Sunday, February 15, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
documentary
Okay, so a friend of mine is doing a documentary about me. It's a bit crazy, but yes. People writing documentaries about me is confusing. Not much to talk about I would figure, but they think it's worthy news. That's how it should be. Nobody should go out with the intention of making their own documentary about themselves. I guess that's called an auto documentary. Well, autobiographical documentary. =D
Angels, Demons and forgiveness
Last night, as I lay awake, partially sick and partially not feeling as sick as the people in my house, I thought about Angels and Demons. I don't necessarily like to call the latter demons; I think of them more as fallen angels. Demons, I believe, are different breed had come from Genesis Chapter 6; maybe they are the nephilum. How did I get on this subject? Well, I started watching this action film called "Gabriel" that was sort of like Dan Brown mixed with The Matrix series. A lot of action, but in the midst, these angels fighting over the middle ground, the front lines between heaven and hell. Essentially, they fight on earth, or more specifically Los Angeles; that's not hard to believe. I know! Los Angeles = the city of Angels. It's better to think of them fighting in LA because it's such a messed up city. At the end of the film however, Gabriel, is sent to Earth to fight the good fight against fallen angels on a similar mission, but for the other side. The Archangel finds himself not only fighting against fallen angels, but other archangels. Michael, Raphael, several others, all came down in hopes of bettering the world, but as an added conflict in the arena, the more you use your angelic powers of healing, the less of an angel you become and the more human... you fall. It becomes harder and harder for these angels to see light from darkness and many fall prey to the sins of the world. In the end, Gabriel succeeds in doing what all the other angels could not and defeats the leader of the fallen Angels; no, not Satan; apparently, he wanted too much money to do the film... or he has to sharpen his pitchfork. Instead Gabriel has to kill... Michael who has become top dog.
I'm not saying that this movie is a perfect film, nor theologically accurate, but it did get me thinking. As Gabriel vanquished Michael, who was going under another name I cannot spell, nor remember, he forgave him. But this is where I had a thought. Is it possible for angels to be forgiven? The answer must be an emphatic "NO !" Unlike human beings who have some sense of moral ambiguity, angels do not. After all, angels have known complete good and complete evil. When an angel falls, they fall completely; there is no more good in them. Nothing that can be forgiven. Were you to forgive an angel for their sins, you would be loving the sin and the sinner. It cannot work this way. I'm not sure how accurate I am on this, but it is just a thought.�
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