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R is for Religion

Christianity is joining bad language, nudity, and gore as an element that movie ratings warn us against | Gene Edward Veith

In her short story "The Displaced Person," Flannery O'Connor had a character for whom "Christ in the conversation embarrassed her the way sex did her mother."

In many circles, talking about sex is no longer taboo, but talking about Christianity is taboo. Many secularists have no problem with explicit sex and violence, but they find explicit Christianity terribly offensive.

Now Christianity is joining bad language, nudity, and gore as an element that movie ratings warn us against.

Facing the Giants is an evangelistic movie made by Alex and Stephen Kendrick, the "associate pastors of media" at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. The story of the spiritual life of a football coach includes miracles, prayer, and a gospel presentation.

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June 24, 2006, Vol. 21, No. 25

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