Gay Actor in End of The Spear

[Christ's Free Servant]

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

Tess, I was thinking the same thing. God works in mysterious ways!

[RGR]

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

Tess, I was thinking the same thing. God works in mysterious ways!

I saw an interview with Kirk Cameron about Left Behind and he was asked if all of the actors were Christians. He said they weren't but was talking how awesome it was that they were being exposed to the gospel via their acting roles!

[Gerioke]

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.

Actually there was a thread dedicated to broke back Mountain.

[Christ's Free Servant]

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

Tess, I was thinking the same thing. God works in mysterious ways!

I saw an interview with Kirk Cameron about Left Behind and he was asked if all of the actors were Christians. He said they weren't but was talking how awesome it was that they were being exposed to the gospel via their acting roles!

AWESOME!

[Iryssa]

Didn't the chick who played the daughter (forget her name right now) in Left Behind become a Christian because of hearing the Gospel message while doing those films?

[Catsmeow]

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?

Flame, I was feeling a bit uneasy about the choice of casting until I read your post here....and it causes one to think. Excellent point.

I guess the only problem is that folks who are practicing a particular sin on a regular, on-going basis might not be a good witness but this film isn't being marketed as a preaching tool, albeit it may well have the same effect as any good sermon. I haven't seen the movie but I'm sure I'd enjoy regardless of who's casted in it...

But you made a truly good point here...

Bless you for contributing. Cats

[Christ's Free Servant]

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?

Flame, I was feeling a bit uneasy about the choice of casting until I read your post here....and it causes one to think. Excellent point.

I guess the only problem is that folks who are practicing a particular sin on a regular, on-going basis might not be a good witness but this film isn't being marketed as a preaching tool, albeit it may well have the same effect as any good sermon. I haven't seen the movie but I'm sure I'd enjoy regardless of who's casted in it...

But you made a truly good point here...

Bless you for contributing. Cats

In a church situation, this would be a different story. I would not, if I were the person in charge, put someone on the platform who I knew was openly living any kind of sinful lifestyle. If we did, we would be giving our congregation the message that it is ok to live in sin and to still serve God, plus that person would be set up in front of the church, which to me means we give approval to this person or we feel this person has the qualities necessary to lead us to worship God in some way. I believe this is conterproductive to what the church is supposed to be about, because we are supposed to be leading people away from sin, not giving approval to it.

On the other hand, Hollywood is not the church. It is a business. We can not dictate who the actors are, and for that matter, we really don't know if any of the other actors are living sinful lifestyles, do we? Sometimes I think we have a tendency to center our attention on specific sins and forget about others. If I were the producer of a play that was intended to have a religious message, I would not put an actor out there who I knew was openly living a sinful lifestyle, because that immediately gives the wrong message, and it would cause me to perhaps lose the audience that I know I am trying and hoping to reach. It just would not be good marketing; not good business.

But, since this producer did not go to the same business school as me to learn that lesson, it is really too late to change what has been done. So, the best we can hope for is that any of the actors who are non-believers or who are living sinful lifestyles will be won to Christ by the message in the movie. And, it is our individual choice to decide whether or not we can watch the movie knowing what we know. If it bothers anyone, they don't have to go.

[EricH]

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?

Flame, I was feeling a bit uneasy about the choice of casting until I read your post here....and it causes one to think. Excellent point.

I guess the only problem is that folks who are practicing a particular sin on a regular, on-going basis might not be a good witness but this film isn't being marketed as a preaching tool, albeit it may well have the same effect as any good sermon. I haven't seen the movie but I'm sure I'd enjoy regardless of who's casted in it...

But you made a truly good point here...

Bless you for contributing. Cats

In a church situation, this would be a different story. I would not, if I were the person in charge, put someone on the platform who I knew was openly living any kind of sinful lifestyle. If we did, we would be giving our congregation the message that it is ok to live in sin and to still serve God, plus that person would be set up in front of the church, which to me means we give approval to this person or we feel this person has the qualities necessary to lead us to worship God in some way. I believe this is conterproductive to what the church is supposed to be about, because we are supposed to be leading people away from sin, not giving approval to it.

On the other hand, Hollywood is not the church. It is a business. We can not dictate who the actors are, and for that matter, we really don't know if any of the other actors are living sinful lifestyles, do we? Sometimes I think we have a tendency to center our attention on specific sins and forget about others. If I were the producer of a play that was intended to have a religious message, I would not put an actor out there who I knew was openly living a sinful lifestyle, because that immediately gives the wrong message, and it would cause me to perhaps lose the audience that I know I am trying and hoping to reach. It just would not be good marketing; not good business.

But, since this producer did not go to the same business school as me to learn that lesson, it is really too late to change what has been done. So, the best we can hope for is that any of the actors who are non-believers or who are living sinful lifestyles will be won to Christ by the message in the movie. And, it is our individual choice to decide whether or not we can watch the movie knowing what we know. If it bothers anyone, they don't have to go.

I understand what you are saying regarding church, but let me provide another perspective. Certainly, I would not place pre-christians in roles that required teaching, or an form of leadership. But there are certain ministries where we encourage people to get their pre-christian friends involved. For example, we have ministries that fix cars for people. We have pre-christians serving on those teams. We also have pre-christians on our tech crews. A funny thing has begun to happen. As these pre-christian work and rub shoulders with believers, they are coming to Christ. They see first hand the power of God, and they respond. Just my 2 cents