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"Rice's darkly themed books have sold more than 75 million copies. Her first novel, Interview with the Vampire, has sold more than 8 million copies. Rice has also written historical novels, as well as pornography and erotica under the names 'A. N. Roquelaure' and 'Anne Rampling.' Her books are widely assigned in high school and college English and philosophy classes.... Why is Anne Rice, once the literary queen of darkness, now writing about Christ, the light of the world?"[1] Christianity Today
"Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar." Proverbs 30:5-6
From Kathy: Correct me if I'm wrong, but having watched previews while at another movie, it seems that this movie has little to do with the original book. So little that there is a lawsuit or something like that. It looks more occultic in nature. To be sure, that is all the more reason not to see it, but basing apologetics on the book won't help much in addressing those who have seen this movie.
I think most "christians" in todays churches
DON"T know the word, and they are also not bothered by occult-type
movies or TV shows. We deal with this all the time with professing
christians watching blatantly demonic witchcraft oriented programs.
Hellooo! What's wrong with this picture? I think you are right that it
is a waste of time to see the movie, or to even try to argue its
points.
We need to answer that it is a FICTIONAL
movie and not a news program. Historical facts do not support it. If
the person we speak to is not a believer, end it. If the person IS a
professing christian, YES, explaing the Bible. But for unbelievers who
are not open to believing the Bible anyway, any attempt at explaining
things will be unproductive unless you are exceptionally anointed.
I think immediately of my boss and his wife,
who barely believe that Jesus was a historical person and that the Bible
is not History but fabrication. They don't care what the Bible says.
They probably don't believe the movie either, but would use it as a way
to engage in a humiliation attempt to mock my faith. Why would I want
to engage myself in something like that?
I handle things a bit differently. Since
so many christians are ignorant it is easy to use his desire to attack
their faith in a hypothetical context. Hypothetically, if you say you
believe the Bible, then... so any christian who tells you something else
is not biblically correct. Also, "If - then" hypothesis. If A is true,
it follows that B is also true and C is not. Decide for yourself if A
is true. It puts him back on the hotseat where he is now responsible
for his own choice in rejecting God and His word. Incidentally there
are now 7 of us trying to convince him there is a God, and he is good.
As for the Da Vinci Code, it is just a
movie. Historical facts DO support the existence of Jesus and back up
what the Bible says as a historical account. Further, It forbids
Christians to participate in the occult, so the movie is
contra-biblical. So is the book. End of discussion. Which is true.
Well, the devilis a liar, so figure it out. Refuse to argue the point
about the book or the movie and tell the person read the Gospel if they
want to know Jesus. Give them the Gospel of John.
Kathy
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