~~Regrettably, an appetite for lubricity exists in this world, but there is something especially loathe with an industry that not only exploits that lust but also nurtures it for profit.~~

The American people are delivering a wakeup call to Hollywood movie moguls by their reaction to Mel Gibson’s depiction of the last hours of the sacrifice of Christ as presented in the movie “The Passion of the Christ.” As every cinema record begins to fall in the pathway this movie takes to blockbuster status, a question is beginning to form on the collective lips of our society:  Why was it so long in coming?

Hollywood elites are furious at Mel Gibson. His name is deftly placed in sentences with words like “Hitler,” “anti-Semitism,” and “hate-monger.” What causes such a visceral reaction to the success Gibson is reaping from taking a chance with such a “religious” movie? Jealousy? Elitist snobbery? There is probably a little of that involved, but there is a much deeper, darker reason for the snarling and yelping of the movers and shakers of Hollywood. These self-anointed lords of the cinema and television have been exposed. While claiming that the market dictates the offerings of America’s entertainment industry, they have been spoon feeding us a liberal, immoral, atheistic product designed to eradicate “outdated” traditional values. The same radical influences that have been eroding the presence of God and the Bible from our courts, our colleges, and our public squares in America are driving the agenda in Hollywood as well. Gibson, one of their own, has escaped the asylum, given the American people something of moral substance and historic significance, and shined the light on the big lie—that Americans want the ungodly drivel that currently passes for entertainment.

For years, my disappointment in our society had festered. Perhaps America had become anti-God, supporters of the gay and lesbian agenda, lovers of gratuitous sex and violence. I blamed the MTV generation of seemingly sex-starved, shallow, morally deprived automatons for turning our theatre screens and television sets into temples of smut and depravity. Surely, their boundless lust for every degenerating, progressively shocking motion picture and program was driving the market. It turns out that I’d been wrong all along. Maybe “duped” is the better word. It turns out America would rather pay its dime for a moral, Godly product after all. We “right-wing conservative fundamentalists” weren’t just being paranoid. Hollywood has not so much been reflecting the heart of our society with its obscene offerings as it has been peddling its own heart to an unsuspecting audience.

Regrettably, an appetite for lubricity exists in this world, but there is something especially loathe with an industry that not only exploits that lust but also nurtures it for profit. At the very least, Hollywood is out of touch with America. At worse, it is conducting a massive conspiracy to “re-educate” a people whose morality conflicts with their own lack of the same. Americans are hungry for entertainment. Like those starving for food, we will eat what is put before us. The rulers of the realm in Hollywood take advantage of that reality by promoting an agenda disguised as harmless entertainment. Anyone who denies that the visual images and messages in film produce no influence in our society is either disingenuous or blind. The multi-million dollar advertising campaigns reveal just how much Hollywood knows it, too.

Mel Gibson illustrated that a market exists out there for entertainment with a positive message. Where traditional values are applauded. Where God is welcomed. Where “Baywatch,” “Sex In The City,” and “Girls Gone Wild” are offensive. There is a sleeping giant out there with no real voice in the public media who are willing to support with its money a product in the spirit of “Roots,” “Schindler’s List,” and “The Passion Of The Christ.” Gibson’s motivations are irrelevant. The liberal method of debate by attacking the character of your opponent can not change the fact that a message is being sent to producers, directors, and actors in the entertainment industry: Stop pushing the godless agenda of Hollywood and give us something better!