Clashing Worlds

Hubby and I watched "The Unborn" the other night. I was less frightened by it than I thought I would be. I had told a co-worker that I would probably spend the majority of the movie hiding my face in the couch cushions. That didn't happen though.

One of the comments in the movie that was made stuck with me. The main character makes the statement that she doesn't want a "Christian exorcism." I puzzled a little over that. Wouldn't any exorcism of a demonic being be a good thing, Christian or not? I'm not sure I understand that one.

Something that was made clear to me yet again, both in this movie and some other recent ones we've seen, is that the world at large, and particularly Hollywood, where Christianity is concerned simply does not get it.

And God told us that would be the case...

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,
but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18

Sometimes, I just want to grab some of the writers and directors and shake them. Even the best portrayals of Christians tend to be suggest that they are weak-minded or blinded to reality. I wish I could just let them see for a little while what I see -- the real reality. But I suppose that is part of being an alien living in this world and knowing I really belong to another one.

I think C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters is probably the best example of the clash between those two worlds. I have been thinking of doing a more in-depth study with that text as my facilitator.

And I suppose if I get too disgusted with Hollywood, I can always stick with Tyler Perry movies. Even the characters with no morals in his movies only serve to provide a contrast with the very spiritual characters, who are both upright and outstanding people that anyone would be glad to know.