Gay Actor in End of The Spear

[Kabowd]

The lead actor in the new film "End of the Spear" (a christian-themed film) is Chad Allen, who is openly gay. Here are a couple of links to transcripts from when he was on Larry King last year talking about homosexuality and depression:

CNN: Larry King 1

CNN: Larry King 2

What are your thoughts on the casting? Was this a poor choice? Why or why not?

[st. Worm]

Its a movie. What difference does it make in that context?

[EricH]

While I cannot support the decisions this actor has made regarding His homosexual lifestyle, I don't believe that those decisions should be an issue in whether or not he got the role.

[Kabowd]

I actually think it's awesome. He got to not only hear the gospel, but be a part of spreading it whether he realizes it or not But you'd be surprised, I've already heard several believers say how this upsets them. Geeze.

[deadman1204]

The personal life of an actor shouldnt mean much in a film. The actor is there to be a character, not himself. He is helping to portray a story.

[Guest Kwiatek]

The way I look at this sort of topic, is to remember all sin a measured the same in God eyes. We shouldnt be so focused on what that sin is in the person. What we should focus on is the heart of the person. Some people struggle with homosexuality but desire to escape from it- just as each of us struggle with our own sin and constantly pray that God heals us.

There is no way we can know the actors heart, but at least its a good film and Good will come out of it. God uses those whom we always seem to see as unworthy.

[Gerioke]

Van Morrison has done a ton of gospel tunes but has openly confessed he doesn't believe in Jesus.

I wonder how many christians appeared in the ten commandments.

If the enemy wants to give glory to God, it just shows what an idiot he is.

[Iryssa]

Yep, I'm all for it if it puts them in the path of the Gospel!

[InternalFlame]

Let me ask you a question...

The man who played Jesus in The Passion was a liar. He lied several times in his life. In fact, he's going to do it many times more before he dies. Do you think it was a good choice to have him in that role?

Of course it was, he did an excellent job!

The point being that in God's eye's, sin is sin. We cannot put homosexuality as a bigger sin than lieing because they are both equal, both are sins in God's eyes. Sin is between us and God. It is up to Him to judge, not us.

Matthew 7: "Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. 2For others will treat you as you treat them.[a] Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged. 3And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own? 4How can you think of saying, `Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,' when you can't see past the log in your own eye? 5Hypocrite! First get rid of the log from your own eye; then perhaps you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye.

The best we can do is preach the word and plant the seeds so that people may choose light.

Edited January 18, 2006 by InternalFlame

[ray]

wow this sounds like another issue for Jerry Farwell because it sounds like a telly tubby issue to me. Did you know that actors of the will and Grace are in real life too straight people who have straight family lives and not two gay people. Go Figure? The telly tubbies are still on the air educating our young children about simple learning. Who cares? I don't see the big deal. Just another starving actor getting acting job. For a whole lot of money I could act straight too. Almost every straight actor has been in a dress or two in there careers but we still have fun with it and move on with life because it does not seem to make huge difference. No one would have ever known or cared if it was not huge deal for you in the first place.

Is this actor making an issue of his life style? or is everyone else making an issue about it because they don't approve of the lifestyle?

I don't approve of his life style but he is an actor and that is what I have remember. The issue of his life style is not even what the movie is about.

I'm surprrised to hear a stink about this when nothing was critcally said about the gay cowboy movie that just came out and won several grammys or whatever. I think the name of the movie was Broken hearted or something like that.