Posted on 08/18/2009 11:43:02 AM PDT by pastorbillrandles
No, it's familiar because it is a common tactic liberals use when they don't "like" an argument but cannot refute it. Thus, they resort to personal attacks.
Keep it up. It speaks so well of you.
We are really receiving a terrible education these days...Twilight does not give heed to fables, fables taught a lesson.
“C.S. Lewis’s Narnia stories -— now classic Christian allegories”
Not by my definition of “Christian” - what’s yours? Mine is “a little Christ”.
Can you see Jesus curled up with an occult novel? Would he say to the twelve, “Hey, guys. I read this really cool book about this fantasy place called Narnia. You oughta read it, too!”.
can you see Jesus sitting in his pj's in front of his computer posting on FR?
i meant to add, can you see Jesus curled up with any kind of novel? what kind?
Yikes! That brings back some bad childhood nightmares.
I liked this part of the same review:
“I’m going to try to condense my irritation with Bella into a series of points:
* She’s ridiculously clumsy, which is meant to be a fault, is passed off as charming, but basically just gives her an asinine reason not to run so Edward can save her.
* She “falls in love” with Edward within weeks of knowing him, and after a couple hundred pages, if he even mentions leaving, she hyperventilates and acts like her world will freaking collapse. Stalking is illegal in all 50 states, Bella.
* Whenever Eddikens so much as barely brushes his lips with hers, she either tries to rip his clothes off (natural) or her heart stops beating and she passes out. The girl hit the floor so many times in this book she put Giles to shame.
Which brings me to Edward. Angsty telepathic vampire Edward. While we have very little clear idea what Bella looks like, we get to hear about Eddiken’s gorgeous, transcendental face and body over and over and over again. He’s impossibly frustrating because he’s been crammed with so many character traits, depending entirely on what the author wants him to be like at the time. He calls himself a monster and thinks he should have died all those years ago, but then totally lords his awesomeness over the mundane humans. And he is awesome. Lest you forget it, he’s even awesomer than the rest of his vampire family at everything.
But the worst part about Edward is how he treats Bella. He is initially attracted to her because her smell is particularly attractive to him (okay, I’ll bite) and because he can’t read her thoughts. (Trust me, Eddikens, I’m lookin’ right at ‘em, and there ain’t nothin’ up there worth wondering about.) He knows he’s a danger to her (woe!) and tells her straight off that it’s better if they not be around each other (sorrow!)...and then he proceeds to hang all over her! He berates himself once every few pages for putting her in danger but never has the guts to fix the matter because he “just can’t stay away from her” and “[she’s his] life now.” *wretch*”
“I can’t see Jesus
changing the batteries in
His Bluetooth wireless
mouse, nonetheless I
will continue using my
Bluetooth wireless mouse.”
You’re not paying attention at all.
#1 There’s no such thing as Narnia
#2 Jesus said there’d be false Christs, and we’re not being disappointed.
A little Nabokov, anyone?
The definition of Christian is a follower of Christ.
I have no idea if he’d enjoy a good book.
Christ did speak in allegories, on purpose, in fact, so the method has been in use for a long time.
Humorless dour Christians like you do more harm to the spreading of the Gospel than anything I can think of. Who would want to be like you? A miserable, sad, person.
“Humorless dour Christians like you do more harm to the spreading of the Gospel than anything I can think of. Who would want to be like you? A miserable, sad, person.”
Huh? What? Who are you talking about? I gather that you’re casting me in a preconceived mold of something you heard or read about. Your description doesn’t fit me.
You have yet to discover the joy of a direct relationship with God in Christ Jersus. Once you do, you will put away your fiction because the reality is so much better.
The joy of the Lord is my strength. It can be yours, too.
“You have yet to discover the joy of a direct relationship with God in Christ Jersus. Once you do, you will put away your fiction because the reality is so much better.”
So God doesn’t want us to read fiction stories?
That’s is perhaps the dumbest thing I’ve ever read.
“So God doesn’t want us to read fiction stories?”
You read whatever you want to read. I’m not God. If you want His direction, ask Him. And read His book.
I do read his book. Every day.
Reading fiction does not interfere with that, any more than playing with my children.
Abortion. Drug abuse. Rampant promiscuity. The majority of Americans spiritually illiterate. Suicides. Depression.
All this going on, and the best you can do for the Master is to post that you don’t like vampire stories?
With all respect, Pastor, Jesus’ last orders for His people was to go into all the earth and make disciples of all men. Everything we do should directly flow from that order. With all due respect. I don’t see how this could possibly relate.
I’m glad to hear it.
Thanks Tera, but the standard of christian discernment and teaching has everything to do with the problems you cite, for the church is the only valid witness to the society plagued by these problems, and an idoloatrous and badly compromised church is an anemic witness.
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