I wrote a review on Netflix for their new original movie Come Sunday, about Carlton Pearson and his revelation of Universalism. Well, for quite awhile it was in the voted most helpful section (of the review section) with a helpful vote of 34 of 53 (equaling 64% positive). However yesterday I noticed it wasn't in the voted most helpful section anymore and it wasn't even in the recent reviews section. It was completely gone.
So, I went to the Netflix live chat and talked with an employee of Netflix to resolve this. I thought maybe people voted it as inappropriate (with their agendas) and decided to ask if my review was taken down. I ended talking to a guy named Jose, and he told me if I still see my review in my reviews section of my profile (he sent me a link), then the review is still up on the Netflix site. I saw it in my reviews. However, I changed profiles and looked through the reviews on Come Sunday and it wasn't anywhere to be found. Still gone.
Jose ended up telling me, "Hopefully other people can still see your review and it'll be helpful for them." It's been long enough since that discussion to where someone either had to vote for or against the review but it is still stuck at 34 of 53. Which in my opinion, means people still can't see it (or it is being censored). Could be a glitch in the system and that is why I asked Jose to put it in the feedback tracker for the developers (or w/e), that a reviewer can't see their own review on a movie.
What do you think? Glitch or censorship?
PS: If you have Netflix, can you check and tell me if you see the review?
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The review:
As good as a biopic that this movie is, it also has its negative slant towards the Christian faith (as not being "all inclusive"). The movie basically asks how do we remove this idea of fearing God, and Carlton Pearson's solution is Universalism. Do you want to know God's solution, according to the Bible? His grace. "There is therefore now no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus."
Christ did pay for your sins, and neither does He condemn you, He came not into the world to condemn it but save it. Likewise, to gays, contrary to how this biopic depicted God as sending gays to Hell for just being gay (they had no control, is the argument), that is not what scripture says to them. For gays too did Christ die, so that they too may have life and victory over sin. They do need saving, as do we all.
Over all the biopic was informative, and for a Christian, when Carlton Pearson was preaching on Universalism the misuse of verses was off-putting. Universalism isn't the answer or resolution to sin, Hell, and God. It is Christ, and Him crucified. Give the biopic a watch, but be mindful of the inherent bias against salvation by faith, and the poor attempts to convey salvation as not being available to all (such as the gay man, of which God's grace is sufficient for)
So, I went to the Netflix live chat and talked with an employee of Netflix to resolve this. I thought maybe people voted it as inappropriate (with their agendas) and decided to ask if my review was taken down. I ended talking to a guy named Jose, and he told me if I still see my review in my reviews section of my profile (he sent me a link), then the review is still up on the Netflix site. I saw it in my reviews. However, I changed profiles and looked through the reviews on Come Sunday and it wasn't anywhere to be found. Still gone.
Jose ended up telling me, "Hopefully other people can still see your review and it'll be helpful for them." It's been long enough since that discussion to where someone either had to vote for or against the review but it is still stuck at 34 of 53. Which in my opinion, means people still can't see it (or it is being censored). Could be a glitch in the system and that is why I asked Jose to put it in the feedback tracker for the developers (or w/e), that a reviewer can't see their own review on a movie.
What do you think? Glitch or censorship?
PS: If you have Netflix, can you check and tell me if you see the review?
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The review:
As good as a biopic that this movie is, it also has its negative slant towards the Christian faith (as not being "all inclusive"). The movie basically asks how do we remove this idea of fearing God, and Carlton Pearson's solution is Universalism. Do you want to know God's solution, according to the Bible? His grace. "There is therefore now no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus."
Christ did pay for your sins, and neither does He condemn you, He came not into the world to condemn it but save it. Likewise, to gays, contrary to how this biopic depicted God as sending gays to Hell for just being gay (they had no control, is the argument), that is not what scripture says to them. For gays too did Christ die, so that they too may have life and victory over sin. They do need saving, as do we all.
Over all the biopic was informative, and for a Christian, when Carlton Pearson was preaching on Universalism the misuse of verses was off-putting. Universalism isn't the answer or resolution to sin, Hell, and God. It is Christ, and Him crucified. Give the biopic a watch, but be mindful of the inherent bias against salvation by faith, and the poor attempts to convey salvation as not being available to all (such as the gay man, of which God's grace is sufficient for)