{"id":4213,"date":"2023-07-06T14:25:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4213"},"modified":"2023-07-06T14:25:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:25:38","slug":"passion-of-the-christ-actor-says-christianity-today-has-become-so-weak-and-useless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4213","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Passion of the Christ&#8217; Actor Says Christianity Today &#8216;Has Become So Weak and Useless&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cPassion of the Christ\u201d actor Jim Caviezel made bold statements regarding Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/passion-christ-star-jim-caviezel-faith-under-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News Digital<\/a>, Caviezel, 54, claimed, \u201cThe problem is that modern-day Christianity has become so weak and useless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated \u201cmodern-day Christians\u201d fear the devil more than they fear God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGod could destroy the devil without a glance, but he looks to us to make a decision,\u201d Caviezel added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The actor also said he believes Americans are rejecting God in our universities and religion and it has contributed to \u201cmoral decay\u201d in society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;MORAL DECAY&#39;: \u2018Passion of the Christ\u2019 star Jim Caviezel describes how our country is &quot;falling apart&quot; as religion and universities reject God. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CS4PzjEM09\">https:\/\/t.co\/CS4PzjEM09<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZZaLh2QWah\">pic.twitter.com\/ZZaLh2QWah<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1676542726584631296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, you have moral depravity. I mean, moral decay everywhere, falling apart,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caviezel noted, \u201cLaws don\u2019t mean anything anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have a First Amendment\u2026There\u2019s no such thing as free speech anymore. You\u2019re absolutely destroyed everywhere, and the media throws out everybody\u2019s a racist,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caviezel, who starred in the 2022 film \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt7599146\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sound of Freedom<\/a>\u201d about human trafficking, revealed why he only chooses movies with a \u201cmoral redemption.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe purpose God gave me in this business, I wanted to bring his light,\u201d he told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The actor added, \u201cAnd it doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m always his light into an industry. And I wanted to do that, but it doesn\u2019t mean that I\u2019m not going to play the devil in movies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While explaining what roles he will take on, Caviezel said, \u201cBut the math is so wrong now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt just seems [the devil\u2019s] evil is winning right now,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Caviezel acknowledged he \u201cmay not have any friends around me when this is over\u201d but he will still \u201chave [God\u201d who \u201cwon\u2019t leave\u201d him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be looking at him at that point. When I do leave this earth, at least I gave the best I could from God, you know, and my Father in heaven,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caviezel said he wants the world to know he loves God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd maybe that\u2019s evil to them. Not to me, but to them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/ijr.com\/passion-of-the-christ-actor-says-christianity-today-has-become-so-weak-and-useless\/\">https:\/\/ijr.com\/passion-of-the-christ-actor-says-christianity-today-has-become-so-weak-and-useless\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ijr.com\/author\/reguzel\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPassion of the Christ\u201d actor Jim Caviezel made bold statements regarding Christianity. In an interview with&nbsp;Fox News Digital, Caviezel, 54, claimed, \u201cThe problem is that modern-day Christianity has become so weak and useless.\u201d He stated \u201cmodern-day Christians\u201d fear the devil more than they fear God. \u201cGod could destroy the devil without a glance, but he looks to us to make a decision,\u201d Caviezel added. 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