Chapter 12 talks about faith-based Theme Parks and Museums. In the article Should Churches Host Hell Houses, Annalee Ward explains that some churches apparently have something called “Hell Houses”. There are kits that you can get and just about anyone can host one of these events. It takes you through extreme visuals, portraying things like abortions (including bloody meat), school shootings, and devil worship.
Some may say that desperate times call for desperate measures, but this seems a little too desperate to me. I’m not sure what kind of people would voluntarily go to something like this. The only people that would go, I would think, would take some sort of twisted pleasure in seeing these things. Otherwise, why would you want to go to a place where things are thrown in your face to try to make you feel guilty and scared enough that you will turn from your ways. There are a few ways people can come to Christ. Although scare tactics are one of them, I would still say that there are many better ways of persuading people of the truth. People should be drawn to the faith and convinced of the Truth that it holds; they should long to get closer to God and to learn more about Him. If you’re scared into believing, I highly doubt you would have a very strong faith or want to grow any closer to a big scary God who is there to judge and condemn you. People should see the loving side of Him and believe the fact that He loved us so much that He sent Jesus to die for us. I was always taught that not going to hell was not a good reason on its own to become a Christian. I agree with this because God doesn’t want us to just obey Him out of fear, but also to have a loving and deep relationship with Him.
While much in this world seems to be leaning more and more towards shock value and grabbing the attention of their audiences, I still feel that there are better ways of showing people in our world that there is a loving God and an ancient Truth that are waiting for them.
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