Horror movies are not my thing. I don't do well with blood or gore or scary beasts. Even the commercials for these movies scare the daylights out of me.
In particular, there's a scene in the commercial for 30 Days of Night which really frightens me -- chills me right down to the bone. In the scene, a vampire/monster is descending upon one of the heroines (I assume). And she whispers in a quivering voice, "Oh God..." To which, the vampire replies with a soft hiss, "No God."
That gives me the shivers just thinking about it now. I haven't seen the movie, so I'm assuming there are scarier, gorier parts to it than this one scene I'm referring to. But to me, the thought of a world without God is absolutely terrifying.
There would be no justice, no rationale for evil (or good, for that matter), no truth. Or, to put it in "Christina" terms: what's the point?
Deep down, I think we all want a reason to live, ultimate meaning, the knowledge that wrongs will be righted. Look at history's greatest (and most popular) pieces of literature and film -- these are the themes that resonate.
Without God, we might be able to make the world a better place, but it will never be the place it was meant to be -- where justice is served, and order and peace reign.
I know I just pierced the tip of the iceberg with this post. So feel free to discuss in the comments.
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