Martyrs of England and Wales, pray for us!
Posted on 11/28/2007 10:39:58 AM PST by NYer
My local Borders has provided a large display for the Trilogy. They placed it next to the Children’s section.
We saw trailers for The Golden Compass before Enchanted. My older daughter wants to see it so badly, she is ready to burst.
I told her that she is allowed to want.
We’re not letting our children see it.
AAAARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHH
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Sorry. Pet peeve. I know it's not your usage, but still...
Well no one put the man in jail for writing the books. But parents have a right to be informed don’t they?
Has she read the books? It's inevitable that at some point in time, she will see the movie at a friend's house. Before that happens, perhaps you and she should sit down and discuss the books and movie. If she is in the least bit sensitive, she would be very upset to learn that atheists don't believe in Jesus Christ and these books encourage children to feel the same way.
"In the current Newsweek, Pullman lashes out at me saying, [How could Donohue know that I'm a militant atheist, and that my intention is to convert people?] That’s easy—I just quote him: ‘I’m trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief.’"In case anyone was still wondering, there's this from Pullman himself.
That was enough.
She prefers So You Want to Be a Wizard, which although a very odd book (she likes odd books) with a similar theme, has a Christian worldview (at one point in the book the Archangel Michael is trying to persuade Lucifer to see the error of his ways). But she didn't read it until she was 12 or so.
She won’t find it at any of her friend’s houses. Trust me. I had to convince moms that Enchanted was fine.
One of the moms took her 10 and 18 year olds to see Hairspray. When Prudy Pingleton throws the Holy Water on her daughter Penny and yells “Devil child, Devil child”, the 18 year old leaned into her mother and said, “That’s you!” The people we hand around are a bit over the top!
But you are absolutely correct. I need to discuss these books and the movie with her. It’s forbidden fruit until we talk about it and I want her to see it all from the proper perspective. Thanks!
That sounds marvelous!
I think she will be getting it for Christmas!
Negative word of mouth is the way to go.
Hannady and Combs will be discussing it tonight.
This is from the same Hollywood liberal thought machine that won’t say a single negative thing about Islam, but feels fine about producing movies that are blatantly anti-Christian.
Hannady and Combs will be discussing it tonight.
Apart from Pullman, another British atheist, Richard Dawkins is also striving with all his might to ride roughshod over Christian principles. Add to this the cloning industry and the push to criminalize any sort of criticism of homosexual behavior which are in advanced stages over there and it makes for a very unhappy picture.
Certain individuals have been used by Satan to further his ends throughout history, but it's an inescapable fact that certain countries have also been used for the demonic agenda. Britain seems to be under an awful curse.
As if we don’t have enough anti-christian garbage to contend with, then this comes out.
Unnghhhh!!!
Martyrs of England and Wales, pray for us!
On the plus side, I was a poster for Prince Caspian. Wanna bet the next Narnia movie out-grosses Pullman’s screed 3-1?
I’ll go see a Narnia movie ... I won’t be seeing Pullman’s ... “stuff”.
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