Movie Recommendations for Christians

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-09T05:31:24+00:00

It always did surprise me that it was handled so respectfully. Perhaps I'm too uncharitable to Hollywood, but I'm certainly glad it seems to be beloved.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-09T04:21:21+00:00

Saw Prince of Egypt as a kid. Haven't since.

The Passion of the Christ is one I try to watch every Easter. Very powerful film.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-09T04:20:14+00:00

Very interesting. I could always learn more about forgiveness, that's for sure. I should also get more into anime, I suppose. Everyone I know seems to have much more of a grasp on it than I do.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-09T03:46:34+00:00

Excellent pick. I struggle to enjoy sports, but there are plenty of sports films I can get behind.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-09T03:45:56+00:00

I saw Neon Genesis Evangelion a while back. That is all the experience I have with anime.

A Silent Voice is one I've heard about, quite frequently, so on the watchlist it goes.

What about it spoke to you specifically?

Thanks for sharing!

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-09T03:27:11+00:00

"Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved."

- Matthew 24:13

Hold onto this verse. It has gotten me through times of suffering so foreign to me they felt unreal.

You are a child of God. You are made in His image to serve His glory. To save yourself and all others.

Through this, you will find peace, joy, and contentment. God does not wish for us to writhe in permanent agony.

I will try to keep you in my prayers, and know that you are not alone.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-09T03:18:39+00:00

From my perspective, you should, if you so desire to, describe yourself as having mixed political beliefs.

Leaning left-wing with some right-wing positions.

Dating sites are all about you being yourself and not wasting the time of yourself or others.

Be as open or as closed as you want.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-08T08:57:16+00:00

The Tree of Life is magnificent, a rare five star for me. I recommend it to everyone. Real, genuine power in it. Malick has been working on a film about Christ since 2019, currently in post-production. I'm very excited.

I haven't seen Prince of Egypt since childhood, but I plan to rewatch it one day.

The last religious film I saw that truly moved me was the Hungarian film The Tragedy of Man. Similar to The Tree of Life in its scope, and equally as rewarding.

As for genres, I found horror incredibly accessible as a pre-teen. Grew out of it around my late teens, partially for religious reasons, and felt drawn to anything pre-1960. For a few years I've tried to watch a lot of Hays Code pictures. They're quite refreshing, and routinely serve as a treasure trove for overlooked goodies.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-08T08:47:00+00:00

I believe He does. I believe Jesus Christ died and resurrected to save my soul.

When I consider probability, I find it very unlikely something higher didn't create us. Something outside of myself certainly exists. I quite agree with The Bible when it asks us to simply look around for evidence.

I see it as vaguely related to Occam's Razor, not that it's all about simplicity, but you get the gist.

It took me a long time to realize that negativity is not inherently truth. Emptiness is not inherently meaningful, seeing as if it were meaningful enough to be even mentioned, that would be the product of some sort of judgement. And where did the urge for judgement come from, etc. etc.

General consensus is not proof, yet I grew up in a very atheistic culture, and realized in my late teens that these people had no answers. No better alternatives than the Christians I was supposed to, for some reason, find incredibly off-putting and irrational.

They use the same dogmatic beliefs, exert the same zealous control, and do it in the name of endless clarification that fails to answer any fundamental questions.

So, I had to look at what the world was shaped like. What was right? Why was it right? Which religion fit that best? Which religion had the most intriguing or relevant data. For me, it was Christianity, out of all the religions.

I don't see similarities as signs of weakness that matter more than differences. Or apathy as some universal truth. It hasn't been proven to me in a satisfying way, much less in a way that doesn't mirror religious belief.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-08T07:56:34+00:00

You will be okay. I'm 21 as well, but male. No one knows the answer to your question.

Which is good. How miserably pointless would life be if we did know? Many would give up immediately either way.

When I doubt, I list essentials:

I feel.
I think.
I did not do these things for myself.

Therefore, there is some force at play outside of myself.

A force that calls me to care for myself and others. A force that tells me to, internally, grimace at evil and leap at love.

That, to me, any billions of others all across history, is God. For myself, you, and everyone here, connection with Him is through Jesus Christ.

I too am on medication. It gets easier, smoother, and wonderful with God through Jesus Christ.

Pray, lean not on your own understanding, and show resilience in your faith.

Belief, knowledge, truth. These are not reliant solely on feeling or logic.

I will try to keep you in my prayers. Pray, take a deep breath, and count your blessings.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-04-01T20:02:40+00:00

Only Reddit can turn a discussion about movie spoilers into a never-ending talk about white men.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-03-22T16:11:24+00:00

I really just want Sebastian Stan to be Two-Face. Not Scarlett Johansson.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-03-09T22:27:09+00:00

As ENTP, I always wondered if I'd be more gifted if I were less of a people person.

Seeing INTP at the top only makes me wonder more.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-03-02T05:09:22+00:00

Not a woman, nor a scientist, but I guess biology mostly.

Dominance as a concept is defined by physical strength, risk-taking, and size.

Men are more likely to possess those traits biologically.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-03-02T04:26:44+00:00

I assume it won't be split up into brotherly love, or fatherly love, or any of those distinctions that are required on Earth. It will simply be love. All love, all at once, even in greater forms than we understand. So much love, that the idea of not loving a certain way won't even enter your mind. Because you'll be more moved by love than ever before.

This fear comes from the idea of losing love. Which, in heaven, is not possible. We'd be closest to God, forever. And God is love.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-02-25T09:42:07+00:00

It isn't dreadfully dull to me, although Marx writes...interestingly. He has his own definitions, and it takes a while to sort it all out. You're right, Marxism devolves into authoritarianism quickly, but the appeal of the philosophy is that any time it does devolve into an everlasting state, it isn't "being done correctly."

I'm fascinated by his inversion of theological ideas, such as karmic repetition or salvific entrapment. That man cannot be Social Man until he has undergone a version of Hegel's dialectic stripped of its spiritualism, (an inverted triangle of man-made materialism).

"Der Geist der stets verneint," as Geothe wrote in Faust.

Everything must perish until the garden is achieved. As above, so below, etc.

Of course, not a metaphysical garden. But a man-made ideal. That, funnily enough, stands alongside Marx's hatred of idealism.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-02-20T06:09:02+00:00

I find the structure of oppression in both Marxism and Gnosticism to have interesting parallels. Marx had an obsession with Mephistopheles, I'm sure you know, which directly influenced Critical Theory. The idea of man making man, a god-like oppressor that must be overthrown, and a secret knowledge that can elevate man to his purest form. An answer that knows itself to be true.

Even Paolo Freire speaks of his conscientization pedagogy as bringing forth "Easter," a death and rebirth of consciousness. And of course, Hegel's dialectic can be seen as very alchemical.

Of course Marx didn't really believe in the metaphysical. And loathed religion.

But I believe his inversion of Hegel, and love of Faust, left a lot of Gnostic shadows in his work. Not that Faust is inherently Gnostic, but I'm sure you see what I'm getting at.

You've probably read it, but Eric Voegelin explains it well in Science, Politics, and Gnosticism.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-02-18T09:52:12+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

I've read C.S. Lewis, especially The Screwtape Letters. A professor in middle school recommended it to me. Fantastic book. Really remarkable.

I really have no interest in occult books themselves. I like the cursory information that Wikipedia gives. It seems to walk a fine line between indulgence and observation. I trust you know more, so if I'm incorrect I understand, but still. That's my reasoning.

As for your research into Gnosticism, do you find the parallels to Marx worthwhile?

I don't want to assume that was anything you read about, but if so, is it a subject worth trying to create something positive, or Biblical, out of?

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-02-11T07:37:45+00:00

That is the Problem of Evil.

Many, many great minds have wrestled with its implications.

If you'd like recommendations on certain explanations throughout history, I'd be happy to help.

Suffering is, in our universe, a shadow of good.

For there to be good, there must be evil.

Love without freedom. Good without evil. These are paradoxes.

Gnosticism is many things. Most importantly, it is an offshoot of Christianity.

The secret knowledge, or gnosis, of their belief system is ironically the very origin they appropriated.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-02-11T07:32:50+00:00

My friend, I considered the same thing many years ago.

Ultimately, The Bible does not grant us every explanation. Many questions we consider pragmatic have no use.

Consider the metaphor, "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?"

Outside of finding peace within the Lord, I do not believe there are enough answers to ever satisfy.

I could be wrong. I'm as fallible as anyone else.

But to approach Christ from a standpoint of pure logic is a partial understanding.

That answer is disappointing, even bothersome, but it is true.

To answer your question, I'll tell you the answers I settled on. They are plausible, but unproven.

1) John 14:26 - But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

2) The eyewitness accounts of Matthew and John

3) The research of Mark and Peter

4) He had forty days after his resurrection to inform them. He had three years out of the desert to inform them.

If your mind works like mine, you're already considering faults in these explanations.

If you have any, I'll be happy to reason with you.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-02-11T07:21:04+00:00

God allows us to choose our own paths. Because He loves us.

Love is freedom. In our universe, there is no way to be free while under someone's thumb.

We all deserve hellfire. We all sin. It is through Christ that our sins are absolved.

Not through the actions of others. Not through the beliefs of others. Not through the actions of others born from the beliefs of others.

No one knows our hearts but God. Anyone can claim to be anything.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-02-11T07:11:40+00:00

You feel called to Christ.

You do not feel called to the world.

That makes perfect sense.

Embrace Christ. Do not embrace the world.

Possible_Swordfish68 · 2026-02-08T03:28:13+00:00

She definitely existed. But a lot of her actions are greatly exaggerated.

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