This was a question that was raised in another discussion for, you guessed it, Media and Society class at my University. We had a discussion and although there were quite a few good responses to what he thinks about it I thought I would share with you what I think God thinks about our media. There are two different aspects to my answer. The first is to say that God has a sense of humor (come on you know it's true look at the duck-billed platypus) I think that God is pleased that we are having fun with the things he created and the knowledge he has given. He is proud that directors, producers, and actors are using the talents that he has given them The second aspect is the same reasons that he is displeased with us. I feel like God is also displeased with the way we have twisted humor, and how despite the tremendous talents he has given his people they use them to wicked ends. They also do not use their positions of great influence to practice the great commission. In the Bible in Matthew 28 it says and this is just a small part of it, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all nations" We do serve a loving God that does want us to be happy but not at the expense of the moral well being of the audience they influence. Twisted humor is just one example of the ways sin has distorted God's gifts to his people. An example of this that I found was the movie Scary Movie. I have never seen it personally and the clips I found were not appropriate to post on here so I thought I would use my discretion and post a picture instead.

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