The Walking Dead

(no spoilers!) Why is the walking dead so entertaining?

The walking dead is entertaining because it deals with morality issues. It is a show that is designed for the audience to ask the question: Is that the correct choice? These choices only get more and more difficult because the lines between good and evil are blurred. I find this show incredibly enjoyable because it challenges me as a Christian to see what I would do. Sometimes, the correct choice will bring very bad consequences and the wrong choice will solve all the problems.

This show plays on many of the themes found in the bible. Many links can be formed between the show's major themes and Christianity. It talks about human nature and how we are inherently evil. Without a God, we would not know the difference between right and wrong. Yet we feel that there is a morally "right" or "wrong" answer to each decision the characters on the walking dead have to make. Can humanity truly choose what is right for ourselves? I don't believe so. We are mortal people and dwell in a world of sin. In the eyes of a Christian, it is even more difficult to draw the line between good and evil because we know what is good but do not do good, and we know what is bad but crave it and pursue it.

The Walking Dead begs the question: What if this happens to you? The funny thing is that it does!!! In this world, we have an apocalyptic world full of zombies to bring out the raw emotion of life pushed to the limit. Yet in our society, we face the same issues. The questions of survival of the fittest. We are self centered beings, we are stubborn, we fight against what is good and we have it all twisted around.

The Walking Dead shows us that we struggle in sin. We will always struggle with it yet Jesus Christ came to die on the cross, so that whoever believes shall not perish but have eternal life. Is life more important, or doing what is right? We fight to live in this life, yet Jesus died so that we may live eternally. Do not fight for your life, or money, or status. Fight for what is right, then by faith you will be saved through Jesus Christ. Die to sin, and be alive in Christ, then you will inherit eternal life.

From my eyes, that is the walking dead.