[noticed by JeffRock at The Door Magazine's Chat Closet]
People view Christians as self-righteous. They see believers as thinking they have all the answers. They see us as confrontational, militant, ready to ambush them with a sales-pitch for Jesus.---from A letter to Christians. How should the Church respond to The Passion of the Christ?
This very thing happened this morning in Dallas. A crowd of believers and unbelievers filed into a cinema, experienced a work of intense and complicated art... something that requires a good deal of time for recovery afterward... something that requires contemplation.
But just as the credits started the roll, and while the music was just beginning to soar... the system was shut down.
A team of ministers appeared on stage.
The gospel was explained and an altar call was held.
Some filed out... believers and unbelievers alike... astonished that they were not allowed to absorb the film and think about it. They were ambushed, taken advantage of, while in a state of high emotion.
This is wrong... just plain wrong. It is presumptuous, arrogant, and manipulative. And I believe it is further hardening people's hearts, making them not want to have anything to do with a religion that does not allow them to experience something for themselves and have their own thoughts about it.
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