Some Questions That One Needs To Answer Before Criticizing the Movie Noah.
Some Questions That One Needs To Answer Before Criticizing the Movie Noah. by Kevin E. Jesmer
There has been so much hype about the movie Noah. So many people criticized the movie. There were disclaimers. Christians and Muslims alike criticized it. But many people liked it. After the movie was done in our theater, there were people clapping. I went. I took my wife and son. I agree that it did not follow the Bible story. But what is the Bible story? There is not much narrative in the Biblical account. The directors of the film set out to bring out the account with some theatrical license. I think it was well done. I think the gathering of the animal scene was the best I every saw. The portrayal of the evilness of society was well done. The destruction of the world was well done. I enjoyed the construction of the Ark. Many things were well done. Some things left me scratching my head wandering, “where did that come from.” Christians look at the passage in Genesis through the eyes of Jesus and the Gospel. And so we think Noah should be a Christ-like figure with only a few weaknesses. Most Christians don’t even attempt to tackle the hard questions like the director tried to tackle. My impression is that the script was a secular person’s sincere attempt to portray the Bible story on film. But I give it to him, he tried. That is more than a lot of Christians try to do. Before going to see the movie ask yourself the following questions and see it you can answer them. – Kevin Jesmer
- Who were the descendants of Seth and what role did they play in the world?
- What does it mean that mankind was only bent on doing evil all the time?
- Who were the fallen “Sons of God” and how were they relating to humanity?
- Where did Noah get all the material for the Ark in the Middle East?
- Who build such an enormous vessel?
- How could they protect the ark from a violent and desperate humanity?
- How could they take care of the animals once they got them into the ark?
- Why did God bring the flood anyway, even when he promised never to do it again and it didn’t work to purge the evil from the hearts of humanity?
- How could the directors portray that evil was still among them, even in the ark?
- How do you deal with the people of great ages in the Genesis account?
- Should Noah have fully understood the will of God in the bringing the flood?
- How can the director portray the struggle between God’s justice and God’s love?
- What drove Noah to the point of drinking until he was drunk and lay naked on the ground?
- Why did Noah’s descents part ways and spread around the world?
- Why was Ham’s descendants considered cursed?
- Why was Noah against Ham taking any girl from among the cities of men to marry as a wife?
- What role does ecology play in the expression of our Christian faith?
- How was Noah portrayed as walking with God?
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