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�Gangs of New York

�Romeo and Juliet

�Scarface

�The Departed

�Godfather

�The Social Network

�Up in the Air

�Boys Don’t Cry

�Pay It Forward

�My Sister’s Keeper

1. Don’t Stop Believing, by Journey

2. Changes, by Tupac

3. The Way It Is, by Bruce Hornsby

4. The End of the Innocence, by Don Henley

5. Fast Car, by Tracy Chapman

Good and Evil Fight Forever –

A Circular Non-Story

Good Defeats Evil –A Linear Story

1. Every Disney movie

2. Hero defeats the villain

3. Teacher gets through to the kids

4. Lawyer persuades the jury of the truth

5. Natives beat the invaders

6. Scientist beats the disease

7. Kids stop the robbers

8. Guy and girl hold out for each other

9. Family stays together through adversity

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Happy Ending

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Happy Ending

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Hinduism

Buddhism

Zoroastrianism

Atheism

Happy Ending

Good > Evil

No Happy Ending

Good = Evil

Reincarnation

Escape to Nothing

Eternal War

No Good and Evil

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and not our happiness…

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in ordering social groups and selecting among them

Happy Ending

Good > Evil

No Happy Ending

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Happy Ending

Good > Evil

No Happy Ending

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Good = Evil

Internal ExternalHinduism

Buddhism

Zoroastrianism

Atheism

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Good > Evil

No Happy Ending

Good = Evil

Internal ExternalHinduism

Buddhism

Zoroastrianism

Atheism

Christianity Islam

Capitalism

Individualism

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Good > Evil

No Happy Ending

Good = Evil

Internal ExternalReincarnation

Escape to Nothing

Eternal War

No Good and Evil

New Human

Nature

Theocracy

“Progress”

� Offer the best story

� Diagnose the problem/villain

� Proclaim healing in Jesus

� Call us to be part of the greatest mission of all time