I received an urgent communique today that begins as follows
Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your entire email list of family and friends.
But I thought it would be more time-efficient to just post it here, since I consider you people my family and friends (at least, when it comes to sharing email from Don “The Wildman” Wildmon). So, here you go — consider yourselves forwarded.
Have you patronized blasphemy lately?
Okay, it’s not as snappy as “Got Milk?” but I guess it could be part of an effective ad campaign on behalf of The National Blasphemy Council.
Free video from our friends at WayOfTheMaster.com clearly outlines how Hollywood hates Christianity… and Christians pay them to do it
So, this message is actually from our friend Kirk Cameron, who played Mike Seaver, the mischievous teen on “Families Are Swell” (or one of those other family sit-coms from the ’80s). Now I know that it comes from somebody in Hollywood (who therefore presumably hates Christianity), I will pay it some attention!
Did you know that there was a time when the entertainment industry was bound by a code that forbade them from using any blasphemy in a movie?
Yes, I did know that. And we call that time ”The Soviet Union.”
Just kidding. We actually call that time “North Korea.”
The “Hays Code” stated:
“6. Miscegenation (sex relationships between the white and black races) is forbidden.” And you no longer see enough prohibitions against that kind of thing in popular entertainment, which is why we need a return to the good old 1930’s, heyday of the universally loved Hays Code.
Well, I have the flu, and am just not up to dealing with any more of Kirk’s missive, but here’s the rest of it if any of you film historians and/or Hollywood lowlifes want to tackle it.
Pointed profanity–this includes the words “God,” “Lord,” “Jesus,” “Christ” (unless used reverently), “Hell,” “S.O.B.,” “damn,” or every other profane or vulgar expression, however used–is forbidden.
Hollywood is no longer restricted by the code. Many of today’s movies don’t simply blaspheme the name of Jesus. They go one further. For example, the award-winning Blow, directed by Ted Demme, is a typical R-rated film. The name of Jesus Christ is blasphemed eleven times in the movie. Three of those times, for some reason, the “F” word is used in the middle of His name.
So, how can you (as one person), make a difference and influence the powerful Goliath of the entertainment industry? The answer is in your own hands. In 2005, roughly $8.8 billion was spent on movie tickets in the U.S.
How much of $8.8 billion do you think came from those who call themselves Christians? According to The Barna Group, it was a massive $6.94 billion. Over 70% of the box office intake comes from people of faith.
With more than 170 million professing Christians in America, we have a powerful sling that can hit Hollywood between the eyes and leave a deep impression on its money-making mind. They are causing an entire generation to hate Christianity, and to use the name of Jesus Christ to express disgust.
TAKE ACTION
1. Watch the video above, then forward to everyone on your list.
2. Make a personal committment from this point forward, to not watch movies that blaspheme God. If it happens in the theater, walk out. If it happens at home, change the channel.
3. Show this video to your circle of friends (Sunday school, youth group, entire church congregation).
Personally, I (as one person), am going to take some more flu medicine and then take a nap. I urge you and your entire circle of friends and Sunday School class to do likewise.
P.S. Since I just failed Kirk’s Are you a good person? test. I think that after my nap, I will go out and kill some puppies or something befitting my status as the spawn of Satan.
FYI: Here’s the first question from the test:
1. “You shall have no other gods before me.”
Have you always put God first in your life? Jesus said to love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength– so much, that your love for your parents, brothers and sisters, friends, and even your own life is like hatred compared to your love and devotion for God. Have you ever failed to put Him first in your life?Click on your answer below…
Yes, I have broken this commandment at least once.
No, I have NEVER broken this commandment in my life.
You know, I guess I just don’t hate my parents, brothers and sisters, friends, and own life enough to be a good person