Here's a link to an interesting article on the new Avatar movie. I thought the movie was really entertaining, personally, though it does advance a common Hollywood agenda - Pantheism (think Star Wars, Dances with Wolves, etc.). The article makes some interesting observations about some major inconsistencies in the Pantheistic mode of thinking about nature vs. the traditional Christian view of nature (which I find far more compelling and true to life). For instance, why does Hollywood insist we should return to the 'utopia' of worshipping and communing with nature, when all we see in nature is the strong eating the weak? Don't human societies run in that fashion usually degrade into violence and opression and don't we all know innately that we should live in opposition to that model?
The article isn't written from a purely Christian perspective. However, it did help me think about the movie in a way such that I would be able to contribute gospel-centered observations when I inevitably participate in discussions about the movie since everyone seems to be talking about it right now, at least at work.
HT: Justin Taylor
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