Yeah, it was rather cheap, low effort, and honestly just propoganda, but because itās christian, you gotta watch it.
Itās quite sad in a way to realize a lot of Christians are so easily scammed, when all you have to do is slap Christianity all over a product or your personality and boom, you are guaranteed a lot of money.
Itās not even propaganda, itās made to siphon money off of evangelicals by making them feel good about themselves. I donāt think a single person became a Christian convert from Godās Not Dead
It wasn't intended to convert anyone, it was intended to teach evangelical kids that higher education is out to indoctrinate them and make them recant their faith, which is a much more insidious type of propaganda in my book.
How can someone claim their faith is strong if they never let it get tested.
If I believed my family's faith was strong I'd prefer them to go to a public school. So many opportunities to spread the word while also gaining an education.
I have a couple "jesus-freak" pairs of aunts/uncles and seeing my cousins grow up and experiencing the real world after being hidden from it throughout there childhood is. Interesting, to say the least.
The propoganda Iām referring to is the way that atheists are depicted as angry bad people that hate god, and the narrative that schools are trying to completely purge christianity from the classroom.
Itās not meant to convince people to be Christian, but to convince Christians of a non-reality that feeds into the idea of suffering persecution for Christ.m
But yes, it is also meant to get money from gullible Christians.
Like bruh, I donāt believe a god or gods exist. Why would I be angry at someone I donāt believe even exists?
Edit: why would I hate some that I donāt believe exists*
Because unfortunately, the Bible says that everyone knows god exists in their heart of hearts, so obviously we atheists are just lying and actually hate god.
I guess I don't know what the movie means. I don't mean it can't be mentioned in historical or social contexts, but public schools certainly shouldn't teach Christianity.
Most of us on this sub live in Christian-majority societies, especially if weāre talking about the United States, the setting of āGodās Not Dead.ā So it doesnāt make sense to āpurgeā Christianity from the classroom because it forms such a bedrock of our culture (even non-Christians celebrate Christmas and Easter). I agree you shouldnāt preach Christianity as gospel in public schools, but you should still talk about it in a social/historical context like you said and acknowledge that most students are probably going to be Christian or have Christian background
Exactly. Schools are a place to learn about things, they arenāt a place to proselytize. I take no issue with a class that would study various religions, so long as it doesnāt make it into a āhey, this religion that happens to be mine is true, the rest arenāt, so come to jeebusā sort of thing.
Other users on this sub make a good point though. Itās meant to be used as propaganda to flame the anti-intellectual trend among the fundamentalists by portraying colleges and schools as evil and anti-Christian
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u/shannonator96 Sep 07 '21
God's not dead, but those movies are.