Last night my wife, Heather and I saw the movie
"Noah" for the first time. I can't believe the amount of money and
talent that was wasted making this. The reason I didn't like it wasn't because
of the plethora of literary inaccuracies such as rock monsters, magic beans, or
ancient Canaanites wearing welding masks or battling with rocket launchers.
The reason that I didn't like it wasn't that Noah was portrayed as a complete
raving homicidal maniac. The real reason I didn't like the movie was because of
the inaccurate way it portrayed God. Although Gods judgement is definately a part of the story of Noah--God was portrayed in this movie as a divine being that
got frustrated with mankind and our sin that he simply abandoned us. The
movie portrayed God as being so thoroughly disgusted with all of mankind and our
violent tendencies that he became completely ambivalent towards human beings. I
was offended by that portrayal because the God I have grown to love is
anything but ambivalent. He loves us profoundly and cares deeply for every
aspect of our lives. He is the God that hears us when we cry out to him and
yearns to comfort us in our pain. He is our loving heavenly father who loves us
in spite of our brokenness and rejoices in who we are. I'm so glad that I've
gotten to know the "real creator" that Jesus spoke about--Instead of
the vacant deity being portrayed in this movie.
