**This may spoil the movie...a little...**
So we watched the 'Yes Man' tonight with Jim Carrey in it. Apart from one scene with the grandma it is a funny movie. I had a few good laughs. Got thinking though on the way home about how that movie could relate to christianity [cause every movie relates some how...]. I guess I would describe the Yes meeting as the church, the head speaker, Terrence, as the pastor, and the covenant made as entering the Christian faith. From there the abuse of the 'Yes' word could be equivilant to high standing morals (such the most christians are supposed to have). While it leads to a better quality of life, there is a tension between choosing to live the moralistic life and living true to feelings and desires. Perhaps best articulated as this: we don't need to say WWJD at every decision made in life and force ourselves to live that way. Fortunately Jim Carrey comes to understand this.
So we watched the 'Yes Man' tonight with Jim Carrey in it. Apart from one scene with the grandma it is a funny movie. I had a few good laughs. Got thinking though on the way home about how that movie could relate to christianity [cause every movie relates some how...]. I guess I would describe the Yes meeting as the church, the head speaker, Terrence, as the pastor, and the covenant made as entering the Christian faith. From there the abuse of the 'Yes' word could be equivilant to high standing morals (such the most christians are supposed to have). While it leads to a better quality of life, there is a tension between choosing to live the moralistic life and living true to feelings and desires. Perhaps best articulated as this: we don't need to say WWJD at every decision made in life and force ourselves to live that way. Fortunately Jim Carrey comes to understand this.
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