Review of God's Not Dead (2014) by Jon D — 21 Jun 2015

As a Bible-believing Christian who follows Jesus, while I somewhat enjoyed and appreciate this movie, I'm also a bit embarrassed and frustrated by this movie.

Pros: obviously I have a bias, but it's always good to see God defended. I also loved how it empathized with people in genuine hurt and pain.

Cons: Genuinely disrespectful of non-believers with very little willingness to empathize with their suspicions against Christianity; it's just not going to be swallowable to unbelievers, guys. Not nearly enough homework was made regarding modern atheist arguments against Christian arguments, the professor was way too weak, I've come across much stronger atheists who made better points yet they're still wrong. Also the creators didn't script a single muttering word (that I noticed) explaining how theistic worldview must equal "follow Jesus". An educated Christian can reach this conclusion but there are other theistic beliefs that do not involve Jesus. In fact, the film depicted Muslims here, Muslims believe in (a) God, but merely intellectualizing proof God exists using creationism philosophy should lead to Islam as quickly as it would lead to Jesus. But most frustrating of all was how the movie perfectly depicted American Christianity's idolatry of music itself. Just as in real life in America, concert stages have taken the place of the altar, and people now exercise their faith in stadium seats with smartphones rather than on their knees or around living or dining rooms in communion with friends and family. Of course this was a big hit of a movie, of course it has so many likes. Of course. It's what American Christianity culture is all about. 'Murica! Weeerroww..!