Should Christians have Disney+?

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[quote=“DanielK, post:102, topic:45863”]
Your current version of theology conveniently boils down to:

  1. All non-Christians are wicked and worthless and Christians should not interact with them except to directly proselytize them. Also there is literally no truth in them (cannot be truth) or what they can do is entirely evil.
    The Spirit of God taught Paul the following.
    Romans 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
    7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
    So, if I see the works of the fleshing being promoted as some form of entertainment, wisdom tells me that it is carnal and that it is something I should avoid. Why would I allow myself to receive pleasure from participating in the very things that Jesus died to deliver me from. That is one way He saves me, He separates or cuts away the flesh from my spirit through His death and resurrection which I have become united with Him in, through my trust in Him. Should I be as a dog who returns to his vomit and become a slave to the flesh again as I was before Christ. If I follow the carnal mind I will be controlled by the enemy of God and I will not be free to please God.

I never said I didn’t interact with them, if that were so I would have to leave this world. What I don’t do is allow my heart and mind to fellowship in their carnality. It is obvious that I can dine (eat meat) with them as what goes in the mouth, goes through the stomach and into the toilet. But if I consume their vain imaginations, wicked thoughts, words and actions and become a partner in them and call them “entertainment” and receive pleasure from them, then those things will enter my heart and out of the heart controlled or influenced by the flesh will come all manner of evil. Again, why would I want to follow or buddy up with the flesh again since Christ has circumcised me from it through my trust in His death and resurrection.
As in all my interactions with those who are as I was before Jesus, my goal should be to walk in step with the very Spirit of God, so that those I come in contact with will see the Kingdom of Heaven. Should not all our words and actions towards those who are still lost, be done in such a way to shine the light and life that the good news of Jesus brings? So whether it is serving them in my job with an upright and honest heart, looking to benefit them, or with the Word of God when I am talking to them as I serve them, or during open air proclamation of the Gospel and a call to repentance (for what Jesus tells us in secret, we should proclaim from the roof tops), I will be a witness of the good news of the power of God that can deliver them from sin and the devil, through faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus. That is what I was born again for, to be set free, so in my liberty I am compelled to look for the lost sheep and to bring glory and honor to the Father and to Jesus.

I believe I have spoken before about going into a whore house to talk to the people there about Jesus. If I remember correctly some said I was trying to boast (I could be wrong about that), but what is there to boast about in that action. Before Jesus, in my heart and with my eyes I had participated in their carnal, wicked deeds but because of the Father’s great mercy, he forgave me and birthed me and gave me a new spirit so that I would be free to live in His righteousness. It was not my righteousness or self righteousness that led me to seek out those people, it was Christ in me, seeking for the lost sheep. How can any of us have vain pride and feel like we have done something special, it is only Christ in us, our hope of glory that is at work doing the works of His Father.

Gal 6:14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

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[quote=“DanielK, post:102, topic:45863”]
I looked at the last 100 of your posts. There are several blessings, other things that you call warnings, and a complete rejection of empathy and a willingness to dialogue. You may mean be honest in the blessing but it also serves another function subconsciously or not.

You say I have “a complete rejection of empathy and willingness to dialogue” but I act no differently than what appears to be to be like most if not all posters on this forum. I will, like others, express my thoughts many many times without referencing a quote of another poster about something I said. I also will respond to specific statements of other posters as I am doing now. I also, as others do, just cut off communicating with the thread or an individual poster, my reason for doing this is that I determine that my thoughts are no longer at that time going to be received. I believe that there are people who read this forum but don’t post, that would benefit from the wisdom that God has given me, so with that in mind, all my posting is not necessarily for the active posters themselves.

The knowledge and understanding that comes from receiving the Word of God into our hearts and minds should produce wisdom that will permeate our thoughts and influence what we think and say in all areas of our lives. So if I state a portion of scripture and associate it with with my own thoughts and words it is because God’s wisdom has influenced me and I can see how His truth can be associated with other areas in my life that don’t necessarily line up directly with the quoted verse.
Jesus called the Pharisees, “blind leaders of the blind”. That truth along with so many things that are stated in Proverbs about the wicked and things that Paul said about those controlled by the flesh, leads and guides me to the knowledge that the carnal man is also blind to the nature and truth of God and so it would not be wise for me to follow him. So yes, the carnal man is blind and those who follow him will end up in the same ditch that he will fall into. Even though Jesus was talking about religious leaders, the more underlying cause of their issue is that they were still yet carnal, so they were enemies of God, a brood of vipers. So even with them, it was still the flesh that Jesus was confronting.

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Just out of curiosity, would you consider reading anything by those who are fairly obviously non-Christians morally wrong? I am uncertain from what you have said whether you would.

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Like what? And what is the reason you ask.

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I was somewhat doubtful you would, but wasn’t entirely clear on your views on that point.

I was thinking of authors like Jules DuBar (he’s unreliable for other reasons, though), or Benjamin Franklin, for that matter.

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Sorry but I don’t know them or what they write about.

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It appears this discussion has strayed far from the original topic and will close. Should you have a related or new topic to further discuss appropriate for the forum, feel free to open a new post.

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