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The Christian Crusade has hit the multiplex in force this Spring. No sooner did Darren Aronofsky\u2019s brooding, complex, environmental cautionary\u00a0Noah<\/em>\u00a0see dry land, than three new, more conventional religion based movies stormed the box offices:\u00a0God Is Not Dead, Son of God<\/em>, and\u00a0Heaven is Real.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
Unfortunately, Godsploitation movies generally require a leap of faith that hardly leads to redemption. For a fleeting moment,\u00a0God Is Not Dead\u00a0<\/em>seems like an earnest attempt to place religious faith in modern life. But the credits have barely faded from view before we are bombarded by cardboard characters mouthing leaden lines in a very un-Christian implausible tale..<\/span><\/div>\n
College freshman Josh Wheaton (Shane Harper), against the warnings of his classmates, signs up for Professor Radisson\u2019s (Kevin Sorbo) Introduction to Philosophical Thought. Radisson is a preening bully who requires students to sign a pledge that they don\u2019t believe in God, threatening to shame and penalize them if they believe. Was the script written by someone who never attended college or had no knowledge of college professors, codes of ethics or legal classroom behavior? Grounds for professorial termination would come as quickly as the revocation of Sorbo\u2019s Screen Actors Guild membership for this acting performance!<\/span><\/div>\n
Wheaton forsakes his girlfriend to engage in a series of in class debates with his professor. And miraculously, by citing only a few passages of scripture, is able to win the entire class to his side. Meanwhile the other true believers in the movie triumph over the weak minded non-believers. Even Professor Radisson\u2019s live-in girlfriend, a student whom the professor constantly mocks, finds the faith to leave him.<\/span><\/div>\n
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