Let's Go to the Movies

Recent trends in entertainment, children’s books, etc, try to show demons in a humorous light, or even in a benefactor role.  “E.T.”: was especially apt at sucking people in.

Picking a recent movie, “Men in Black II,” we see hundreds of aliens in various roles and forms. This is all humorous. One person keeps getting his head blown off. He is really goofy. It’s really funny to see his brains get splattered everywhere. The worst alien, very evil you know, assumes the form of a beautiful woman, although her real form is millions of serpent-like appendages that eat men.  This is all humorous. “Monsters, Inc.” was very enlightening in that it showed that monsters were more afraid of humans and just fed off humans’ fear of them and let’s just have a little girl show us different and now we can all love each other even though we are from different dimensions. You know, the old David and Goliath story…

What is the purpose of this entertainment? Of course, the main purpose is to make money. Movies are especially lucrative, therefore the main avenue for these portrayals of demons as benefactors. Children’s books have been loaded with sort of thing for years, buttering the children up for the big screen and computer games. Did you see dollars signs everywhere? Have you been asleep? Barney is a purple demon on Sesame Street. They started out with feathers and have wound up in scales. You protest, “Hey, Barney isn’t a demon, he’s a dinosaur!” You love ’im too, don’t you?

Which leads to the second purpose for this entertainment. You may feel that entertainment is entertainment and why get all scrunched up about it? That seems to be the new cry of oppression from the overstimulated, downtrodden audience. Let’s just say that some people are entertained by some pretty sick things (not you, of course).  So, having dispensed with that bogus argument, let’s say that the second purpose of entertainment is to indoctrinate.  Maybe this used to be the first purpose, in tribal meetings and such, but family and tribal loyalty has been thrown out in favor of money so it is a distant second.

If you think Barney is a lovable, non-offending terrycloth dinosaur, so be it. The scales are not far underneath that costume, however.  He is just a spin-off from E.T. and its cousins. Demons today like to start things off as being humorous, then proceed to acceptable, then to desirable, then to exemplary. Look at the recent trend in homosexuality, for instance.

In today’s society, man’s chief purpose in life is to be entertained, and make money doing it. Demons, however, are entertained by seducing men into perversity and rebellion. But deviant and rebellious behavior is not their final goal. The devil and his demons are especially appreciative when men praise them as wonderful. Just look at the recent movies portraying aliens, monsters, and apparitions as being the good guys. Maybe this new trend started out with the Star Trek T.V. series. Who knows? Aliens and monsters and ghouls used to be terrifying: Now they are better than most humans, and if you listen to them, they may teach you how to love in the universal cosmic way. Once again, just look at the movie E.T. and its spawn, and you’ll get your proof.

On judgment day, God will present these images before their creators and before their audience. Then they will be seen in the true light. They will also see real angels and real demons. They will then find out that these “aliens” and “monsters” ideas were based in reality. The reality will testify against them that they enjoyed the presence of demons and hated the presence of God and his angels (oh, they hate God’s human servants, too). On that day, Jesus Christ will be victorious over all these fictions that held men in bondage. Don’t just Shrek this off. Demons are real and they want you to be comfortable around them and they want you to hate the living God. Be entertained by dragons if you will, but be aware that entertainment always has a secret agenda, and it may cost you more than you know.

“And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.” 2 Corinthians  11:14-15.

- Chris Simonson