Avatar

Hey! so long time no see hey? So the other day I went to go see Avatar in 3D because I wanted to have my face melted off. My wife and I get there, fork over 30 bucks for the tickets, plastic glasses, and some food. We proceed to be bombarded by probably the most liberal "Go Green" message that I've ever seen. Really James Cameron? Really? way to throw away you soul to get on the Green Train. No offense to the movie, the story was really well presented, the acting was wonderful, I really did feel like I was 1000 feet above the ground when they were flying, but it's hard to enjoy something that's so blatantly has a political agenda. I mean there's this part (spoiler alert) where the main guy sits down and talks to a tree and says "If you could see where I'm from, there's no more green, they killed their mother" He's talking about earth here. Really? REALLY? Okay people, the earth ain't goin' nowheres. Okay? read the Bible, it's in there.
The second main beef that I had with the film branches off the first, and in fact may be the root of the problem here. Earth Worship. Really blatant earth worship. The Navi who live on this planet called Pandora literally worship the earth, there's a very Native American feel to the way they treat the animals that they kill, calling them brother, and sending them back to "mother." Which is fine, I've endured worse just watching a documentary in history class. But then later (spoiler alert) they all gather around this sacred tree that the Mother is supposed to be connected to, attach their little brain stem things to the roots (they have external brain stems with which they can connect to other plants and animals, kinda neat) and their Shaman leads them in a trance ritual. The Shaman's eyes roll back into her head and everything. Now I know some of you reading this aren't really into spiritual warfare and what not but if you've ever seen someone manifest a demon, that's kinda what it looks like.
Here's the deal folks. We are living in a time when earth worship is becoming a guiding spiritual force on the planet once again, no it may not look like it did 3000 years ago, but it's still there. Putting anything above God on your priority list is worshiping that thing as an Idol. And in a spiritually starved community, people are grabbing hold of anything that looks good. And of course it looks good, Satan is the best at what he does.
Let me say this in parting, taking care of the planet IS a good thing. God gave it to Adam to take care of AND use, therefore putting us above the planet on importance; however, we need to seek God's kingdom first. Trying to fix the planet is a Noble cause, but doing anything without God is all for naught. Keep that in mind when you feel yourself getting carried away by the Green Train.

God's Barrista signing out