I saw a trailer for a new movie last night. The movie, called The Reaping, centers around ten plagues that descend on a town in Louisiana. The movie’s web site describes the story as follows:
Hilary Swank plays a former Christian missionary who lost her faith after her family was tragically killed, and has since become a world renowned expert in disproving religious phenomena. But when she investigates a small Louisiana town that is suffering from what appear to be the Biblical plagues, she realizes that science cannot explain what is happening and she must regain her faith to combat the dark forces threatening the community.
It is interesting that the web site seems to focus on the plagues of Exodus while the trailer I saw revolved around the book of Revelation (which it cited as Revelations).
One thing that strikes me about the description above is the fact that it says she must regain her faith to combat the dark forces. I am willing to wager a large sum of money that this doesn’t mean she must regain her faith in God (and certainly not a faith in Christ). Instead, it probably means she must come to believe that spiritual forces exist, which is not a particularly good definition of faith.
Given the biblical imagery, I think I might go see the movie, which opens tomorrow. If I do, I will post a review.