Review of God's Not Dead (2014) by Pmhollow — 27 Sep 2014

Anyone even remotely interested in or curious about the Christian faith and science should watch this movie that has gotten me thinking enough to write my second movie review (the first one I reviewed elsewhere called “The Forest for the Trees” also wouldn’t get out of my mind for totally different reasons and it had to be written about as well to stop thinking about it).

While God’s Not Dead may not automatically grab your attention as a summer blockbuster, it is good enough to keep your attention unlike the multitude of old Christian B movies out there and shows that this genre really is starting to mature.

I really liked the deviation from being a pure philosophical discussion to talking about science and showing how the Bible supports true science, even the Big Bang and Evolution without wasting time alluding to young earth creationist pseudoscientific arguments that so many well-meaning Christians think they need believe in that pseudoscience to be true believers of sacred scripture.

If only the pastor of my church, Rock Church in San Diego, would realize this and stick to what the Bible says instead of engaging in spurious young earth creationist arguments and getting himself tied up with personal interpretations of the Bible that the creators of this film have deftly avoided.

This is all while creating a film that promotes the core of the Christian message from a scientific viewpoint that engages both physical and spiritual reality for those who believe or are about ready to believe in the one that says no matter what happens in your life and how much you lose, you are not an orphan but a child of God, if you will only believe in me.

Don’t choose God or Science, watch the movie and maybe you will find a way to choose both.