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Christian films tend to have atheists be the Ultimate Enemy and that’s bad because 1) it sends the message that it’s OK to root against people in desperate need of finding God, 2) they depict atheists so in such an over-the-top evil manner that you half expect them to start throwing people off buildings and yelling “HA!! LET’S SEE IF GOD SAVES YOU!!!” which obviously is not the majority of any group of humans, and 3) they don’t actually tackle the more dangerous and subtle enemy that we have to deal with, false Christians.

False Christians would also make much more interesting antagonists because they come in so many different varieties. You have the creepy guys who pretend to be super traditional who secretly view all women as beneath contempt and only good for sex and housework, the church leaders who scream slurs against the groups that they dislike and keep their congregations trapped in their cult by preaching that women can’t work and it’s sinful to take benefits from the government so that most of them are in poverty and rely on the cult for support, the new agers who think that all religions are the same and that God is in all of us, the priests who change the Bible to fit the latest trends on sexual mores to be more inclusive, the sanctimonious old women who look down on anyone who’s struggling and do things like leave tracts instead of tips and say “well God never gives you more than you can handle!” whenever someone admits to feeling overwhelmed within 100 miles of their presence, Prosperity gospel shills (which includes most Christian filmmakers so I can see why that doesn’t happen but it’d be great if it did), people who are so anti prosperity gospel that they think that praying about anything is wrong….the list goes on and on.

I can understand why people don’t use false Christians as villains in Christian films–we’re the stock villain in most other media so the thinking is that the majority of people want a break from that. And that’s definitely a good point, but it’s DANGEROUS to act like everyone who calls themselves a Christian actually is one. In his review of the movie “The Princess Cut”, Say Goodnight Kevin points out that the actions of the Christian love interest and the nonreligious love interest are basically the same levels of creepiness and stalker-like behavior, but the movie tries to get us to think that the actions of the Christian are admirable solely because he’s a Christian. (These include abandoning his previous fiancee without warning because God “told him that it was wrong” which is just code for “I got cold feet and am using the Creator of the universe to justify it!!”, and asking the heroine’s father for his blessing to date her before even finding out if she’s at all interested in him, in a film that depicts her as someone who does whatever her father wants unquestioningly for the most part.) Kevin also pointed out that we don’t really need a movie telling Christian women to avoid dating non-Christian guys because there’s plenty of those already, we need movies that point out the wolves in sheep’s clothing who are hiding in the church attempting to prey on women who have been raised to see the first man who asks them out as their soul-mate sent directly by God into their lives. 

TLDR: Christian movies need to make the villains be false Christians because it’s vital to teach people that not everyone who claims to be a Christian actually follows our faith, or else they’ll end up in bad and dangerous relationships of all types with people who we should be keeping away from ourselves at all costs. 

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Kira Imai for Angelic Pretty, 2006 ♡

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Maki for Angelic Pretty, 2007 ♡

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🌸 Jumpluff 🌸

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The Month of May, is Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary <3 

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Maki for Angelic Pretty, 2006 ♡

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Dressed up for the first time in a while, it feels so good to wear frills~♡

#egl community #lolita fashion #sweet lolita #egl lolita #egl fashion #harajuku fashion #i feel so cute #mine #me #pastel #soft girl

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ancient greek word of the day: κακοθερής (kakotherēs), unfitted to endure summer heat

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"𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦... 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨."

- St. Cosmas of Aetolia

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is there an organized religion that you identify with?

i am catholic but bad at it

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Comfy coord for the hanami picnic of my dreams! 🌸🧺🍒

IG: @_cinnamontea_

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♥ Sugary Carnival ♥

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also got my elizabeth OP lottery sets today (a dress i feel very normal about)