I haven’t. Theologian and writer, Andy Naselli, recently finished the entire book series. Some people, not surprisingly, were disappointed/shocked by this and told him so. I’m certainly not endorsing the books, much less the movies (again, I haven’t seen or read any of them), but what Naselli discovered when he personally addressed each one of his objectors is sad.
I have spoken confidently against authors I’ve never read before. I can even think of occasions when, after reading more from a particular author, I realized that I caricatured and misrepresented the work. Oh, the inner bigot is ugly.
Yes, the prophets and NT writers as well were capable of outrage. But, outrage is a dangerous thing. And when outrage is not informed by the facts and the context, it either is or can come across as nothing more than bigotry. Either way, we lose credibility.
