“This controversy seems a lot like the hubbub over the Harry Potter movies. Anybody that thinks a movie about fighting armored polar bears poses a serious threat to faith should re-examine their own.”
LOL thats funny. It poses a serious threat to our children. It pushes ideas that many Christians find offensive. This movie is about killing God and the polar bears are only there to attract children and soften the message.
Your comment sounds just like the people that say TV doesn’t effect our children. That must be why companies spend millions on advertising.
A magician is adept at slight of hand, and part of that is The Flourish with the left hand that distracts from The Business that the right hand has to accomplish.
I remember, during the depths of the Stained Dress Meltdown with Bubba, how suddenly the First Family got a new puppy, and the news crews were all over it. "Hey, sooner not later I'll tell y'all about Monica, but right now look at this cute puppy!"
Worked, too. The whole idea is to candy coat the intro book to the point the parents, with their radar disabled, go buy the trilogy for the kids for Christmas. Cancer is the PERFECT analogy for this thing...it is corruption that looks OK on the surface, and begins destroying once you let it in.