Happy Feet
Just watched the movie happy feet on DVD with my kids. I was amazed at the depth of social comment and I must say a little moved by what it had to say on two levels.
Firstly it really made me ashamed to be a human being. What right do we have exactly to be doing what we are doing to our planet?
I am sick of excuses and if I hear one more Christian talk about their “Christian world view” and how God gave us this planet to use and it doesn’t matter because Jesus is coming back soon yada yada yada I think ill scream!!!
As far as I am aware He gave us this planet and each and every creature on it to care for and tend to . Not rape, murder and destroy it!
I honestly felt sick as those huge ships in the movie lifted all the fish out of the water. I probably wont eat fish caught at sea again. We are so selfish and I for one am going to make an attempt to think about the long term consequences of the things I eat, use and do.
I have to admit that I do feel a little confused at times as what to do to help save the planet but I will try to do my best especially as I will forever have dancing penguins in my head.
The second thing the stuck me about this movie was the slightly more subtle but still as powerful comment on the modern day church.
As an Jesus follower that is currently grappling with the concept of what really makes up a chuch I related to its comentary
Firstly it portrayed the church leaders (in this case the elders of the penguin field) as stuffy rigid narrow thinking people who were too busy making sure they hold on to power and are quite sure their way is the only way. Jumping up and down if anyone dares to think differently.
Matt and I have encountered this a little. Mostly older pastors thinking that there way to build a church the right way its the way always has been done and the way it always should be done…….. Nothing to bad really. There are many sites on the internet bagging the “emerging church” and its founders. Just like the established church did when many of those doing the bagging began their churches in ways that then seemed radical at the time. How soon we forget.
There was another character in the movie who had a six pack beer can binder thing around his neck. He clamed this was given to him by mystique beings and that it gave him prophetic powers as long as he was paid in pebbles. This got me thinking about many ministries that peddle a magic wand waving God that if you give to this ministry or that person your problems will magically disappear, or all truths about your life will be revealed. Of course in the end the penguin was found to have no magic, no faith and nearly choked to death from the plastic thing on his neck. Need I say anymore?
Amazing how I got so much out of what I thought was going to be an easy way of keeping my kids happy on a Saturday night
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