{"id":42695,"date":"2013-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/famous-film-writer-has-no-hope\/"},"modified":"2013-09-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T00:00:00","slug":"famous-film-writer-has-no-hope","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/famous-film-writer-has-no-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Film Writer Has No Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joss Whedon, a creative and intelligent screenwriter-producer who has become famous for films like <em class=\"citation\">Toy Story<\/em> and <em class=\"citation\">The Avengers<\/em>, was interviewed by <em class=\"citation\">Entertainment Weekly<\/em>. Whedon was asked if he had hope that the human race is becoming smarter and better. Whedon said:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I think we&#39;re actually becoming stupider and more petty &hellip;. What&#39;s going on in this country, and many countries, is beyond depressing. It&#39;s terrifying. Sometimes I have to remember who I&#39;m talking to. I&#39;ll say something about how terrible things are, and meaningless, and the world is headed toward destruction and war and apocalypse. And at one point my daughter goes, &quot;Hey! I&#39;m 8!&quot; She doesn&#39;t want to hear that stuff. But I can&#39;t believe anybody thinks we&#39;re actually going to make it before we destroy the planet. I honestly think it&#39;s inevitable. I have no hope &hellip;. I want to be wrong, more than anything. 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