Don’t you hate it when you feel you have been “had”??? Like you missed the plot all down the path and then bang…the true agenda hits??? I have complaints about two entertainment news items that Jim made me aware of yesterday.
The Golden Compass
I have been wanting to see the Golden Compass that releases soon.?? You know me – I love a good fantasy.?? What I did not know though was that the writer of this movie??hates C.S. Lewis, hates Narnia, and most importantly hates God.?? His??characters in this child??targeted fantasy??are going to??kill God in his trilogy.?? It won’t be so obvious in the movies but the movies are intended to entice kids to read the trilogy where the true agenda is VERY obvious and very dark.?? I was horrified when I read about this.?? I also heard this movie includes male and female circumcision.?? WHAT??? What is the world coming to for crying out loud!?? Jim sent me the snopes article that verified this information.????So much for seeing that movie!?? Sheeeshhhh!!!
Here is the link to the snopes article in case you think I just “National Inquired” ya:?? http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp
Update:?? Aunt Beck found a direct quote from the author that I thought worth sharing.
In Pullman’s trilogy, Lyra is the new-age Eve, and Will is the modern-day Adam. God is a wizened spent force of an “Authority”. And “The Fall” is to be celebrated as the defining moment of mankind, rather than the source of all worldly evil. Little wonder that His Dark Materials has been denounced by some religious zealots.
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Pullman, though, expected more. “I’ve been surprised by how little criticism I’ve got. Harry Potter’s been taking all the flak. I’m a great fan of J.K. Rowling, but the people – mainly from America’s Bible Belt – who complain that Harry Potter promotes Satanism or witchcraft obviously haven’t got enough in their lives. Meanwhile, I’ve been flying under the radar, saying things that are far more subversive than anything poor old Harry has said. My books are about killing God.”
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Complete article:?? http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/12/1071125644900.html
That ought to scare us!
Dumbledore
And speaking of HP…without getting into a debate on the Harry Potter topic??(I?? avoid posting my opinion publicaly on this though many of you do know what it is ;), I was pretty outraged yesterday when I read an article that says that Rowlings just released a statement that Dumbledore is gay.????She was, naturally,??applauded by the liberal media for this move.
Quote:?? The British author stunned her fans at Carnegie Hall on Friday night when she said Dumbledore is gay and had been in love with Grindelwald, whom he had defeated years ago in a bitter fight.
So how fair was that??? She casts Dumbledore in the best of light through ALL SEVEN books and never reveals this “secret” in her series and then outs him when she finishes.?? Very brave of her.?? Way to give her readers a choice in the matter (sarcarsm).??
Will Disney do it next??? Next week will they announce that Mickey never really loved Minnie but had a thing for Goofy all along but he is finally ready to come out of the closet???
My position on homosexuality is not relevant to how “good” or “bad” a person is.?? Rowlings attempt to stack the deck by choosing Dumbledore is beside the point (though I think that was rotten of her).??Obviously her agenda was to convince the moral public that “See you really can love a gay person!?? You loved Dumbledore and you didn’t even know his sexual orientation – you silly little child!”?? I feel thoroughly patronized now.?? Thank you for that.?? Grrrrr.
God asks me to love the sinner and hate the sin.????For the record Ms. Rowlings – despite what you may believe -??I am never “surprised” to discover that people who choose a homosexual lifestyle are often very loving, generous, compassionate, “good” people.?? My issue is not that the “good guy” is the “gay guy”.?? My issue is with the public being manipulated and set up.??
I concede Ms. Rowlings??on this point (the point I never disagreed with to begin with).?? There are plenty of “good” homosexual people in the world.?? No contest.?? I know some of them and love them.?? God loves them too.?? BUT God says that their choice is one of defiance against Him.?? He hates this choice that they make and He demands that we do not participate in a homosexual lifestyle.?? Out of commitment to my God, I have to take an equally strong position in a matter that He is certainly not grey on.?? You don’t have to like it but I can’t change or soften what God’s word says on this matter.?? “Goodness” is not the path to salvation.?? Jesus is.?? Salvation is not a weighted balance where the best of the best get rewarded with heaven and the rest are condemned.?? It’s all about Jesus.?? He is the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father EXCEPT THROUGH HIM.?? My “goodness” could never be enough.?? Only His.
Rowlings and Disney and most of the world don’t agree with??God on this topic.?? Okay.?? But why all the deceit then??? If you have an agenda, spill it!????
If Rowlings would have introduced her character as homosexual in her series, parents would have had a choice in the matter.?? Did they want their children reading books that introduced these topics??? But no, she takes the cowards way out and waits till she finishes writing and THEN SHE drops the ball.?? And better yet, she outs the character who??is likely the best loved, most “moral”??in the whole series.?? From a strategic point of view, I applaud her ingenuity.?? From a christian point of view…talk about getting blind sited!?? I am just shaking my head at this but why am I surprised?
Here is a link to the article I read:?? http://www.kansascity.com/238/story/327791.html
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Update:?? I just saw this article in the L.A. times.?? “Seven Clues that Dumbledore was Gay”.?? The seventh point confirms my statements above.?? Check out this spin:
7. The fact that so few of us realized he was gay. “No matter how many ‘clues’ I can put down that Dumbledore was gay, no matter how many millions of people have read these books again and again, Rowling surprised even the most die-hard fans with the announcement that Dumbledore was gay. And in the end, the fact that we never would have guessed is what makes Dumbledore being gay so real. So many times I have encountered friends who are gay that I never would have predicted. It has shown me that one’s sexual orientation is not some obvious ‘lifestyle choice,’ it’s a precious facet of our multi-faceted personalities. And in the end whatever the differences between our personalities are, it is time that our world heeds Dumbledore’s advice: ‘Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.’ Today as I write this, I believe that it’s time for our aims to be loyal to what the greatest wizard in the world would have wanted them to be: love.”
Yep folks – we were definitely set up!!!!!!!?? My only comment to the author of number seven is this – at this point??one’s opinion on lifestyle choice or genetics is not relevant considering God’s words on the topic.?? Pretending for a moment that people really ARE born gay (not an argument I support by the way) – the fact is God still said don’t do it.?? I have a propensity to want to sin as well.?? Homosexuals don’t get to corner the market just because they feel they were “born to it”.?? Hey, there are a lot of things my flesh innately cries out for too.?? I am a sinner.?? I sin.??I was born??a sinner. ??I have to make choices daily against my flesh to honor God’s commands.???? Can heterosexuals say it is??our genetic code to desire a sexual partner and then ignore the boundary of marriage because of our innate desire and call that moral??? Not fair play in my opinion.??Since when did having a fleshly desire for something make it moral???We can all use the “genes” excuse.?? It matters not though.
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Here is the LA Times article:?? http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-showbiz7-23oct23,1,4293482.story?coll=la-headlines-entnews&track=crosspromo
13 responses to “Deception”
Well my dear niece, add me to your disgruntled list! Both of these stories make me mad and sad at the same time. It is all about deception and choice. We were deceived, I would have liked a choice. I’m sad that we are not to be surprised at these maneuvers. Given our world today, this is where we are heading. It only confirms our committment to raising our children to know God completely and to love Him deeply – to embrace truth and defend it, and to recognize deception and not only turn from it but as you have demonstrated, have a voice against it. Thank you for sharing what we don’t really want to hear. I really trully like my rose tinted glasses but as a believer in Christ I’d much rather stand with eyes full of Him.
NO ONE COULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS BETTER! I’M GRRRING RIGHT ALONG WITH YOU!
This is why I LOOOVE CS Lewis’ version of fantasy.. you know up front the the foundation on which he stands for the story. The morality in the story has a SOLID foundation, not one built on sand like the others. The characters are types of Godliness and Godly ‘characters’ – not cheap immitations or counterfeits… Yes, I too wanted to see the compass – so much!!! But I’m SOOOO glad you forewarned me! Guess it’s back to CS Lewis and hoping additional Narnia movies come out soon!!!!
(By the way – as much as you loved Harry Potter – for some reason I could never connect and never read them. NOW I’M GLAD! HA HA! I saved myself the disappointment. (Bummer for you though!) Uggh…
Oops – you let my cat at of the bag Heidi Jo! 🙂 LOL.
oh dear… i figured that was as much tongue in cheek as it sounded because you HAVE commented positively on HP before (haven’t you???) feel free to edit my comment if you want to keep the mystery going. 🙂 hee hee…
Never have said one word about my closet reading LOL. Too late now ha ha!
i must be thinking of conversation on grace or something…a gain – feel free to delete – those who haven’t read the comments yet won’t know for sure (though i think you actually gave yourself away in the post) 🙂
SHOOT a MONKEY!
I read the books to my students when I taught grades 4 & 5. I never really understood the controversy as long as you keep a handle on fact and fiction. However, I will never understand the point of this now…but I imagine you are correct.
Brooke and I had a long talk about this yesterday. The magical influence was not at the height of our concern. To us it parrallels Star Wars and Lord of the Rings and many Disney flicks in the way the magic is used and that is very pretend to us. I know others with differing opinons that I respect on this though – and I have no desire to debate this one because I think there are some valid points on both sides and each family needs to make good choices for their specific family before the Lord.
BUT…this newest incident is a whole other matter. If I had known that Dumbledore was likely to become a gay icon at the end of the series and the series used as a platform to project a “tolerance” message – I would not have invested my money. So now, do I rid myself of what now feels propaganda? I talked to Jim about it last night and that is where I am leaning. Brooke feels the same way at the moment.
I believe Rowlings to be very gifted and an amazingly talented writer. What a betrayal to her readers though to redefine the characters AFTER all the books have been released and read by her following audience. Honestly, now that all the hints have been dropped in the press about this angle, I now look back on things written that didn’t make sense to me and now “get it”. This assures me that she intented this deception all along because she did write enough in so that later she could let you trace her steps but it’s one of those things most people only could see in hindsight. I am really disgusted by the whole thing.
Wouldn’t Haloween be a fun time to get rid of our Harry Potter books and movies!!!! (Acutually, last year when we made a bon-fire Zane got burned – so bad idea, but it would feel very appropriate!!!!!!!) It increases our responsibility though doesn’t it, to really check not only content but background on the things we endorse in our homes? I’m so glad that the Bible is full of stories that keep us riveted. Jesus the great stroy teller gives us stories and the Old Testament has battles galore. I like what Heidi said about Satan, the great deceptor, who only offers counterfeits and imitation. Thank the Lord for the many godly writers who give us so much more. Once again we are reminded to stand firm!
Along with Aunt Beck’s ideas AND Doni’s…
I’m not instructing here – I’ll say that first – I’m thinking out loud and recapping what I think you both already feel… we can’t become a ‘Christian only” society who finds no value in the work and creativity of non-believers. AFTER ALL – JESUS LOOOOVES NON-BELIEVERS AND SAT AT THEIR TABLES FOR DINNER. 🙂 His love of sinners is the reason we have reassurance of salvation today – He loved YOU AND ME enough to die for US.
We sure do have our work cut out for us – figuring out how to be in the world and not of it. To appreciate art, entertainment, and a valid teaching tools that will still build our spirits and further help us to be ‘wowed’ at our Creator. I’m certainly not good at this and get blind-sided by what I think is a good and creative thing… then it turns out to be propaganda!
Books don’t tend to do this to me as much because I’m so far behind on my Christian fiction 😉 that others don’t get my attention so quickly. 🙂 But mix movies and TV into the conversation and I get blind-sided all to often (or is it that I TURN a blind eye too often?). :0
I guess I have to be careful about the author’s of the works I read and listen to – are they known for propaganda? Are they creative thinkers or do they make a public and vocal stand for things that should deeply concern me as a believer? Even then, you won’t always know what you need to know to make a decision that will prevent something like this happening! 🙂 And who can research the life of every author we come in contact with via books/movies/whatever… UUGGGHHH…. So we prayerfully go on and do the best we can – right? 🙂
At least there ARE good Christian authors that we can fall back on for other things – ESPECIALLY books – there are PLENTY out there! I wonder if there will be more who are willing to hit on the fantasy theme like Lewis and others did? That’s what’s hard to find – fantasy that has a Christian foundation and characters who are types from the Bible (thus the general theme will not be so controversial… to some, still controversial as a fantasy at all, but not as much if there’s a Godly underlying theme it seems) 🙂 Then there is Hollywood – offering SOME (not enough) more good themes in movies (Passion of Christ, Nativity, which I’ve yet to see!, and others).
I’m going round and round… just chiming in on what we’re all already saying. 🙂
Three words……”Bert and Ernie” 😉
-just sayin’.
Is he a dad all of a sudden? 😉
Nope, not that I’m aware of;)
Just remembering that there’s nothing new under the sun.