Philosophy is not about blindly appealing to the beliefs of an authority. Not once in this writer’s undergraduate career as a philosophy major did a professor ever proclaim “God is dead” and then expect students to appeal to his or her worldview. To begin with, the movie is based upon a lie. God’s Not Dead should be regarded as an intellectual embarrassment by Christians everywhere. In essence, the movie is a recapitulated version of the fictional tale about a young Albert Einstein who illustrated to a smug, atheist professor that evil does not disprove the existence of God. In addition, it is revealed that the professor never disbelieved in God, he really just hated him. As a corollary, he must defend the antithesis “God is not dead.” In the end, the student wins the argument.

One freshman refuses to write the statement. The professor claims that “God is Dead” on the first day of class and instructs his students to write this statement on a piece of paper. The movie portrays a Christian freshman who stands up against a smug, atheist philosophy professor. For those unfamiliar with the movie, God’s Not Dead is a tale of David versus Goliath in the towers of academia. As a philosophy graduate, the acclaimed movie God’s Not Dead has thoroughly vexed this writer.

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