Christianity

Greetings, to all that will read this today. Yeterday I talked about Politics, today I am going to talk about Christianity.

I am a Christian. Have been since 1993. Best decision I have ever made in my 40 years on this planet was giving my life over to Jesus. At the time, how ever, I wasn't 40 but in my mid twenties. Before I became a Christian, I had a tough time of things. What I didnt know at the time, but do now, is that God is the ultimate healer. Anything that is bothering you, mentally or physchically, He can take and make it better.

Alot of people dont believe that. Non Christians, for the most part. Ever wondered why non Christian dont want to be saved? I am not going to tell you that I am a doctor licenced in the feild of psychology but I will give you my take on it. I feel that people in general like doing their own thing. non beleivers or believers as well. If you're not a Christian and somebody goes up to you and tells you what you're doing is wrong, if you say that to a non believer,you're probably going to get a smart answer and be told to mind your own business.

But, I think it is true, however. I think the majority of people that dont want to become Christian is that they enjoy doing what they do regardless if it's good or
bad

The same goes for Christians as well. Have you ever been talking to a friend of your's and lets say, they tell you this: "You were cool once. You went to partys, you had your share of women. But it all changed because you found Jesus. When are you going to get back the old you? the one people liked?"

If you're smart, you have realised, the old "you" was someone even you didnt want to be around. I think as Christians we like doing what we do. We like the fact that Jesus has changed our lives. We welcome what He is going to do next. I dont think there is any thing wrong with saying I am happy with what God is doing in my life. Why would I give that up and go back to my old ways. Easier said than done. The percentage of new believers in Christ takes a nose dive because people were not as sincire with what they thought they wanted. Old habits are hard to break for any one.

Movies have dipicted Christianity in many ways. Some of them, I will admit were not all that bad. They tried to the best of their ability to be accurate when it comes to the Gospels. Other times, they have not. I remember one of my earliest theather experiance's. Two of my cousins were saddled with baby sitting me. I must have been maybe four years old at the time, but i do remember them taking me to a movie with them. The film was "Jesus Christ Superstar" I remember only two things with that experiance. One, is that I slept through most of it. And two that I woke up just when the title song was being performed. Now, for any one who has ever seen the movie, that particular number was shot mostly at night with dancers and alot of very cool lighting. Its one thing watching it on dvd at your home, its another watching it on a huge theather screen.

Years later when I saw the film again, I noticed things about it, that didnt quite gel with what I had learned in church about Jesus. Hollywood film makers who were not Christians trying to give their perspective on Religion. Doesnt really work all that well.

I however would recommend watching the film Jesus Christ Superstar. Its all done entirely in song and it was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Directed by Norman Jewison. I bought a dvd copy of it some time last year or maybe two years ago. The features of the dvd are really great because the high light of it is audio commentary of Jewison and Ted Neeley who played Jesus.

Interesting side note: Neeley admits in the commentary that playing the role of Jesus was a life changing experiance for him. He doesnt say whether or not he is a believer, but he does admit since taking the role he see's things diffrently than what he once used to.


David.