Every person, theist or deist or atheist, has the same tendancy. Humans like to put a divine stamp on their words and thoughts and actions. It is not just the far-right fundamentalists and left-field liberals, we all esteem ourselves higher than humanity.
Watch the Creation trailer. Can you find ways the writers are transfering symbols and icons? How does the writing and character development paint worldviews? What do characters represent? Is there an agenda? What is it?
It is easy to spot the villain when he is dressed in black and dripping with scorn, hate, a bloody claymore laser sword and gallons of hollywood slime. It is easy to point out the vile adultress when she has bloody fangs, black claws is screaming murder while a fugue-ish dirge salters in the background. Not hard to spot evil on the screen. But when does evil ever look like that in real life? It doesn’t.
What you believe matters. Your beliefs shape your actions and your perspective on life. What you believe about your self shapes how you treat yourself. What you believe about your spouse shapes how you treat them. What you believe about God shapes everything. Your beliefs matter. Or, they have gravity…weight…importance. However, not all beliefs carry the same weight.
