There seems to be a new outburst of interest in religious media in the secular world. Hollywood took notice after the Passion, which grossed $612 Million that there is a huge market for movies with religious content. Movies like the Da Vinci Code made the secular world very interested in religious topics, however controversial they may be. That movie was anything but good in the eyes of most America's fundamental Christians. And so Hollywood continues and now stronger than ever to attempt to gain the eyes of America's Christians. A new movie they are now coming out with is called The Nativity Story and tells the story of a young virgin Mary and how she dealt with the burden God gave to her as the one who would bear the Savior of the World. The movie tells the story of Mary and Joseph's journey. Supposedly extra care was taken to ensure the story is accurate with Biblical and historical records. Dozen's of Pastors and scholars were consulted for the making of the film, and from what I have heard many have been very pleased with what they saw. However I am sure that once the movie is released it will be criticized along with most other "Christian" films that are released.
The question I ask is; Why do many of us as Christian's criticize Hollywood for trying to gain money off of making "Christian" films? We will attack any small area of the film which is lacking, however we justify watching other movies such as Star Wars and never even think of how theologically incorrect the movie is? We seem to be carrying a double standard. It is ok to put out a biblically and theologically incorrect movie and we dont question it, but when there is a movie about biblical events we often criticize the motive for creating it or the content, when really the purpose of the movie was to entertain. We arent to base our beliefs off a movie. Our beliefs come from the Word Of God. What about the hymns in our hymn book? A number of them aren't really theologically correct yet we still sing them in our Churches. Where do we set the line in the media we watch, listen to, or sing? Is it not a double standard for Christians to abstain from secular music, yet allow for watching of secular movies? Is not a song by a secular artist about theological truth the same as a movie by a secular producer about theological truth?