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February 3, 2011
Tron Legacy:
A 21st Century Frankenstein

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Warning: this article may spoil the futuristic film Tron Legacy. But it will also draw attention to the real usefulness of the science-fiction genre: to serve as its own kind of warning to a technology-driven culture.

The author and Probe's newest staff member, Lawrence Terlizzese, is pursuing his second Ph.D. in technology and culture. You'll read interesting background on the literary use of monsters like Frankenstein's and the clone of Tron's mastermind, Sam Flynn, as cautionary tales. He also reveals how Tron Legacy forthrightly portrays at least one major Christian theme. See—analyzing movies from a biblical worldview can be fun!

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The Lightcycle from the film Tron Legacy has to be one of the coolest futuristic vehicles ever imagined. Aside from providing plenty of eye-popping special effects, the film features classic sci-fi themes regarding technology's dangers.


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Boy Scouts and the ACLU: A War of Worldviews

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Byron Barlowe
—an Eagle Scout and Assistant Scoutmaster assesses the battle with the values of the ACLU from an insider's perspective.

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Satan

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Kerby Anderson —Not only is belief in Satan an important biblical doctrine, but it has also been used to determine if someone has a biblical worldview. Kerby Anderson explains the basics about Satan, how he catches us in his snares, how to resist his temptations.
 

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God and the Canaanites

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Rick Wade
—A favorite target of critics of Christianity is the warfare commanded by God in the Old Testament. Critics conclude that this shows God to be brutal and vengeful. This article provides a context for such warfare and shows that the image of God presented by critics is unwarranted.

 

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Yahweh War and the Conquest of Canaan

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Rick Wade —The charge of God's vindictiveness trips off the tongues of critics like an established truth. It needs to be answered. But the issue needs to be addressed, too, for the sake of Christians who themselves have a hard time putting the description of God in the Old Testament with that of Jesus in the New. An expanded version of Rick's radio program on "God and the Canaanites" (above).
 


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KERBY ANDERSON
—"Although Pat Zukeran did a Probe radio program some time ago on the New Atheists, I decided to revisit the topic because of a great book (Is God Just a Human Invention) written by Sean McDowell and Jonathan Morrow. They had such good, practical suggestions on how to respond to people using slogans and ideas from the New Atheists."

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