Comments on: So what are your thoughts on the whole Twilight thing? http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brandy http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137&cpage=1#comment-3840 Brandy Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:08:56 +0000 http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137#comment-3840 Sorry! How annoying am I today? Okay, so after I wrote that comment, something else came across my Reader: <a href="http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/11/twilight-lessons-girls-learn/" rel="nofollow">Wired Magazine: Top 20 Unfortunate Lessons Girls Learn From <i>Twilight</i></a>. Sorry! How annoying am I today?

Okay, so after I wrote that comment, something else came across my Reader: Wired Magazine: Top 20 Unfortunate Lessons Girls Learn From Twilight.

]]> By: Brandy http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137&cpage=1#comment-3839 Brandy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:56:44 +0000 http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137#comment-3839 Hi Sallie! I'm glad you liked the article. I don't know anyone who wants to actually talk--intelligently--about the books. Most women I know are either obssessed with them or, alternately, don't care a bit about the subject at all. I, on the other hand, am not naturally interested in the books themselves, but their popularity intrigues me. Anyhow, it was nice to find someone to share that link with! I have another link for you today, even though this post is off of the main page...meaning I'm not supposed to comment, right? :) Doug Wilson has been reviewing the series--or maybe it's just the first book-over at Credenda Agenda. So far, I haven't thought his reviews were as intelligent or well-thought-out as the article I linked you to before. However, comma...Today was a little different. Today his review was written from the perspective of a pastor concerned for what young women in his flock will <a href="http://credenda.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131:twilight-6&catid=101:reviews&Itemid=122" rel="nofollow">learn about abusive relationships</a>. Intriguing, no? I'll be curious to hear what you think... Hi Sallie!

I’m glad you liked the article. I don’t know anyone who wants to actually talk–intelligently–about the books. Most women I know are either obssessed with them or, alternately, don’t care a bit about the subject at all. I, on the other hand, am not naturally interested in the books themselves, but their popularity intrigues me. Anyhow, it was nice to find someone to share that link with!

I have another link for you today, even though this post is off of the main page…meaning I’m not supposed to comment, right? :)

Doug Wilson has been reviewing the series–or maybe it’s just the first book-over at Credenda Agenda. So far, I haven’t thought his reviews were as intelligent or well-thought-out as the article I linked you to before. However, comma…Today was a little different. Today his review was written from the perspective of a pastor concerned for what young women in his flock will learn about abusive relationships. Intriguing, no?

I’ll be curious to hear what you think…

]]> By: Kristy/southeastcountrywife http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137&cpage=1#comment-3808 Kristy/southeastcountrywife Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:40:22 +0000 http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137#comment-3808 I haven't read the books or seen the movies. I wouldn't be opposed to reading one to check it out except for the actual concept makes me sick to my stomach and takes away all desire to even crack the cover. Unlike an earlier commenter, from having had training on the occult and also being previously involved in ministry to people with heavy occult connections, I happen to believe vampires are real--though not in the traditional way Hollywood has portrayed them. Because of that, I find the concept extremely disturbing. I have listened with interest to the comments of Twilight fans, though. A lecturer I had earlier this year said that they are definitely not quality literature but she was hooked, anyway. Other people just say it's not about the vampires but about the beautiful love story...which makes me just wonder why it couldn't have been written without the vampires!!! :) Just like the Harry Potter craze, I find the absolute obsession intriguing...when something takes off in this manner, I can't help but wonder if it's being driven by something more... I haven’t read the books or seen the movies. I wouldn’t be opposed to reading one to check it out except for the actual concept makes me sick to my stomach and takes away all desire to even crack the cover. Unlike an earlier commenter, from having had training on the occult and also being previously involved in ministry to people with heavy occult connections, I happen to believe vampires are real–though not in the traditional way Hollywood has portrayed them. Because of that, I find the concept extremely disturbing.

I have listened with interest to the comments of Twilight fans, though. A lecturer I had earlier this year said that they are definitely not quality literature but she was hooked, anyway. Other people just say it’s not about the vampires but about the beautiful love story…which makes me just wonder why it couldn’t have been written without the vampires!!! :)

Just like the Harry Potter craze, I find the absolute obsession intriguing…when something takes off in this manner, I can’t help but wonder if it’s being driven by something more…

]]> By: Sallie @ a quiet simple life http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137&cpage=1#comment-3803 Sallie @ a quiet simple life Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:41:52 +0000 http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137#comment-3803 Brandy - Thank you for the link! That was FASCINATING! The connection to Mormon theology. Wow. I've studied Mormon teachings quite a bit so it was really interesting to see the connections. I had also recently been reading about the Mountain Meadows Massacre so that was fascinating as well. Very interesting! :D Brandy – Thank you for the link! That was FASCINATING! The connection to Mormon theology. Wow. I’ve studied Mormon teachings quite a bit so it was really interesting to see the connections. I had also recently been reading about the Mountain Meadows Massacre so that was fascinating as well. Very interesting! :D

]]> By: Brandy http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137&cpage=1#comment-3798 Brandy Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:39:42 +0000 http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137#comment-3798 I haven’t had much to do with either, mainly because I am not “with it” in many areas of my life. And I prefer to read things that are really old. I can’t afford to go to the movies, but who knows? I have a Netflix subscription, so maybe I’ll check it out just so I know what young women at church are talking about. I live in an area that is heavily populated by Mormons, and the high school I went to was very Mormon-dominated. When I found out the author was Mormon, I was wondering what the implications of that were. I thought this was just silly fiction, but the recent <a href="http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=22-08-024-f" rel="nofollow">Touchstone article on the series</a> was fascinating! The author basically explains how Mormon theology is manifest within the book through symbols as well as plot-lines. If you know Mormons, then you already know they have their own religious symbols, and that shared symbols between Mormonism and orthodox Christianity tend to have different meanings. Anyhow, it’s a long article, but very thorough, and interesting to read. The author seemed to view the books as the authors own internal struggle with her religion, sort of a working out of her faith within the pages of her book. I haven’t had much to do with either, mainly because I am not “with it” in many areas of my life. And I prefer to read things that are really old. I can’t afford to go to the movies, but who knows? I have a Netflix subscription, so maybe I’ll check it out just so I know what young women at church are talking about.

I live in an area that is heavily populated by Mormons, and the high school I went to was very Mormon-dominated. When I found out the author was Mormon, I was wondering what the implications of that were. I thought this was just silly fiction, but the recent Touchstone article on the series was fascinating!

The author basically explains how Mormon theology is manifest within the book through symbols as well as plot-lines. If you know Mormons, then you already know they have their own religious symbols, and that shared symbols between Mormonism and orthodox Christianity tend to have different meanings. Anyhow, it’s a long article, but very thorough, and interesting to read. The author seemed to view the books as the authors own internal struggle with her religion, sort of a working out of her faith within the pages of her book.

]]> By: Sara http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137&cpage=1#comment-3793 Sara Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:27:10 +0000 http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137#comment-3793 I must admit that I enjoyed reading the books and watching the first two movies. If I had daughters tho, I wouldn't want them to read the books unless I was sure of their convictions spiritually and that they had a healthy understanding of what boy-girl relationships should be. In other words, I certainly wouldn't want them reading the books as impressionable teenagers -- which majority of the readers and movie fans are. After the first book, I probably would have resisted the rest of the series if I had girls who would copy mom. But for me, it was just light reading, and quite entertaining. I must admit that I enjoyed reading the books and watching the first two movies. If I had daughters tho, I wouldn’t want them to read the books unless I was sure of their convictions spiritually and that they had a healthy understanding of what boy-girl relationships should be. In other words, I certainly wouldn’t want them reading the books as impressionable teenagers — which majority of the readers and movie fans are. After the first book, I probably would have resisted the rest of the series if I had girls who would copy mom. But for me, it was just light reading, and quite entertaining.

]]> By: Elizabeth Anne http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137&cpage=1#comment-3783 Elizabeth Anne Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:03:53 +0000 http://aquietsimplelife.com/?p=1137#comment-3783 As an adult, I think they're ridiculous, but mostly harmless, fun. I wouldn't let my daughter read them, though, until she was older: not because I was worried about the occult content (which is far more innoccuous here than most other mainstream books of the type) but because the modeling of romantic relationships is absolutely terrible. The "hero" is a controlling, manipulative stalker whose behavior is portrayed as "romantic". The heroine has absolutely no sense of self outside of her relationship with the hero, isolates herself from friends and family because she doesn't "need" them as long as she has Edward, yada yada yada... it seems romantic in fiction if you're a fourteen year old girl, but in real life it's a recipe for an abusive relationship. As an adult, I think they’re ridiculous, but mostly harmless, fun. I wouldn’t let my daughter read them, though, until she was older: not because I was worried about the occult content (which is far more innoccuous here than most other mainstream books of the type) but because the modeling of romantic relationships is absolutely terrible. The “hero” is a controlling, manipulative stalker whose behavior is portrayed as “romantic”. The heroine has absolutely no sense of self outside of her relationship with the hero, isolates herself from friends and family because she doesn’t “need” them as long as she has Edward, yada yada yada… it seems romantic in fiction if you’re a fourteen year old girl, but in real life it’s a recipe for an abusive relationship.

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