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Ron Welch
Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:40:21 GMT

Compared to such a visually stimulating movie, I would think the actual GC book would seem rather dull and plodding.

Ricky Bokovoy
Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:52:06 GMT

Exactly

Neville Peter
Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:54:37 GMT

Ron, what you're saying is most likely true, so in your opinion how can we best plant ceeds in over stimulated minds?

Neville Peter
Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:55:58 GMT

I am not asking for the sake of debate, I really want to know.

Ron Welch
Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:13:49 GMT

Good question Neville. I don't have all the answers, but here's one. When my wife and I were raising our two sons we did everything we could to instill in them the love of reading good books. Not any books, but good spiritual, character building books from the OT stories, NT books of Paul, to EGW and inspiring biographies of great Christians. They are in their late twenties now and have made many lifestyle choices which include the indulgence of movies. However, they still maintain an appreciation and appetite for good written material, which makes it easy for us to share selected books with them. Our youngest son in particular, is very open and susceptible to the influence of the written word, and it is still making a positive difference in his life. But for those whose minds have never learned to enjoy the written word and have been completely saturated with the screen mentality, I'm not sure what the answer would be. How can a thick volume such as the Great Controversy possibly compete with a professionally polished audio-visual dramatization that goes from start to resolution in less than two hours? I predict that if any young viewers decide to pick up the Great Controversy due to having their interest piqued by the movie, they will never get past the first three chapters. But I hope I'm wrong.

Neville Peter
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:38:14 GMT

Ron, I hope you're wrong as well. the movy may be less than ideal, but maybe just maybe god can and will use it to cause those who watch it to think more carefully about what side they are on in this great controversy. the great controversy is a very serious matter and I fear that the intertainment value in the movy may take away from the solemnity of the message, but hopefully it won't.

Shane Hilde
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 03:30:25 GMT

God is capable of using anything to reach us. I'm not convinced that gives his followers license to use whatever methods they can to bring people to Him. I think these two issues are often conflated and they shouldn't be.

George Evans
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:02:31 GMT

Shane, I'm not convinced either. Nor am I convinced that this new idea for reaching the twitter generation is _wrong_.

DavidB
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:10:34 GMT

Believe it or not, there are reports of actual people actually reading (and sharing) the actual book "The Great Controversy" because of the series, including both viewers and some of the actors and crew involved. Seems like something is working (or Someone).

Ron Sagmuller
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:30:48 GMT

Then this brings us to the age old question of: does the end justify the means?

George Evans
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:35:58 GMT

Ron, how long are you willing to argue that? In the twitter generation attracting someone to even open _The Great Controversy_ is amazing. What if that person makes it all the way to the kingdom. Are you willing to throw them out because it all started with TRK?

Ron Sagmuller
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:01:47 GMT

Another surefire way of attracting many to open The Great Controversy would be to have photos of scantily clad attractive women associated with it, a common way of the world, would you be approving of that also George? Where do we draw the line?

George Evans
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:55:00 GMT

But that would sexually exploit the female models.