Pope Gregory the Great got it right, "We do no harm in wishing to show the invisible by means of the visible" or how I like to read it, "We do no harm in wishing to show the invisible by means of decent film making."
As well as having a badass name Pope G.T.G knew libri idiotarum was Latin for, 'The books of the illiterate' and their necessity in the church, because people who can't read still need to connect with the story, and people who don't waste their time with poor media still need to know Jesus.
Because not only will they refuse to go to church, or watch anything on the faith networks, they won't pick up "evangelical" magazines regardless of how "edgy" they look or even read the "christian" harry potters. The odds are the same as an illiterate farmer studying from a Greek Bible. How do I know? Cause I sure wouldn't bother if I were them. Other than a few morsels of religion I feel obligated to swallow I don't really enjoy them either. So even though they have the basic motor skills to interpret a Christian movie, they shouldn't want to sit through it, at-least until evangelicals start making films for the sake of good film making. If all evangelical media were technically and creatively above par the world would take notice, any attention at the moment is unwarranted.
I think P. g2g would agree with me, "if you can't do something smart, do something right."
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