Stereotypes In God's Not Dead

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Before watching God’s Not Dead, I was a bit apprehensive about how much I would like the movie because I feel that often Christian movies tend to not be the most accurate or even enjoyable movies to watch. However, I decided to watch the movie because I was curious as to what it was all about. God’s Not Dead is a 2014 drama that highlights a Christian college student defying his Atheist philosophy professor’s beliefs. Overall, while the movie was enjoyable, there were certain stereotypes within the film that I think demeaned plot, and I would have found the movie to be more enjoyable without those stereotypes. The movie follows a Christian college freshman, Josh Wheaton. On the first day of his philosophy class, Professor Radisson makes the students write “God is Dead” on a sheet of paper, or else they will fail the class. As a Christian, Josh obviously has a difficult time complying with this request, and as a result his professor gives him an ultimatum. Professor Radisson gives Josh the opportunity to defend God and why he is not …show more content…

Josh does a lot of knowledge and feels as though he is going to be able to have a solid fight against Professor Radisson, but during the first two lectures the professor has a counterargument for each point. When Josh tells Kara of his struggles to go against his philosophy professor, she breaks up with him because he will not drop the course or just give up in fighting for his belief in God. Finally, in the last debate, Josh asks his professor why he hates God so much, and it is revealed that Professor Radisson's mother died and as a result, he hates God because she died. Josh has a powerful response to Professor Radisson’s reaction, asking “How can you hate someone who does not exist?” At the end of the last lecture, a student stands up and says “God’s Not Dead”, and nearly all of the class joins in, supporting

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