{"id":37211,"date":"2018-08-14T06:44:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T04:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=37211"},"modified":"2023-08-14T05:11:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T03:11:13","slug":"the-main-star-from-guardians-of-the-galaxy-thanks-god-publicly-when-receiving-an-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2018\/08\/14\/the-main-star-from-guardians-of-the-galaxy-thanks-god-publicly-when-receiving-an-award\/","title":{"rendered":"The Main Star From 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Thanks God Publicly When Receiving an Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American actor Chris Pratt, star of films like \"Guardians of the Galaxy\" and \"Jurassic World\", received the day before yesterday a loud ovation when mentioning God in the Teen Choice Awards.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2018\/05\/18\/loreena-mckennitt-dantes-prayer-a-beautiful-prayer-that-came-from-a-hell\/\">Loreena McKennitt, \"Dante\u2019s Prayer\": a beautiful prayer that came from a hell<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2017\/12\/30\/iskierka-spark-a-polish-song-that-exposes-the-drama-of-abortion-with-rhythm-of-rap\/\">'Iskierka' (Spark): a Polish song that exposes the drama of abortion with rhythm of rap<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><big>A Christian in Hollywood who expresses his faith without complexes<\/big><\/p>\n<p>These awards, granted annually by the Fox based on votes made by teenagers, are granted to celebrities of film and music. <strong>One of this year's awards was given to Chris Pratt for his performance in \"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom\".<\/strong> As Katie Yoder pointed out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2018\/08\/13\/chris-pratt-tells-teens-i-love-god-you-should-too\">Newsbusters<\/a> yesterday, <em>\"in an entertainment world that routinely mocks Christianity, one big name actor is using his platform to share his love of God.\"<\/em> Went he go on the stage to pick up his prize, Chris said: <em>\"<strong>I want to thank God. I always do that when I'm up on a big platform in front of a bunch of young faces. I say I love God. <\/strong>That\u2019s my thing.\"<\/em> You can see him saying those words in minute 1:11 of this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qD_o_57o7ks?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Instead of receiving reproaches, <strong>Chris's words about God were greeted with a standing ovation from the young people attending the ceremony.<\/strong> Chris was raised as a child as a Protestant Christian. As an adult, the premature birth of his son strengthened his faith.<\/p>\n<p><big>Two months ago he gave Christian advices on the MTV<\/big><\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time that Chris openly expresses his faith in public: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithwire.com\/2018\/06\/19\/god-is-real-god-loves-you-chris-pratt-declares-9-rules-to-next-generation-in-epic-mtv-awards-speech\/\">last June he did so when he received an award from MTV<\/a>, a channel known for his progressivism. On that occasion he proposed to the spectators nine rules, including the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\"<strong>You have a soul. Be careful with it.<\/strong>\"<\/li>\n<li><em>\"<strong>God is real. God loves you, God wants the best for you.<\/strong> Believe that, I do.\"<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\"<strong>Learn to pray.<\/strong> It's easy, and it is so good for your soul.\"<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\"Nobody is perfect. People will tell you that you are perfect just the way that you are, you\u2019re not! You\u2019re imperfect. You always will be, but <strong>there is a powerful force that designed you that way<\/strong>, and if you are willing to accept that, you will have grace. And <strong>grace is a gift.<\/strong> Like the freedom that we enjoy in this country, <strong>that grace was paid for with somebody else\u2019s blood.<\/strong> Do not forget it. Don\u2019t take it for granted.\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On that occasion <strong>he ended his speech with a \"God bless you\".<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American actor Chris Pratt, star of films like \u00abGuardians of the Galaxy\u00bb and \u00abJurassic World\u00bb, received the day before yesterday a loud ovation when mentioning God in the Teen Choice Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11953],"tags":[8189,10713,11954,8444],"class_list":["post-37211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-cinema-and-tv","tag-chris-pratt","tag-christianism","tag-guardians-of-the-galaxy","tag-jurassic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}