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Five Positive Facts about the new movie: NOAH

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The following post is a guest post from Dr. Jerry Johnson . Jerry A. Johnson, Ph.D., is President & CEO of National Religious Broadcasters (NRB). He's a theologian who has taught on cinema and theology. Find him on Twitter @DrJerryJohnson . This post is about the March 28, 2014 movie Noah . I interviewed Jerry about the film last week at the NRB meeting. In that interview, he mentioned asking Paramount to add a disclaimer and they just did (see the bottom of this post). Here are some of Jerry's well-informed thoughts. Note: Spoilers ahead, including the fact that there is a big flood and only a few people make it through the flood in a big boat. From someone who has actually seen it. Too often, Christians are in knee-jerk reaction mode when it comes to popular culture. If the world made it, we are against it, and can provide the list to tell you why. This is especially true with Hollywood. While there may be much to critique about Tinsel Town, it is more fair (and