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It was made into a movie?I just saw The Shack and am curious what others thought of it.....
I read the book so long ago I didn't really remember much of what the story was about. Honestly, I am still processing my feelings and thoughts about the movie. I was extremely emotional watching it (maybe time of month?) and cried through a lot of it. It definitely affected me more than I would have expected. When I can formulate my thoughts about it better I'll write againIt was made into a movie?
I read the book.
Some apologists don't care for it because it doesn't properly represent the Trinity.
I'd like to see anybody put together a book or movie that really makes me understand it.
I liked the book.
It helped me to understand the relationship between the three persons.
It helped me to understand how beautiful heaven must be.
What did you like or not like about it?
How did it misrepresent God?I find it interesting that Christians are religious enough to see a Christian movie regardless of the film-making quality, but not religious enough to care that it deliberately misrepresents God. I guess I could say the same about their churches.
This reminds me of what Jesus said to the church of what Jesus said to the church of Laodicea.
See my previous post.How did it misrepresent God?
Thanks for posting your personal opinion Free.See my previous post.
If you're not interested in what others say about it, then how can you be interested in "what WE think about it"? Are not other Christians part of the Christian community? If you mean these forums in particular, why limit yourself to these forums? How would you know if you got to the truth of the matter? Do you think the links I provided aren't truthful in their analysis of The Shack?Thanks for posting your personal opinion Free.
I read the book.
I know about Google. I'm not interested in what others have to say about it but what WE think about it,being part of a Christian community, as we are.
I might see the movie If it's ever available here.
It might never be, thus my interest.
??If you're not interested in what others say about it, then how can you be interested in "what WE think about it"? Are not other Christians part of the Christian community? If you mean these forums in particular, why limit yourself to these forums? How would you know if you got to the truth of the matter? Do you think the links I provided aren't truthful in their analysis of The Shack?
You asked how The Shack misrepresented God and I have given evidence of how it more than just misrepresents God; it is rather quite full of heresy and heterodox teachings.
Yes, you did thank me for my opinion, but then went on to say that you "know about Google," and that you're "not interested in what others have to say about it but what WE think about it."??
I thought I thanked you for providing your opinion...
I don't understand your reply.
No problem...
Huh?Yes, you did thank me for my opinion, but then went on to say that you "know about Google," and that you're "not interested in what others have to say about it but what WE think about it."
To me that implies your thanking me for my opinion is sarcasm, especially since it is what others have stated and not my personal opinion. I guess I just don't understand the rest of your post.
I don't because you've basically repeated it. I guess if you didn't mean sarcasm, you didn't mean it, but I still don't know how the rest of your post fits with thanking me for my opinion.Huh?
Wow. I'm that complicated?? I think I'm a very simple person.
This is what I meant and I only go on about this because I hope you understand me a little better for the future.
I read The Shack. English was my major. I know about themes, symbolism, and all that stuff. Maybe I've forgotten some of it. Who knows. My brother reviews movies and music. We used to talk about movies all the time.
I don't need to go to google to find out about a book or movie I've seen. I can decipher it all on my own. Plus, if I wanted to know what OTHERS thought about it, I could have googled it on my own without being supplied a link.
What I meant is that I was interested in what WE HERE ON THIS FORUM thought about it. Why would some think that God was female for instance??
You see. There was no sacrcasm involved.
I say what I mean.
No need to guess.
Hope you understand...
Being fiction makes it so much more insidious and dangerous.A flawed representation of Christian theology is more dangerous than a blatant attack on it, IMHO. At least the lines are definitively drawn. This is what I found inherently flawed with the book and its misrepresentation of the Trinity and avoidance of the Gospel.
Of course, someone can say this was a work of fiction in order to move past the heresy, but this is the kind of thing that draws some people further away from confessing, repenting, and following Christ. I haven't seen the movie. Don't plan to. Assuming it follows the book, I know I don't have to