The Shack Movie Version
Jun 5, 2014 12:25:33 GMT -5
Post by baydoll on Jun 5, 2014 12:25:33 GMT -5
Here it comes! 
And guess 'who' is playing 'God'...
Oprah as God? Say It Ain’t So…
By Fred Deruvo studygrowknowblog.com/2014/06/01/oprah-as-god-say-it-aint-so/
Most have heard of the book The Shack, in which God is portrayed by a jolly, elderly black woman. The book’s foundation is Universalism, the belief that all people, regardless of what they’ve done in this life, will spend eternity in heaven. That means of course, that all people will rub shoulders with people like Hitler, Mussolini, every serial killer and rapist you can think of, and millions and billions of others besides. Universalism is based on the concept that a God of love cannot “sentence” people to something called hell and in such a case, our life is often something many consider to be hell.
Another way to look at it, is that because God is pure love, He could never allow people – any person at all – to be separated from Him forever. Therefore, all will be with Him in heaven for all eternity. This belief necessarily skips completely over the concept of justice or even holiness – that God hates sin and cannot allow it in His presence.
At any rate, if you’ve read The Shack, what you read was essentially a “new” version of Universalism. Unfortunately, even a quick look at some of Jesus’ words in the Gospels points to the fact that He believed in hell. In fact, Jesus spoke (and warned) of hell more than any other subject, bar none. He almost seemed desperate to tell people about hell and how to avoid it.
I may be making some of you uncomfortable, but the reality is that all people will need to deal with this question for themselves and they’ll need to do it before they die. Books like The Shack provide a way to deal with it while not making a person feel “condemned” or even “uncomfortable.” The problem is what is being taught? Is it truth or not? Each person will have to decide for him/herself.
Whenever I come across something that turns the world upside down and people cannot get enough of it, I tend to think there is something wrong with it. At the very least I’m willing to question why everyone is so blindly gullible? What is this new thing offering that wasn’t there before?
It’s the way I felt not only with The Shack, but with Barack Obama when I began to see him become elevated in the press. The way the average person began to gravitate toward Mr. Obama was weird to me. People were starting to refer to him as something “special.” Then he became the “Messiah.” He could do nothing wrong and was a perfect specimen, blah, blah, blah. I’m sorry, no one is that good unless of course they are the Messiah. Sorry to break it to you, but President Obama is not the Messiah, though he himself may well think that.
It was the same with the Harry Potter series. Why was that series of books so lionized? How could a woman who had been on public assistance all of a sudden write a smash best-seller? It wasn’t just one book either and we’re not talking 100 to 200 pages. We’re talking 309 pages for first book, 341 for second, 435 for third, 734 for fourth, 870 for fifth, 652 for sixth, and 759 for the seventh (US editions). How does that happen?
So why am I telling you all of this about The Shack? Simple. For those who don’t like to read and need the visual, Summit Entertainment, along with Forest Whitaker, Idris Elba, and…wait for it…Oprah Winfrey (presumably as the jolly, black version of God) are going to be turning this book into a movie. Isn’t that just…swell?
The problem with The Shack - from a theological perspective – is manifold. I have a Bachelor in Bible, a Masters in Biblical Studies, and a Doctorate in Theology. While I certainly do not know everything about the Bible (and don’t claim to), I do understand more than basic doctrine and theology. I have studied Greek and am currently taking more Hebrew. The theological ideology of The Shack is one that is filled to the brim with theological problems, if we are basing that work on the Bible. This is the case, loosely speaking.
From a Christian perspective, The Shack is filled with heresies. In all the generations of church history, councils, debates, etc., anything even remotely smacking of the type of theology put forth as it is being put forth in The Shack, was almost always considered anathema to the truth presented in Scripture.
But do you think with Oprah Winfrey attached to the project, things will be different? Of course they will. Oprah has introduced every New Age “theologian” she can think of on her show and was quoted as saying that there cannot possibly be only one way to God. For someone like Winfrey, a project like The Shack will be fully embraced and given the hard sell.
I know where God is concerned, people want to hedge their bets. Even ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently said that if there is a God, he will welcome him to heaven with open arms (my paraphrase) ostensibly because of all the “good” work he has done trying to eliminate the 2nd Amendment.
The world is becoming so dumbed down because of Cultural Marxism that the only way people know how to make choices and decisions anymore is via emotional virtue. It’s all based on how a person feels about something. If they feel good to great, it’s got to be the right/correct decision. If they feel bad to terrible about something, then they feel they should reject it and do. That is emotional virtue.
People have stopped using their intellect combined with critical thinking skills. Why? Because they lack critical thinking skills so their intellect has taken a huge hit. The only thing they’re left with is determining how they feel about something.
Many will welcome the movie, The Shack with open arms. It will move them and because of that, tell them that what The Shack teaches is truth. That’s not the way it works, but too many people are beyond being told anything these days. We are devolving and most seem to prefer it.
It’s a very sad time for humanity.
And guess 'who' is playing 'God'...Oprah as God? Say It Ain’t So…
By Fred Deruvo studygrowknowblog.com/2014/06/01/oprah-as-god-say-it-aint-so/
Most have heard of the book The Shack, in which God is portrayed by a jolly, elderly black woman. The book’s foundation is Universalism, the belief that all people, regardless of what they’ve done in this life, will spend eternity in heaven. That means of course, that all people will rub shoulders with people like Hitler, Mussolini, every serial killer and rapist you can think of, and millions and billions of others besides. Universalism is based on the concept that a God of love cannot “sentence” people to something called hell and in such a case, our life is often something many consider to be hell.
Another way to look at it, is that because God is pure love, He could never allow people – any person at all – to be separated from Him forever. Therefore, all will be with Him in heaven for all eternity. This belief necessarily skips completely over the concept of justice or even holiness – that God hates sin and cannot allow it in His presence.
At any rate, if you’ve read The Shack, what you read was essentially a “new” version of Universalism. Unfortunately, even a quick look at some of Jesus’ words in the Gospels points to the fact that He believed in hell. In fact, Jesus spoke (and warned) of hell more than any other subject, bar none. He almost seemed desperate to tell people about hell and how to avoid it.
I may be making some of you uncomfortable, but the reality is that all people will need to deal with this question for themselves and they’ll need to do it before they die. Books like The Shack provide a way to deal with it while not making a person feel “condemned” or even “uncomfortable.” The problem is what is being taught? Is it truth or not? Each person will have to decide for him/herself.
Whenever I come across something that turns the world upside down and people cannot get enough of it, I tend to think there is something wrong with it. At the very least I’m willing to question why everyone is so blindly gullible? What is this new thing offering that wasn’t there before?
It’s the way I felt not only with The Shack, but with Barack Obama when I began to see him become elevated in the press. The way the average person began to gravitate toward Mr. Obama was weird to me. People were starting to refer to him as something “special.” Then he became the “Messiah.” He could do nothing wrong and was a perfect specimen, blah, blah, blah. I’m sorry, no one is that good unless of course they are the Messiah. Sorry to break it to you, but President Obama is not the Messiah, though he himself may well think that.
It was the same with the Harry Potter series. Why was that series of books so lionized? How could a woman who had been on public assistance all of a sudden write a smash best-seller? It wasn’t just one book either and we’re not talking 100 to 200 pages. We’re talking 309 pages for first book, 341 for second, 435 for third, 734 for fourth, 870 for fifth, 652 for sixth, and 759 for the seventh (US editions). How does that happen?
So why am I telling you all of this about The Shack? Simple. For those who don’t like to read and need the visual, Summit Entertainment, along with Forest Whitaker, Idris Elba, and…wait for it…Oprah Winfrey (presumably as the jolly, black version of God) are going to be turning this book into a movie. Isn’t that just…swell?
The problem with The Shack - from a theological perspective – is manifold. I have a Bachelor in Bible, a Masters in Biblical Studies, and a Doctorate in Theology. While I certainly do not know everything about the Bible (and don’t claim to), I do understand more than basic doctrine and theology. I have studied Greek and am currently taking more Hebrew. The theological ideology of The Shack is one that is filled to the brim with theological problems, if we are basing that work on the Bible. This is the case, loosely speaking.
From a Christian perspective, The Shack is filled with heresies. In all the generations of church history, councils, debates, etc., anything even remotely smacking of the type of theology put forth as it is being put forth in The Shack, was almost always considered anathema to the truth presented in Scripture.
But do you think with Oprah Winfrey attached to the project, things will be different? Of course they will. Oprah has introduced every New Age “theologian” she can think of on her show and was quoted as saying that there cannot possibly be only one way to God. For someone like Winfrey, a project like The Shack will be fully embraced and given the hard sell.
I know where God is concerned, people want to hedge their bets. Even ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently said that if there is a God, he will welcome him to heaven with open arms (my paraphrase) ostensibly because of all the “good” work he has done trying to eliminate the 2nd Amendment.
The world is becoming so dumbed down because of Cultural Marxism that the only way people know how to make choices and decisions anymore is via emotional virtue. It’s all based on how a person feels about something. If they feel good to great, it’s got to be the right/correct decision. If they feel bad to terrible about something, then they feel they should reject it and do. That is emotional virtue.
People have stopped using their intellect combined with critical thinking skills. Why? Because they lack critical thinking skills so their intellect has taken a huge hit. The only thing they’re left with is determining how they feel about something.
Many will welcome the movie, The Shack with open arms. It will move them and because of that, tell them that what The Shack teaches is truth. That’s not the way it works, but too many people are beyond being told anything these days. We are devolving and most seem to prefer it.
It’s a very sad time for humanity.
