{"id":155,"date":"2006-02-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2006\/02\/when-the-good-guys-do-the-kill.html"},"modified":"2006-02-13T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-13T12:00:00","slug":"when-the-good-guys-do-the-kill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2006\/02\/when-the-good-guys-do-the-kill.html","title":{"rendered":"When the &#8220;Good Guys&#8221; Do the Killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>My wife and I viewed two movies this weekend, and we saw a lot of killing. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/firewallmovie.warnerbros.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Firewall<\/a>&#8221; is the new Harrison Ford release. In it, he&#8217;s the &#8220;good guy&#8221; and kills a lot of the &#8220;bad guys&#8221; who are holding his family hostage. We also finally saw &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/idolchatter\/2006\/01\/wanted-more-hate-in-munich.html\" target=\"_new\">Munich<\/a>,&#8221; in which Eric Bana plays the &#8220;good guy&#8221; who kills a bunch of bad guys and a veritable plethora of those hangin&#8217; around them. A spiritual person must ask: What do we think about movies that show that much killing? How do we feel when the &#8220;good guys&#8221; are doing it? This is especially relevant these days, where we hear a lot about terrorists who believe they&#8217;re honoring God when they kill.<\/p>\n<p>We embarked upon the following discussions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is killing justified for a spiritual person? <\/li>\n<li>If so, by whom, and under what circumstances?<\/li>\n<li>Who decides?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At this point, the only thing we can agree on is the fact that it&#8217;s an important discussion, one of the values and benefits of living in a culture where art not only imitates life, but leads us to reflect upon it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wife and I viewed two movies this weekend, and we saw a lot of killing. &#8220;Firewall&#8221; is the new Harrison Ford release. In it, he&#8217;s the &#8220;good guy&#8221; and kills a lot of the &#8220;bad guys&#8221; who are holding his family hostage. 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