it. I had already seen the movie and did not see any of the attacking of single moms that people were claiming. If anything I thought it to be very supportive of all moms. No one character in a movie can define a whole group of people and I don't think this movie was trying to do that. After reading your ending statements I think even more you should see the movie before making accusations against it. This post seems a lot like writing a book report based off of someone else's opinion of it rather than reading the book first. After saying that I wasn't a huge fan of the movie, I think a lot of the characters were fairly one dimensional and they tried to fit too much story in too short of a time but I did not see any atheist bashing going on or lack of love being shown.Karmen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06808722278501574962noreply@blogger.com