Review of God's Not Dead (2014) by Filipeneto — 28 Jun 2018

I was curious to watch this movie. I have always been interested in these debates because, here in Europe, the absence of faith and the growing number of atheists is very visible. However, I was absolutely disgusted because of the huge bias with which everything is addressed. The film was made and sponsored by evangelical Christians, but note that they call themselves just Christians. It turns out that Christianity is much more vast and has long been divided into hundreds of independent churches, all of them Christian, though discordant to each other. So do not be surprised that many Christians do not share the point of view of that Christians. I am a Roman Catholic Christian and I do not agree with this movie.

We cannot discuss faith because its something absolutely personal, but this movie brings us a debate in which God is exclusive property of a group of people: the evangelicals. However, if God is as our parents teach us, then He loves everyone and is the Lord of us all, even of those who do not believe in Him. The Muslims worship the same god as Christians but they were very mistreated in this film, along with atheists, who are truly diabolized. I know many atheists, but none of them are at war with God, as the teacher of this movie seems to be! Usually, they are very tolerant people, but they demand the right not to be converted by anyone to any faith and, we have to recognize, they have that right, and we, theists, have no right to judge them for it. The film, however, condemns and labels, which is ironic if we consider that the Bible is the first to warn against such judgments.

To summarize, the film is a huge insult to all who do not identify themselves as evangelical Christians, but insults particularly the atheists, agnostics and Muslims. The script is a colossal piece of propaganda that backfired. The cast is a disgrace, everything is a disgrace. Ultimately, the awful quality of the final product can end up being a valid argument for us to praying to God for a miracle: the total disappearance of the film from the shelves and from our memories. If such a miracle happened, I would only regret not being able to call the Vatican to warn about it, but I would be happy to believe that this film never existed.