Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 2:13pm.
If you can't watch anything R-rated, you could not watch a movie that accurately depicts scripture. I think the question is deeper than this question of the Pharisees. Paul says all things are permissible but not all things are profitable. The real question is your heart, not where some agency draws the line. Are you entertained by evil or is it part of a larger story being told? Did you enjoy The Passion? I did not, but ii am glad I saw it. I have seen some r movies that are well worth watching, like (yes I will name some) When a Man Loves a Woman, The Patriot and yes, Saving Private Ryan. The violence and profanity are part of the representation of evil around us. If you think it is cool watching people die, you have a problem, but if you watch it, are horrified by it and therefore work toward the good, is that wrong? How could we know the horrors of the Holocaust without all those old Nazi films? Does the History Channel (much of which would be R if rated) make you want to be a Nazi or make you want to resist that kind of societal impulse.
This is an artificial line that smacks of the Pharisees. Examine your heart and it will discern.
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