| Not All Dogs Go To Heaven? Lislis' response to Family Guy |
[Mar. 29th, 2009|10:39 pm] |
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So, Lislis was reading something when Family Guy popped on the Tube tonight, righty? I found myself listening to the episode- admittedly, I have a love/hate relationship with that show. It's funny, but I take points off when you DEPEND on vulgarity to be funny. Ah, I miss the olden days of the classic Simpsons where they were funny by plot and satire. Heh, Simpsons, Malcolm in the Middle, Mr.Bean... I guess I am more snobbish with my taste in humor?
Yes, yes, I know there IS an intelligent side to Family Guy, somewhere DEEP in the idiocy and randomness of it all. The very theme song that promises a "wholesome" show is pretty funny.
Anyway, so, this particular episode of Family Guy kinda got my goat. Sure, I found Stewie beaming the cast of Star Treck to be pretty funny, but the Meg finding religion and dogging Brian side story was..... -_-; Yes I got the humor, don't get me wrong. But, what I am mostly responding to is Brian's comment at the end of the episode.
So, spoiler alert but only for synopsis sake so you know what I am talking about: In the end, Brian breaks down and lies to Meg that he has "seen the light" and found God so that she can stop blackmailing him in the town and he's allowed to go buy booze without being thrown out. After Meg and Brian go driving and Meg tells everyone Brian is a good dog now (o.O) and after Brian has bought his share of beer, Meg wants to take Brian to go and do "God's work". And by this, she takes him to a book burning.....thing, where christians are burning books that promote logic or what have you. :P Brian tells Meg this is wrong then tells her why would a loving God make her with a flat chest and big butt? She turns back to him, hurt, and says "But... I'm made in God's image." Brian then retorts with 'would a caring God that cared put her in a family that didn't care about her', etc. After being 'brutally honest' with her, Brian then tells her that we really don't know what our purpose/reason is, but part of the whole human experience is is trying to find that out, and whatever is out there has to be great.
And this is where my commentary comes in. :P
First of all, I was never one for burning books- one it's probably not good for the environment and far more resourceful, wise and useful to recycle it if you have a book that you REALLY don't like. o.O haha-The irony I saw when I first heard about those Harry Potter book bonfires was this: In order to burn a book, if you're a Christian and believe in Christian values, you need to first get ahold of it legally and honestly- like BUY it. When you buy said book you want to burn, said author/publisher/book store still gets the money. Buying the book to burn it doesn't do anything to support your cause, it supports whatever it is that you are opposing. :P
On the topic of books you don't like, if you don't like it, don't buy it. Ironically enough, there are quite a few CHRISTIAN books I'd want to burn, believe it or not! Most of which though have to do with parenting..... or lack thereof. >.> I was NEVER swayed in my views of book burning until I came across books by the likes of Ezzo, the Pearls, or Lessin. *sneer* Especially after I learned of the harmful effects some of them have actually had on the people who decided to abide by it/on the people who's parents decided to use it... But, that's another rant for another time. :P I have strong feelings about hitting kids, but even STRONGER ones about books that tell you to NEGLECT BABIES. The last time I saw someone decide not to pick up a baby, that child could have DIED- he develped the mumps and a fever. But picking him up would have been "spoiling him" 9_9 I've read other instances of people who listened to Ezzo's book "Babywise" only to learn their baby was several pounds below the weight they should have-like weighing 12 pounds at 3 months of age-, one baby developed anorexia from not being fed when he needed to be, and another became so dehydrated from not being fed when she needed to be that she couldn't produce tears. Ezzo's book is dangerous. Again, another rant for another time, but in defense of Christian books, I've read twice as many that were AWESOME reads: "Learning to Fly", "Graced Based Parenting", "Captivating", and of course the "Narnia" series. ^__^ And there are more, too.
Anyway, so, that's my thoughts on book burning. YES some books are dangerous. But burning isn't the answer, and obtaining said books honestly still increases sales, like it or not. :P
On to what Brian said--- Made in God's image? I personally believe "made in God's image" goes beyond skin-deep, but is more on a spiritual level. However, if you do want to get into the topic of looks, God makes no mistakes. You look the way you do for a reason, and, if you take care of yourself, all the better. Some of us may not be happy with our looks, and, I don't want to sound cold (I'm really not trying to), but I really do think there's a reason for that, too. Some people are born with certain physical handicaps, but, I've seen people who, if they lacked physically, they were NOT lacking on a much deeper level. I knew of one girl who was born with no arms and no legs- and she's one of the most talented people I can think of. She went on to do peer counseling, she could fly a kite, write, and even DRIVE. Even though I only met her a few times, she was an inspiration to me- there really was NOTHING she couldn't do. ^_^ So, don't ever let someone tell you that you're ugly or "not good enough". We girls especially are constantly bombarded with it- but never fall for the 'pain is beauty' lie. Pain is pain. God makes no mistakes and things are the way they are for a reason- beauty is less than skin deep. So what if your bust is humble. You have other strengths, and the right guy intended for you will see that, and love you for YOU.THAT is why God would create someone who does not fit the "ideal" worldly view of so-called beauty- there's so much more to them, and so much more FOR them than exteriors.
Why would God put someone in a family who doesn't care? Or who acts like they don't? Maybe it's His way of reminding that particular individual that the world may forsake us and toss us aside- even our own mothers and fathers might, but HE won't. Ever. Everything happens for a reason, and even if it doesn't feel like it, He is still there.
Bad things happen. "If God is so good, why do bad things happen?" Because those bad things aren't so much as God's doing as they're natural consequences to our own actions. I am not saying that every bad thing that happens to us is directly our fault- many bad things happen to us that we have ABSOLUTELY no control of. But---bad things happen because people choose them to. We have choice- we ALL have choice. And we all too often underestimate the power of free will, the power to choose. The choices we make do NOT just effect us, but everyone around us- in and out of our lives. A person chooses to drive--while drunk. His choice could be what takes the life of an innocent driver on the road. BUT! Someone else decided to give blood- that person's choice to give blood could be exactly what saves the drunk driving victim. Choices. Choices, choices, choices- do NOT underestimate them!
Lastly...finding purpose. Finding a reason for it all. A meaning. The funny thing is, we already found it. But we continue to ignore it. Or twist it to justify genocides. It was orchestrated to us in the very trees and ecology we are now destroying, that we're supposed to be the stewards of. But-- if you REALLY want to find that purpose, all you need but do, is ask. Seek, and ye shall find. |
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