Anti-Christian and Political Rhetoric

...drives me NUTSO!

I swear at least four to five times a day the past week, I've received e-mail about the new Nicole Kidman movie coming out -- The Golden Compass...

Here is a sample of one of them:
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I am pretty sure I had seen the commercial for it and was wanting to see it. I figured it looked like a good kid movie; but apparently not!

Confirmed by snopes 2007.

A movie to avoid

We need to get the word out about this movie - it is coming out in December - an atheist produced it, it is marketed for children and in the end they kill God.

Send this to everyone you know.

http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

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here is another:
A close friend sent this to me and I checked it out. Please do read this! God bless, Susan


Hello everyone. OK, this is the largest e-mail that I have ever dispersed but I thought it was extremely important. There is a Holy War going on, let’s be PRO-ACTIVE and protect our little ones minds, eyes, and ears!! I’m praying God will intervene and not allow this movie to be released, even so, may we take a vocal and active stand for our God! And may Phillip Pullman’s eyes be opened to the truth! Following is a copy of what was sent to me.

I heard there is an anti-Christian children's movie (written by an atheist, Philip Pullman of England) called The Golden Compass coming out on December 7 (just in time for Christmas). It stars Nicole Kidman, so it will be getting a lot of publicity. Philip despises C.S Lewis and Narnia, and his goal is to "kill GOD in the minds of children". An article written about him labels him "the most dangerous author in Britain!" He has written 3 books that all promote atheism, and the movie depicts his first book (which is the more watered-down of the 3). His goal is that you see the movie and then that your kids want his trilogy for Christmas…and then it REALLY gets offensive in the second 2 books!! But just to give you a tid-bit of what's in Philip's books… a ex-nun calling Christianity a convincing mistake, 2 characters representing Adam & Eve KILL God (called YAHWEH) in the end, and there's a story about castration & female circumcision! I am blown away by this! It will be targeted toward children and advertised as a fun-holiday flick. Don't fall for it! Here is the snopes article about it to back up what I've been saying… http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

PLEASE, PLEASE tell everyone you know and love NOT TO SEE THIS MOVIE!! Imagine how our children's little minds would absorb these awful lies! Let's get the word out and fight back!!! Boycott The Golden Compass!!

Let’s never cease to pray for a lost and dying world. I am so thankful God has opened my eyes to His truth. We must pray for others-He loves them as much as me.

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And in the end, ultimately, here is my response to everyone.... :)

I don’t know, the whole right wing holy-roller group said the same sorts of things about the Harry Potter series of movies and – to me – there is no harm in those movies whatsoever… they're movies about good vs. evil and good prevailing… with a lot of cool special effects, neat accents and awesome wardrobes as well. I used it as a talking tool with my son in the language he understands to discuss what he though it was really about… do we believe in witches and magic and sorcery? Of course not…

I would personally rather SEE the movie and use it as a teaching tool to have an open medium for communication with him about the Father and such… rather than taking someone else’s word for what it is… children don’t see things like we do… and I embrace that and use every moment to be a teaching tool rather than assuming it’s just protecting him… I would LOVE for my son to be one to question EVERYTHING so that he’s not just blindly following what I say because I say it.. I want him to WANT to know the WHYS and WHOs and WHATs of our God and to learn to seek it on his own… and if a movie is the basis for igniting another great conversation (and boy we’ve had some doozies) with him about that…??? I don’t see that as harm… I see it as an incredible teaching opportunity.

I’m not saying anything other than… I am one to challenge everything and make my own decision… and I’m proudly raising my son to do the same. I don’t think we’re doing it “right” anymore than I think someone else is doing it “wrong”… just saying that… you just never know where there may be an opportunity missed because of trying to do the “right thing” and boycotting something just because someone said so… when you haven't even found out for yourself the opportunities that could await from the experience.

And before you even ask yourself -- know this -- Yes, I’m a rebel!

Quizzes

OK, so I admit it.... I love taking quizzes. Though half the time I find myself choosing answers that are nothing like me but they're the only ones from the multiple choice that even seem reasonable (to me)... which, of course, means that the answer is skewed... but it's neat to read it and see if you're "in common" with your homies. :) (OMG did I just USE that word?)

So I found another one... Are You A Perfectionist? LOL... well, DUH, of COURSE I am...but I still took the stupid quiz. :) Here's what it said.

You Are 75% Perfectionist

You are a true perfectionist. You are both demanding of yourself and others. While it's great to have goals and standards, they don't need to be sky high!

Are You a Perfectionist?

and then I had to do this one... to find out my inner Sesame Street personality match... :( Boy is this mean or what? ROFL

You Are Oscar the Grouch

Grumpy and grouchy, you aren't just pessimistic. You revel in your pessimism. You are usually feeling: Unhappy. Unless it's rainy outside, and even then you know the foul weather won't last. You are famous for: Being mean yet loveable. And you hate the loveable part. How you life your life: As a slob. But it's not repelling as many people as you'd like!

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

And gee... whoda thunk this one? ROFL... I hadn't been called a Bit#% for nothing! Ha!

You're Totally Sarcastic

You sarcastic? Never! You're as sweet as a baby bunny. Seriously, though, you have a sharp tongue - and you aren't afraid to use it. And if people are too wimpy to deal with your attitutde, then too bad. So sad.

How Sarcastic Are You?

I am ONE Lucky Girl!!!

Can you believe it that today is my tenth notice that I've won a South African lottery ... I am their latest one MILLION dollar winner... Wow... yesterday it was one from the UK... Before too long, I'll give Oprah a run for her money huh?! :)

Stick with me... and you, too, can get lots of luck! (Bwa ha ha ha ha ha)

I hate spam... you just can't seem to filter it enough!

Cute thought for the day

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you're done.

A Conversation With Josh

Josh wanted to help me last night make the Mexican corn side dish. I opened and drained one can of corn and poured it into the pan. I opened and drained the second can of corn and he wanted to pour it in. In it goes. Then, I realized that I'd forgotten to melt the cream cheese and butter in the pan SO I got out a big bowl and dumped the corn into that and then got the package of cream cheese out of the fridge and began to cut it into small blocks (so that it would melt easier)... Josh began to put them into the pan one by one... I got the butter out of the fridge and put a blob of that in the pan.

Josh began to watch them all melt... at which time I reached for the corn to pour it in.

"You can put the corn in the pan"

"Why not"

"Because it will melt"

"Corn can't melt"

"It can if you put it in lava"

... ???? ok... just the weird ramblings of my crazy 8 year old. :)

Posting photos from WDW

I only uploaded 10 pictures so far from Disney and I edited one of my posts to include some of those (so look back to see a couple of them)... but here are the others that I really like. :)

This is Drew on the plane ride home.... at least he took a nap this time.



This is Drew looking at the aquarium at The Seas exhibit in Epcot.


I absolutely LOVE this photo of Drew...



Me and the Big Cheese himself.



Getting kisses whenever I can....



The boys after the ride at Epcot for Journey to Imagination (they had just made sandy candy (a.k.a. "kiddie crack")



And my fun little Josh-a-roni being his usual goofy self:

Degrees of Separation ~ An Experiment

My link to this experiment was Nina Perrin from her blog What the BUZ is ABOUT: http://buzabouts.blogspot.com/

Will you join me in an experiment? I will answer the question: What was I doing 10/20/30 years ago...Then, you answer this question on your blog or here in the comments section. Tag as many other bloggers as possible & have them link back to http://www.relevantblog.blogspot.com/ (Mary DeMuth) who started this little social experiment!

Ten Years Ago (1997) - I lived in Colorado Springs, CO and was 24. I was a communications shift supervisor for the El Paso County Sheriff's Office (which is basically saying I was a 911 operator/police/fire/ems dispatcher and I supervised the staff on my shift. I had Boomer and Gidget (my Boston Terriers) and a cute little house on Bramble Lane... lived for the snow and drives into the mountains.

Twenty Years Ago (1987) - I was 14... don't get me trying to even freakin GUESS what grade I was in...??? 8th.. 9th? sheesh...

Thirty Years Ago (1977) - I was 4 years old, only one year older than my youngest son is now... my parents were still married... and some point within this time before I turned 5, we moved to the house where my mom still lives.

So here are my "tag your it":

Cindy Vernon - http://www.cindyvernon.blogspot.com/
Korin Sutherland - http://inkydoodle.blogspot.com/
Libby - http://stampinlibby.blogspot.com/
Hilary - http://www.hilaryscraps.typepad.com/