Posted on 08/25/2008 10:36:39 AM PDT by NYer
I wasn't meaning to be antagonistic. I really wonder if/how much effort we should spend on people who turn to a religion because of a fantasy television show. It seems on the level of Star Wars fans listing their religion as "Jedi".
Now for those already lost, let them mature and they will see things differently. If you try to hit them now, in their little sex filled Wiccan world, they will rebel even further. (I know this for fact with my own niece, now back to Christianity)
This is exactly where I was going with the remark. Maybe we as Christians need to let some of these people grow up a little before engaging them. To accept religion from a fantasy tv show places their worldview so low as to be completely unexamined. People in the western world so rarely have their false beliefs challenged by reality that they live in a world dreamt up by movie and television writers. We saw what happened when 9/11 shook their worldview--they turned to churches in droves. The problem is that many didn't let that sink in.
Maybe it's time to stop all fictional/fantasy intake for Christians (I would probably include reality shows in that). Maybe going as far as not owning a television (or at least not owning one that receives a signal). That way, if someone got into the church for a short time, they would at least not immediately be taken back by a daily dose of fantasy.
No, my FRiend. I’m telling you that it is not real. It is fantasy, not real life. The characters are real people playing parts.
No one, absolutely no one, should base life decisions because they saw it on a tv.
Really, you do know that this is not real, right?
And btw, if you want to engage in a conversation, namecalling should be kept to a minimum. Anti-Capitalist is an insult.
That is when you are speaking to real people. Tv characters, may be different.
>>It’s a harmless religion for chubby bi-sexual chicks who want to hang out naked in the woods. <<
Some of those “harmless” Wiccans nearly burned down my house when my niece crossed them.
Right.
I am glad you consider it an insult to be anti-capitalist, but your post seemed rife with the notion that anything that made a profit couldn't have any other ennobling aspect.
**Wasn’t women’s ordination intended to solve this problem?!**
LOL! Jesting again, I see!
This is typical. Note that the issue is women not attending church. Sort of like the big “problem” of girls not succeeding in math 10-15 years ago.
So what about men not attending church? Go into a mainline Protestant church and take a look around you. What you’ll see more often than not are all the women. Men and children are as rare as hensteeth. What you’re looking at is a church that will disappear in a generation. If not sooner. But note that the concern here is not the nonexistent men and children, but the women who might be leaving.
Glad to see that you reduced the number of hypocrites going to church by one.
Ouch!
Kinda like a whole lot of liberal churches today.
People who follow Wicca don’t like rules and therefore LOVE Wicca (I have some in my family) I have a niece who joined Wicca because of Xena Warrior princess. I kid you not.
Does your niece vote RAT?
Of course. Christ died for them, too. They just have to realize it, know they are sinners and need a savior.
She’s fine. She hunts with a bow and kills elk and deer.
Credit should go where credit is due: Joss Whedon wrote all that and then went on to do ‘Firefly’, an anti-socialist-establishment sci-fi series prominently featuring a Christian pastor (”I’m pretty good with a hammer. AFter all, my boss is a carpenter.”). I don’t know if Joss is a practicing Christian, but he does manage to get Christian themes and truths inserted into his series.
>>Does your niece vote RAT? <<
You just knew it, didn’t you?
It kind of goes without saying.
You didn’t read my first post, did you?
Who even talked about making a profit? I was telling you that “Buffy” didn’t do a thing. The actress was directed by a script, by a director to do things that real people do not do.
She is make believe, not real at all. Neither are vampires. That is what I’m saying. How you got anti-capitalism from that is beyond me, but then again you saw Christian themes in a show about vampires, so what can I say.
And another poster corrected you anyway about that.
Now how exactly is that the central issue of wither or not its intent or execution was pro-pagan?
And yes, I did see Christian themes in a story of a young woman who wore a cross and fought evil from Hell, went to Heaven and came back. A story of a vampire who attempts to redeem the soul given to him and attain salvation. It also included a story of a homosexual Jewish girl who uses her gift for witchcraft to fight evil (should she use a cross?), and the “Buffy-verse” is a sort of hodge podge of wishy washy Universal Unitarian nonsense (no offense to any Universal Unitarians).
Second. Firefly is an anti-socialits-establishment western/sci fi series; and an AMAZING piece of entertainment and storytelling while portraying a deep and simple philosophy of good and self reliance and loyalty.
Reverend Book is a FABULOUS character and a very good representation of a Christian pastor, one of the few on TV in recent memory.
TV, radio, movies, books, all form an impression in your mind. Fill it full of Buffy, and you might just start identifying with witches.
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