The NXR Podcast - January 06, 2023


BONUS EPISODE - AVATAR： The Way Of Water ｜ A Pastor’s Review In Less Than 3 Minutes


Episode Stats


Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

156.63

Word count

579

Sentence count

41

Harmful content

Hate speech

1

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Summary

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My take on the new Avatar movie Avatar: The Last Airbender and why Christians should not be so quick to dismiss it as "lame" and "toxic". The film is actually pretty good, and it's a great example of how God's good design can be applied in the world.

Transcript

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00:00:40.420 All right, so here's my take on the new Avatar movie. Pantheism, check. Cultish environmentalism,
00:00:46.500 check. Anti-capitalism, check. Demonizing of Western colonization, check. And yet,
00:00:53.540 But even though I realize it's cool to say the movie is lame, here's why Christians and
00:00:58.880 conservatives shouldn't dismiss it so quickly.
00:01:01.920 See, despite all the wickedness of Hollywood, the movie still glorifies marriage, children,
00:01:08.420 adoption, and fatherhood.
00:01:10.760 Yes, you heard me correctly, even fatherhood, regardless of what the director may have said
00:01:15.760 about toxic masculinity.
00:01:18.120 See, because if you want a movie to actually be good, it has to mirror God's good design.
00:01:25.220 Now, all that said, the Sky People are clearly meant to represent Western civilization's
00:01:30.320 terrible colonization of the peaceful native peoples and lands in the New World.
00:01:35.800 But in order to contrast the evils of the Sky People, the film is forced to paint a picture
00:01:41.400 of truth, beauty, and goodness within the culture of the native Avatar people.
00:01:46.480 So, from the outset of the film, the Avatar are depicted as happy.
00:01:51.960 And how is this happiness achieved?
00:01:54.660 Well, the line is, happiness is simple.
00:01:57.800 It comes by traditional family structure and values. 0.72
00:02:02.260 In love, a man commits to one woman for life.
00:02:06.000 Their love is fruitful and produces four children.
00:02:09.100 The children present certain challenges, one younger brother in particular,
00:02:12.580 but they are received by their parents as blessings rather than burdens. There's also
00:02:18.160 a hierarchy of authority within individual families and society as a whole, with an
00:02:23.880 equality of dignity regarding the sanctity of every life. Yes, the male tribal leaders seek
00:02:30.020 approval from their wives before making their big decisions. You might think Big Eva's soft
00:02:35.300 complementarianism. But the men still hold the positions of authority, not merely in their homes,
00:02:41.500 but also in the public square. Now the main repeated line of the film is this,
00:02:47.940 a father protects. That's what gives him meaning. The film concludes with a father realizing that
00:02:55.340 he cannot simply keep his head down and protect his family by hiding. He's going to have to fight
00:03:01.840 and in order to have a chance, he needs more than just his family as his fortress. He needs
00:03:08.540 the fortress of a clan, a community, a tribe. My final takeaway, get married, have kids,
00:03:17.060 join a community of like-minded people who are willing to fight and resist those who want to
00:03:22.100 destroy the world. Not bad, Hollywood. Thanks so much for listening, but real quick, before you go,
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