Haven’t seen it yet, but I’m already tired of the marketing. Evangelicals are stupid. We really are. Here’s why, via Mark Riddle:

I love art, but I’m not a big fan of using art. I am using the word “USE” here in the same what a high school guy “uses” a young teen girl. High school boys have strong tendencies toward using girls for their own purposes. The church is notorious for using art. ok. look. Art speaks for itself. Great art has weight to it. You HAVE to notice it. It talks to you because it has a voice.

When you see Guernica by picasso you don’t need an interpreter. You don’t need any explainations on his thoughts on war. Saving Private Ryan? Writing by Chuck Palahniuk? A song by 100 portraits. The art speaks. it brings life.

more on Users.
This week we are going to see the unveiling of a wonderful new piece of art. in the form of a movie. And there are hundreds of thousands of people waiting outside the gallery where the work is shown to tell you what they think it means. Not only will they tell you what it meant for them… they will tell you what it should mean to you.

no thanks. not interested. Don’t we understand? The art has a voice. Let the art speak. If you believe in God, let God meet you in the art. but please don’t come to me with preprinted brochures using the artwork, fonts and images from the art to sell me something. It cheapens the story. It destroys the voice.

so let’s not ravage beauty with our tracts, coffee mugs and preconceived ideas about how and how God might speak in and around this film…. and let’s keep ourselves passionate about Jesus more than a movie.