New Film Addresses Anti-God Bias in Higher Ed
The denigration of traditional religious views on college campuses is a subject we’ve covered extensively at College Insurrection. Here’s a movie our readers may find interesting.
Julieanne Stanford writes at The College Fix.
New Movie Tackles Anti-God Bias at Universities
‘God’s Not Dead,’ a movie that opened nationwide Friday, March 21, raises awareness of discrimination against Christianity at universities. It was inspired by a true story of religious persecution against a Missouri State University student. Producers say they hope to inspire and equip students who face overzealous antitheism to stand up for their beliefs.
How far would you go to defend your belief in God?
College freshman and devout Christian Josh Wheaton discovers just how far his faith can be tested in the newly released film God’s Not Dead when his philosophy class is taught by an atheist, Professor Radisson.
On the first day of class, the professor says to a classroom full of students, “I would like to bypass the senseless debate altogether and jump to the conclusion that every sophomore is already aware of – there is no God.”
And the only thing the professor requires of students on that day is to write a statement disavowing God with three specific words – “God is dead.”
However, instead of passively complying with the professor’s request, Wheaton refuses to write that statement on the grounds of his faith.
“If you cannot bring yourself to admit that God is dead, then you will need to defend the antithesis,” the professor challenges.
Throughout the semester, Wheaton “must prove God’s existence by presenting well-researched, intellectual arguments and evidence” and “engage Radisson in a head-to-head debate in front of the class,” say the film’s production company, Pure Flix Entertainment.
If Wheaton cannot convince his classmates of God’s existence, he will receive a failing grade in the class.
Wheaton’s defense of his faith is not the only story told throughout the film, as it “weaves together stories from multiple characters with perspectives on faith, doubt and disbelief, and culminates in a dramatic call to action: if you believe God’s not dead, prove it.”
Comments
Rather, I’d want the professor to prove that God is dead, without any recourse to any of those idiotic tossing money or breakable objects in the air stunts and without babbling on about wars, and the suffering that man imposes on man. He’d have to explain why atheist or pagan countries, such as Nazi Germany, slaughter people in the millions to achieve some bogus utopia.