Genesis: Paradise Lost

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. I gave it a 9 out of 10 because I wanted it to be longer with more of the 3D animation/action of God creating our universe, galaxy, earth, animals and finally man. But I was very impressed from beginning to end. Please don't go by any of the negative reviews. See the remarkable film for yourselves. It actually had some comedic parts in the film by the experts. I believe God is pleased with this film and I think it's only the beginning. Can't wait to have my kids watch this.

An awesome CGI experience of the Biblical creation narrative coupled with apologetics interviews from leading apologists from a young earth perspective.

Quote of the documentary: "I would rather play the lottery with my wife's savings than bet on something like that." (no endorsement of gambling!)

PROS

+ Incredible production quality, especially the truly outstanding animations.

+ Great display of the Good Message, analogous to Ralph Strean's more recent documentary 'The Ark and the Darkness'.

+ Great defense of Christianity and specifically the Genesis account.

CONS

• Even though the animations are outstanding, a bit more natural material would have been nice to see. In combination with almost exclusively interviewed academics, the documentary became a bit too artificial.

• It would have been great to hear some voices of pastors, ministers et al. This battle of academics against academics is rather a continuation of dozens of apologetic books, which have mostly the same scheme, to generate and potentiate a battle which would be much smaller without the Christian 'answer' which is not really an answer anymore, but has long ago become a driving force behind this conflict. Yes, we sometimes need answers, but those answers have not really led to a solution. Even if we would produce a documentary full of geniuses like the outstanding Charles Jackson and would overwhelm the enemy with the perfect arguments, we would still be far away from breaking spiritually through.

This is not only due to the fact that the enemy most certainly knows that this field of apologetics has today a strong connotation of being a very effective business model which happens to defend the Bible (speaking in general terms), but it is mostly because we underestimate the role of the HOLY SPIRIT in taking away the veil. The book 'The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus', by Gary R. Habermas is to date the only book and / or documentary I have come across which has not forgotten to discuss the role of the HOLY SPIRIT in breaking through the defense of the unbeliever, and sadly this documentary does also not reflect on this most important topic at all.

• Erroneous use of the ~4000 BC (MT), instead of the correct ~5500 BC (Greek OT) creation date affirmed by the following figures:

Demetrius the Chronographer (225 BC) Flavius Josephus (1c. AD; "history of 5000 years") Eupolemus (158 BC; creation date 5307 BC) Hippolytus of Rome (2c. AD; creation date 5502 BC) Theophilus of Antioch (2c. AD; creation date 5559 BC) Clement of Alexandria (198 AD; creation date 5627 BC) Demetrius the Chronographer (225 BC) Julius Africanus (221 AD; 5500 years to Christ) John Chrysostom (4c. AD; 5000 years to Christ) Augustine of Hippo (5c. AD; "not 6000 years have passed") Alexandrian World Chronicle (~5-6c. AD; creation date 5462 BC) Isaac the Syrian (7c. AD; 5500 years to Christ) Quinisext Council (691 AD; creation date 5500 BC) Doukas (1460 AD; creation date 5500 BC)

This creation date also coincides with the Byzantine Calendar and a long list of Church 'fathers' and other thinkers such as Chrysostom, Doukas, Hippolytus, Isaac the Syrian ...

• Involvement of several Calvinists (Emeal Zwayne, Voddie Baucham and others), but overall a good selection of interview partners.

I imagine there will be two types of reviews for this film, those that scoff at the Creation worldview and rate it disingenuously and those that don't. For reference I love movies and have a background in science and design.

This movie delivers it's message in a straightforward and visually stunning way--the basis of life, logic, sin and all science is rooted in what has already been explained for thousands of year in the Bible with it's foundation in Genesis. The film highlights modern contentions and addresses points many laymen or curious bypassers may have not put much thought into regarding origins and science. It also highlights many problems with the dominant worldview held by many--evolutionism or naturalism.

Considering the five year development and socially funded aspect, the film was quite good with a solid production. I did notice that at my theater, the frame rate seemed rather choppy during some of the graphically intense scenes but this may have been due to the projector and hopefully not the film itself. As a Christian whether you agree with the films content or not, it very much delivers on explaining the Christian paradigm in a very tangible and meaningful way.

If you are believer, go see this, if you are curious about a worldview you may have never considered, go see this film.

What a load of crock. All they do is try to disprove the science theories by saying that the their theories are impossible to be able to be true yet they believe that all of a sudden the earth and humans were created in 1 week with absolutely NO EVIDENCE to prove this is what actually happened apart from the writings in the bible which was written by a human just like any other fictional book. They forever quote the words that God said while creating the earth but there was absolutely nobody there to hear him supposedly say these words or anybody around to write them down . All these God believers have done is twisted the facts to match what is written in the bible ( and they did this very vaguely every time they couldn't prove what was written) . The film came across as a bit of brainwashing on behalf of their non-provable bible.