Comments on: pop culture http://matthewcostner.com/2010/03/pop-culture/ A Holy Mess Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: matt http://matthewcostner.com/2010/03/pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-706 matt Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:24:10 +0000 http://matthewcostner.com/?p=612#comment-706 mom. the church is what i meant, but actually all of us a whole... mom. the church is what i meant, but actually all of us a whole…

]]> By: patsy http://matthewcostner.com/2010/03/pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-705 patsy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:13:52 +0000 http://matthewcostner.com/?p=612#comment-705 Does "we have to get better mean, you think I got on the wrong track" or that we as the church needs to get better? Either way, I am working on it. Does “we have to get better mean, you think I got on the wrong track” or that we as the church needs to get better? Either way, I am working on it.

]]> By: matt http://matthewcostner.com/2010/03/pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-701 matt Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:17:15 +0000 http://matthewcostner.com/?p=612#comment-701 hey mary, i don't know if puzzio started it all, but i definitely believe we can take something like entertainment and give it greater worth than what it was intended. hey mary, i don’t know if puzzio started it all, but i definitely believe we can take something like entertainment and give it greater worth than what it was intended.

]]> By: matt http://matthewcostner.com/2010/03/pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-700 matt Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:15 +0000 http://matthewcostner.com/?p=612#comment-700 mom, i definitely think we have to get better at explaining the Scriptures. I don't think entertainment is evil as such, but I do think we can carry it to the extreme. I'm not opposed to looking like the world, just acting like it... mom, i definitely think we have to get better at explaining the Scriptures. I don’t think entertainment is evil as such, but I do think we can carry it to the extreme. I’m not opposed to looking like the world, just acting like it…

]]> By: patsy http://matthewcostner.com/2010/03/pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-699 patsy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:51 +0000 http://matthewcostner.com/?p=612#comment-699 Interesting, that I just wrote a blog yesterday http://patsycostner.blogspot.com/2010/03/child-sacrifice-going-on.html. touching upon the idea of culture. Never though about the difference in pop and folk culture but it all makes sense . Instead of passing the things we see through the our belief sieve (Bible) we pass them through the pop culture sieve. Titus 2 tells us how to live our life and Ezekiel 23 points our how when we forget God decide to offer our sacrifice to false idols, we will bear the consequences. So, Matthew and friends, what is the answer for our churches of today? How does this relate to what we call "contemporary" church. Where is the fine line that separates folk and pop, or is is "fine"? Interesting, that I just wrote a blog yesterday http://patsycostner.blogspot.com/2010/03/child-sacrifice-going-on.html. touching upon the idea of culture. Never though about the difference in pop and folk culture but it all makes sense . Instead of passing the things we see through the our belief sieve (Bible) we pass them through the pop culture sieve. Titus 2 tells us how to live our life and Ezekiel 23 points our how when we forget God decide to offer our sacrifice to false idols, we will bear the consequences. So, Matthew and friends, what is the answer for our churches of today? How does this relate to what we call “contemporary” church. Where is the fine line that separates folk and pop, or is is “fine”?

]]> By: mary http://matthewcostner.com/2010/03/pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-698 mary Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:24:34 +0000 http://matthewcostner.com/?p=612#comment-698 Yes it is a very negative influence. We are subconciously being influenced away from God and towards 'modern thought'. Dont pray in school, allow other gods in your neighborhoods, and its ok if theres a couple of homo men living next door. In time, the decay will grow and grow and grow. The worst part? Christians contribute to the decay by turning a blind eye. Ever seen Harry Potter? Or Twilight? The witch cannot be the good guy come on folks! Wake up! Puzzio started this mess with the Godfather. He wanted to prove what a powerful writer he was so he took something dark, and ugly and immoral and wrote so romantically ---and why do readers always miss the obivious? He set the story up! Thats what writers do! Every element is created to feed the plot and lead to the kind of ending the writer wants! It is not reality its fiction! Fiction that reads such that it COULD maybe have happened....its a setup. That is the purpose of a story--to set the reader up to buy the ending...so why do so many young men want to be gangsters now? Because the Godfather series made it look like a good thing. That writer took a horror and covered it with roses and perfumes. And people are so lost that they fell for it. Good job Puzzio; guess what? Culture does the same thing. We are always under influences. I myself do not watch tv. I will on occassion watch a few shows on the health channel or an old comedy on the BBC. I watched Space Cowboys a few weeks ago and I might watch Grand Torino in a week or two. I might go rent 2012 just because I would like to see the special effects. But over all I donot watch tv. It has a purpose and that purpose is to influence us to buy what they are selling and folks it aint always Oscar Meyer. Yes it is a very negative influence. We are subconciously being influenced away from God and towards ‘modern thought’. Dont pray in school, allow other gods in your neighborhoods, and its ok if theres a couple of homo men living next door. In time, the decay will grow and grow and grow. The worst part? Christians contribute to the decay by turning a blind eye. Ever seen Harry Potter? Or Twilight? The witch cannot be the good guy come on folks! Wake up! Puzzio started this mess with the Godfather. He wanted to prove what a powerful writer he was so he took something dark, and ugly and immoral and wrote so romantically —and why do readers always miss the obivious? He set the story up! Thats what writers do! Every element is created to feed the plot and lead to the kind of ending the writer wants! It is not reality its fiction! Fiction that reads such that it COULD maybe have happened….its a setup. That is the purpose of a story–to set the reader up to buy the ending…so why do so many young men want to be gangsters now? Because the Godfather series made it look like a good thing. That writer took a horror and covered it with roses and perfumes. And people are so lost that they fell for it. Good job Puzzio; guess what? Culture does the same thing. We are always under influences. I myself do not watch tv. I will on occassion watch a few shows on the health channel or an old comedy on the BBC. I watched Space Cowboys a few weeks ago and I might watch Grand Torino in a week or two. I might go rent 2012 just because I would like to see the special effects. But over all I donot watch tv. It has a purpose and that purpose is to influence us to buy what they are selling and folks it aint always Oscar Meyer.

]]> By: matt http://matthewcostner.com/2010/03/pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-696 matt Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:48:56 +0000 http://matthewcostner.com/?p=612#comment-696 cool. i'll check it out and leave a comment. cool. i’ll check it out and leave a comment.

]]> By: Kyle Reed http://matthewcostner.com/2010/03/pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Kyle Reed Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:10:07 +0000 http://matthewcostner.com/?p=612#comment-695 Never thought of it that way before. But I see that point bright and clear. I wrote a post a while back about this idea of culture taking over the church that kind of talked about the same thing. So here are my thoughts on what you are talking about: I called it the wow factor and it came after I went and saw Avatar: http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/the-wow-factor/ http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/the-wow-factor-part-2/ Never thought of it that way before.
But I see that point bright and clear.

I wrote a post a while back about this idea of culture taking over the church that kind of talked about the same thing. So here are my thoughts on what you are talking about:
I called it the wow factor and it came after I went and saw Avatar:
http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/the-wow-factor/
http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/the-wow-factor-part-2/

]]> By: JBussell http://matthewcostner.com/2010/03/pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-694 JBussell Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:06:21 +0000 http://matthewcostner.com/?p=612#comment-694 Good question, Matt. This is something that I have thought about often. I get that pop culture has a lot of negative influence, but if we're trying to reach lost people who are invested in pop culture shouldn't we at least have a working knowledge of it? I am not advocating that we trust and believe in all that is pop culture, but it just seems to me that it would be very difficult for me to establish a relationship with someone if we have very little in common and I don't at least understand part of the world they live in. Does that make sense? Good question, Matt. This is something that I have thought about often. I get that pop culture has a lot of negative influence, but if we’re trying to reach lost people who are invested in pop culture shouldn’t we at least have a working knowledge of it? I am not advocating that we trust and believe in all that is pop culture, but it just seems to me that it would be very difficult for me to establish a relationship with someone if we have very little in common and I don’t at least understand part of the world they live in. Does that make sense?

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