“I have four children, and my wife and I have decided to forbid our two teenage girls (age 14 and 16) from reading the “Twilight” books.
Why?
We both read about half of the fourth book, and found it to be spiritually twisted and grotesque. The author has taken liberty with two legitimate human longings (love and eternal life) and has twisted them into a bizarre parallel universe that is in direct opposition to biblical revelation.
In the books, Edward is portrayed as a “good” vampire, since he does not drink human blood, but instead is nourished by the blood of animals that he hunts and kills.
Yes, there is the ‘commendable’ sexual purity that the books are built upon, but is that enough of a virtue for me to turn a blind eye to the deeper, darker spiritual lessons that are presented in these books? The path to eternal life is given in these books: either by drinking animal blood (that’s what good vampires do), or by drinking human blood, (well, golly, that’s what ‘bad’ vampires do).
On top of all this, in the fourth book, Edward finally gets married to his girlfriend (yes, I’ve already forgotten her name, just in like in the Skynyrd song). On their wedding night, their marriage is consumated off-stage (another “virtuous” portrayal of “purity”?), but the following morning, the young woman wakes up with a mass of bruises all over her body. Supposedly, the vampire husband Edward is so stupendously strong that he can’t help but cause severe physical damage to his new blushing bride on the first night of their new ‘life’ together.
So, in between the macabre blood-drinking and the sado-masochism, I was disgusted by the books.
Don’t get taken in. These books are from the pit of hell.”
This is fishtank, and I wrote and approve of this FR post.
Ping to my post #31 re: the “Twilight” books and movies.
You have GOT to be kidding! But, I don't think you are.
We are all entitled to our opinion, but my gosh.....I really do think that is a bit of an over-reation. It may not be your cup of tea, but "from the pit of hell"? I actually enjoyed the first two books and the movie. I am horrified to think what that says about me!