The Movie: Prayers for Bobby
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I've heard this is based on a true story.
It's unfortunate that that his family and church did not make him feel loved. I think it is a very difficult thing to love someone while you aren't approving of
choices they make. Yet as a parent myself, I often don't approve of every choice my children make, yet I am determined to let them know I love them anyway.
Some Christians say homosexuals aren't born that way, but I disagree. I believe we are all born with sinful tendencies.
Some tend to prefer alcohol or drugs, other prefer pornography or fornication, some have a tendency to lie or steal, still others have a tendency to be homosexual.
Being born with a certain tendency doesn't make it any less sin. We as Christians need to learn to love people even in their sin.
The other thing this movie portrays fairly well, is that certain events in your life can become your identity. But we can't let what happens to us or what other
people think about us define who we are. Our identity should be in Christ. In a way, this is similar to the story of Judas, who couldn't handle his guilt and died
in his sin, vs Peter who confessed his sin (getting rid of the guilt) and continued on in God's will.
Towards the end of the movie the mother feels guilty for her sons death. So she becomes an advocate for the things she originally disapproved of.
She sells out her beliefs and succumbs to her guilt. Like her son, she is letting a choice someone else made define who she is.
We as Christians cannot let society or guilt or anything else sway us from God's values and commands. This movie makes for good Gay/Lesbian propaganda
because it pulls at the heart strings but is really no different from movies that make us feel compassion for murderers, thieves, adulterers, and other sinful life styles.
It's unfortunate that that his family and church did not make him feel loved. I think it is a very difficult thing to love someone while you aren't approving of
choices they make. Yet as a parent myself, I often don't approve of every choice my children make, yet I am determined to let them know I love them anyway.
Some Christians say homosexuals aren't born that way, but I disagree. I believe we are all born with sinful tendencies.
Some tend to prefer alcohol or drugs, other prefer pornography or fornication, some have a tendency to lie or steal, still others have a tendency to be homosexual.
Being born with a certain tendency doesn't make it any less sin. We as Christians need to learn to love people even in their sin.
The other thing this movie portrays fairly well, is that certain events in your life can become your identity. But we can't let what happens to us or what other
people think about us define who we are. Our identity should be in Christ. In a way, this is similar to the story of Judas, who couldn't handle his guilt and died
in his sin, vs Peter who confessed his sin (getting rid of the guilt) and continued on in God's will.
Towards the end of the movie the mother feels guilty for her sons death. So she becomes an advocate for the things she originally disapproved of.
She sells out her beliefs and succumbs to her guilt. Like her son, she is letting a choice someone else made define who she is.
We as Christians cannot let society or guilt or anything else sway us from God's values and commands. This movie makes for good Gay/Lesbian propaganda
because it pulls at the heart strings but is really no different from movies that make us feel compassion for murderers, thieves, adulterers, and other sinful life styles.
