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 The stars of the movie Twilight: Breaking Dawn at the UK premier of the film.
November 18th, 2011
05:00 AM ET
My Take: 5 reasons Christians should love 'Twilight'
By Jane Wells, Special to CNN (CNN)–The books and movies of the Twilight Saga have launched a firestorm of debate as to whether the vampire-human love story represents eternal love at its finest or glorifies misogynistic and abusive relationships. I am a proud member of the first camp, seeing epic and eternal themes in the books as worthy of discussion and the violence as a part of the fictional world that tells the story. With Breaking Dawn, part 1, opening nation-wide this weekend, here is my list of the top five spiritual lessons from the first three movies in the Twilight franchise: Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse.
First, some background. Turns out, not all vampires are Bram Stoker monsters concerned only with their own impulses and appetites. Author Stephenie Meyer created the Cullen coven, respectful of human life, living off the blood of carefully culled wild animals. It is one of these “vegetarian” vampires, Edward, which the very human Bella Swan has fallen in love with. There is enough conflict in that one sentence to carry the story through four huge novels, one novella, a partial draft and eventually five movies. In the first novel and movie, Twilight, Bella moves to her father’s home in Forks, Washington from her mother’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. Soon she meets Edward Cullen, and learns that vampires are not only real, but walk daily among the residents of the small town. Her awareness of them, or previous lack thereof, does not affect the reality of their existence. In Hebrews we read that we are to entertain strangers because we might be entertaining angels. From Ephesians we also know that our battle is not against a physical foe but against “spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” An awareness of the unseen is a big piece of walking in faith. #2. Love results in, and even requires, sacrifice. In the second book and movie of the series, New Moon, Edward concludes that including Bella in his vampire world is unhealthy. He attempts to save her by breaking up and moving away. It is, he says later, the hardest thing he’s done in 100 years. Although it nearly kills him, he is willing to die if it meant she would live a normal, happy, human life. It was no less than Jesus himself who said in John 15:13, “Greater love hath no man than this – that a man lay down his life for his friends.” #3. Humans crave divine perfection. Throughout the series, Bella notes how perfect she finds Edward in every way. The gaping hole Bella feels when Edward leaves (see #2 above) is very much like the one we spend our lives trying to fill with relationships, food, status, or any other of a million different things – but can only be filled by a relationship with God. No one captures this better than David in Psalm 42, which opens with an image of a deer searching for water – just as David’s soul desperately seeks out God. In this psalm of heartbreak, David cries out to the only perfection that can heal him. Later, in verse seven he says, “deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls, all your waves and breakers have swept over me.” Our human spirits recognize and respond to the call of the Spirit of God, even if in the weak echo of nature’s beauty. #4. A drastic change of direction may be exactly what you need. In the third novel and movie, Eclipse, we learn about Jasper Cullen, Edward’s adopted brother. He was second in command of a vampire army during the American Civil war. However, after several decades of constant conflict, the violence began to weigh heavily on him and he left. Eventually he found peace with the Cullen coven. Every disciple Jesus called turned his back on one way of life to embrace another, none more drastically than Matthew who had been a tax collector. But the choice is yours, as illustrated by the rich, young man of Matthew 19. Jesus looked on him and loved him, yet he walked away from Jesus’ offer of eternal life because it hurt too much to give up his wealth. #5. You’ll only really fit in after you accept what it is God has designed you for. All of her life Bella was a misfit. In Arizona she was a pale geek. In Forks, she is the newcomer. Her mother doesn’t get her, her father is clueless. She is a square peg to everyone’s round hole – until the end of Eclipse where she realizes she’d been fighting to fit into everyone’s expectations which, although well intentioned, were far too small. “I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11. How about you? Are the expectations placed on you really right for you? Are bits of your soul and psyche rubbed raw by the assumptions you have accepted as your own? Perhaps it’s time to broaden your scope of vision. Because even your biggest dreams pale in comparison to what the God who created every good thing has dreamed up on your behalf. I can’t wait to see Breaking Dawn. If it follows the books as the previous movies have we will see one of the toughest spiritual lessons of all – when Bella learns that sometimes it is after we’ve made the right choice that things are hardest of all. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jane Wells.
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Editor's Note: Jane Wells is the author of 
This whole article is a stretch.
I am a follower of Jesus Christ and I tell you that in the day of judgement, God will cast the rebellious AND UNBELIEVERS INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE BECAUSE THEY REJECT THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED ON THE CROSS FOR THEM. THERE IS A DAY OF RECKONING..YOU CAN LAUGH NOW BUT UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU WILL PERISH.
You can tell he's serious because of the caps lock.
Just out of curiosity, which one is it?
Will I perish, or will I burn for all eternity. If I have my choice, I'll take perish. Burning for all eternity sounds like it would suck.
Also, exactly where is this lake of fire. Is it below us, above us, is it in New Mexico? It would have to be pretty big to hold the thousands of years worth of sinners. It won't fit in Rhode Island, or Switzerland. Where can I find the massive burning lake that I am to be cast into?
Yawn. 1st one was OK. 2nd one was like the 16th Harry Potter movie. Maybe I'm just old.
Christian or not, it's a terrible movie. Terrible plot, mediocre actors.
There's no spirituality nor morality in the movie. It is a movie designed to generate revenue. That's it.
Exactly.
Vampires out during the day time, not possible
Isaiah 5:20 "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who change darkness into light and light into darkness, who change bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter!" 1 Thessalonians 5:22 "Keep away from every form of evil."
Killing women and children is evil, yet god commanded it. So I guess you're saying keep away from god.
@ashrakay
Would you care to (cherry) pick a single verse to FIRMLY support your accusations?
@dustraker, 'Go, now, attack Amalek, and deal with him and all that he has under the ban. Do not spare him, but kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and asses.' (1 Samuel 15:2-3 NAB)
@ashrakay – why cherry pick.. we have the whole old testiment
This is ridiculous. The author of this articile took Scripture and bent it around the Twilight series. Don't know why they get to write their opinion for a news company. Kinda sad that this is where we are. No thoughtful research, just "here's my blog feelings hope they work."
in response: http://wp.me/p1UuqN-ex
This article was a clear representation of 1. rationalizing right and wrong to suit our needs and desires 2. taking (out of context) verses from Scripture in order to tell thyself God agrees, and 3. telling the audience, “I am about to jump off this bridge, come with me. After all, God says it’s ok.” All very dangerous indeed.
Jane Wells is the author of Glitter in the Sun bible study, which after my studies of sun-god worship and the reading of this article pretty much tells me all I need to know about Ms. Wells.
She begins the article by stating:
Author Stephenie Meyer created the Cullen coven, respectful of human life, living off the blood of carefully culled wild animals. It is one of these “vegetarian” vampires, Edward, which the very human Bella Swan has fallen in love with.
Let’s see what God says about this “vegetarian” vampire. After-all he is only drinking the blood of animals right?
After the flood and throughout the rest of Scripture God gave the animals for food, there was, however, conditions on this food….
Every moving creature that lives is food for you. I have given you all, as I gave the green plants. “But do not eat flesh with its life, its blood.
(Genesis 9:3-4)
Only, whatever your being desires you shall slaughter and eat, according to the blessing of your Elohim which He has given you, within all your gates. The unclean and the clean do eat of it, of the gazelle and the deer alike. “Only, the blood you do not eat, pour it on the earth like water.
(Deuteronomy 12:15-16)
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
(Leviticus 17:10-12)
Was any of this changed in the New Testament?…. nope!
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
(Acts 15:20)
Jane Wells goes on to say for reason number 1:
The supernatural surrounds us whether we’re aware of it or not. In Hebrews we read that we are to entertain strangers because we might be entertaining angels. From Ephesians we also know that our battle is not against a physical foe but against ‘spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.’ An awareness of the unseen is a big piece of walking in faith.
The Hebrew verse she is referring to is found in Hebrews 13:2
Do not forget to receive strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained messengers.
(Hebrews 13:2)
Let me first address “entertaining strangers.”
In the Greek:
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φιλονεξία
philonexia
fil-on-ex-ee’-ah
From G5382; hospitableness: – entertain strangers, hospitality.
Clearly to “entertain strangers” is to practice hospitality. We don’t take strangers and hook up with them. We feed them… that is to feed them real food, not the blood from our dog.
In regard to “entertaining Angels” in other translations “entertaining Messengers” this would be entertaining Messengers from YHVH not SATAN. If you can prove to me these “vampire strangers” are of angels of YHVH you could make a much better case. People walking around drinking animal blood are not exactly angels with whom we should take up permanent relationship with. Feed yes, relationship no.
#2 on Jane’s list…
Love results in, and even requires, sacrifice. In the second book and movie of the series, New Moon, Edward concludes that including Bella in his vampire world is unhealthy. He attempts to save her by breaking up and moving away. It is, he says later, the hardest thing he’s done in 100 years. Although it nearly kills him, he is willing to die if it meant she would live a normal, happy, human life.
It was no less than Jesus himself who said in John 15:13, ‘Greater love hath no man than this – that a man lay down his life for his friends.’
Taking up a personal, intimate relationship with a man or woman outside of covenant relationship is a sin.
Let’s take a look at what Yeshua meant by “friend”:
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φίλος
philos
fee’-los
Properly dear, that is, a friend; actively fond, that is, friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.): – friend.
Yeshua is speaking about laying down his life for those who call him friend. He calls them friends because:
I have called you friends, for all teachings which I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
(John 15:15)
What I don’t hear Yeshua saying here is, “Hey boys, take a woman from the village, Hook up with her a whole lot, make sure you lust after each other in a non-covenant relationship then leave her because you don’t want to ‘hurt’ her. After all, you have done no harm to each other yet, right?”
Moving on to reason #3 for why we should love Twilight:
Humans crave divine perfection. Throughout the series, Bella notes how perfect she finds Edward in every way. The gaping hole Bella feels when Edward leaves (see #2 above) is very much like the one we spend our lives trying to fill with relationships, food, status, or any other of a million different things – but can only be filled by a relationship with God.
No one captures this better than David in Psalm 42, which opens with an image of a deer searching for water – just as David’s soul desperately seeks out God. In this psalm of heartbreak, David cries out to the only perfection that can heal him. Later, in verse seven he says, “deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls, all your waves and breakers have swept over me.” Our human spirits recognize and respond to the call of the Spirit of God, even if in the weak echo of nature’s beauty.
Does Jane even see how backwards the thought pattern is here? Dear Bella is not searching for God as David is! She is a love-sick girl who lost the lust of her youth!
This Psalm was written by David when driven from Jerusalem and beyond Jordan, by Absalom’s rebellion. Where does David put his hope?
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in Elohim: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my Elohim.
(Psalms 42:11)
We are almost done… thankfully!
#4.
A drastic change of direction may be exactly what you need. In the third novel and movie, Eclipse, we learn about Jasper Cullen, Edward’s adopted brother. He was second in command of a vampire army during the American Civil war. However, after several decades of constant conflict, the violence began to weigh heavily on him and he left. Eventually he found peace with the Cullen coven.
Every disciple Jesus called turned his back on one way of life to embrace another, none more drastically than Matthew who had been a tax collector. But the choice is yours, as illustrated by the rich, young man of Matthew 19. Jesus looked on him and loved him, yet he walked away from Jesus’ offer of eternal life because it hurt too much to give up his wealth.
Are we talking about leaving a life of sin and shame to follow Yeshua, Jane? Because I don’t see these animal blood-sucking vampires leaving the sin of blood-drinking to follow Yeshua, Jane. I don’t see Edward leaving a life of non-covenant relationship, lust, and animal blood-drinking to follow Yeshua, Jane. I don’t see Bella repairing broken relationship with family and leaving the lust of her youth, do you Jane? In fact they are more like the man in Matthew 19 then you might realize, Jane.
/deep breath
O.K. lastly reason #5 from Jane Wells:
You’ll only really fit in after you accept what it is God has designed you for. All of her life Bella was a misfit. In Arizona she was a pale geek. In Forks, she is the newcomer. Her mother doesn’t get her, her father is clueless. She is a square peg to everyone’s round hole – until the end of Eclipse where she realizes she’d been fighting to fit into everyone’s expectations which, although well intentioned, were far too small.
“I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11.
How about you? Are the expectations placed on you really right for you? Are bits of your soul and psyche rubbed raw by the assumptions you have accepted as your own? Perhaps it’s time to broaden your scope of vision. Because even your biggest dreams pale in comparison to what the God who created every good thing has dreamed up on your behalf.
Fit in!? Yeshua tells us we will never fit in with this world! And woe to them that do! After all I have written throughout this really horrible article by Jane Wells, she is telling her readers to take a “broader look” at what God has for you. Meanwhile she has rationalized her way into Twilight by telling herself, it is so much like what our relationship with God should be. When in fact it is the complete opposite of what our relationship with God should be. He does not call us into a life of sin and lust and temptation… he calls us OUT! He does not call us to a “broader scope” but the NARROW one. He does not call us to “fit in” with those around us! The “expectations” placed on us by our ABBA Father, is not one of burden but one that sets us free.
In the end, Jane Wells, you have not convinced me to “love Twilight” but rather to run, not walk, as far away from these books and movies as possible!
One final thought:
And He said to the taught ones, “It is inevitable that stumbling-blocks should come, but woe to him through whom they come!
(Luke 17:1)
Wow, do you have this scribbled all over the walls of your asylum room?
Interesting response Jennifer. Well written.
I hope you don't claim to be a Christian Jane. What nonsense!
From the topic: " #5. You’ll only really fit in after you accept what it is God has designed you for."
Not so fast as we counter with a bit of reiteration:
The Apostles' Creed 2011: (updated by yours truly based on the studies of NT historians and theologians of the past 200 years)
Should I believe in a god whose existence cannot be proven
and said god if he/she/it exists resides in an unproven,
human-created, spirit state of bliss called heaven?????
I believe there was a 1st century CE, Jewish, simple,
preacher-man who was conceived by a Jewish carpenter
named Joseph living in Nazareth and born of a young Jewish
girl named Mary. (Some say he was a mamzer.)
Jesus was summarily crucified for being a temple rabble-rouser by
the Roman troops in Jerusalem serving under Pontius Pilate,
He was buried in an unmarked grave and still lies
a-mouldering in the ground somewhere outside of
Jerusalem.
Said Jesus' story was embellished and "mythicized" by
many semi-fiction writers. A bodily resurrection and
ascension stories were promulgated to compete with the
Caesar myths. Said stories were so popular that they
grew into a religion known today as Catholicism/Christianity
and featuring dark-age, daily wine to blood and bread to body rituals
called the eucharistic sacrifice of the non-atoning Jesus.
Amen
I'm sorry you feel that way. Jesus is as real today and He was in His time. If you are so turned off by religion because of some past experiences, I encourage you to find a church, pastor, preacher, minister, or friend – someone you can develop a trust in, to show you the true story of Jesus and His love for us.
More about Jesus:
Jesus was an illiterate Jewish peasant/carpenter/simple preacher man who suffered from hallucinations (or “mythicizing” from P, M, M, L and J) and who has been characterized anywhere from the Messiah from Nazareth to a mythical character from mythical Nazareth to a ma-mzer from Nazareth (Professor Bruce Chilton, in his book Rabbi Jesus). An-alyses of Jesus’ life by many contemporary NT scholars (e.g. Professors Ludemann, Crossan, Borg and Fredriksen, ) via the NT and related doc-uments have concluded that only about 30% of Jesus' sayings and ways noted in the NT were authentic. The rest being embellishments (e.g. miracles)/hallucinations made/had by the NT authors to impress various Christian, Jewish and Pagan sects.
The 30% of the NT that is "authentic Jesus" like everything in life was borrowed/plagiarized and/or improved from those who came before. In Jesus' case, it was the ways and sayings of the Babylonians, Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Hitt-ites, Canaanites, OT, John the Baptizer and possibly the ways and sayings of traveling Greek Cynics.
earlychristianwritings.com/theories.html
For added "pizzazz", Catholic theologians divided god the singularity into three persons and invented atonement as an added guilt trip for the "pew people" to go along with this trinity of overseers. By doing so, they made god the padre into god the "filicider".
Current RCC problems:
Pedophiliac priests, an all-male, mostly white hierarchy, atonement theology and original sin!!!!
Luther, Calvin, Joe Smith, Henry VIII, Wesley, Roger Williams, the Great “Babs” et al, founders of Christian-based religions or combination religions also suffered from the belief in/hallucinations of "pretty wingie thingie" visits and "prophecies" for profits analogous to the myths of Catholicism (resurrections, apparitions, ascensions and immacu-late co-nceptions).
Current problems:
Adulterous preachers, pedophiliac clerics, "propheteering/ profiteering" evangelicals and atonement theology,
Do you always come off as a complete B or just when your trying to sound smart? My first post to you wasn't published soo in short: No one cares about your "facts." In all the books you "read" or cited cuz you couldnt configure your own thought.. you must have forgot to read Thomas Aquinas "Faith and Reason." As much as I would love to debate Jesus not being God there is no point. I questioned my OT/Hebrew prof many times, who bashed Jesus as messiah.. and yet he said "at the end of the day its all about faith not facts"
#2. Love results in, and even requires, sacrifice.
In the second movie of the series, The Revenge Of The Fallen, Optimus Prime concludes that including humans in his robot world is unhealthy. He attempts to save them by leaving earth and ...rolling out. It is the hardest thing he’s done in 1,000,000 years. Although Megatron then kills him, he is willing to die if it meant the humans would live a normal, happy, human life.
It was no less than Jesus himself who said in John 15:13, “Greater love hath no man than this – that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15: 13 has been analyzed thoroughly by many contemporary NT scholars. Many of these scholars have concluded that said passage was not uttered by the historic Jesus.
e.g. Professor JD Crossan in his book, The Historical Jesus, http://wiki.faithfutures.org/index.php?t-itle=357_Life_for_Others
and Professor Gerd Ludemann in his book, Jesus After 2000 Years, p. 544, " On the basis of the parallals withing ancient literature, this saying cannot be attributed to Jesus." See also p. 695.
In general:
From Professor Gerd Ludemann's book, Jesus After 2000 Years, p. 416, "Anyone in search of the historical Jesus will not find him in the Gospel of John......This verdict is the consensus among New Testament scholars."
From Professor Bruce Chilton in his book, Rabbi Jesus,
"Conventionally, scholarship has accorded priority to the first three gospels in historical work on Jesus, putting progressively less credence in works of late date. John's Gospel for example is routinely dismissed as a source......
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_John#Authorship
"Since "the higher criticism" of the 19th century, some historians have largely rejected the gospel of John as a reliable source of information about the historical Jesus.[3][4] "[M]ost commentators regard the work as anonymous,"[5] and date it to 90-100."
"The authorship has been disputed since at least the second century, with mainstream Christianity believing that the author is John the Apostle, son of Zebedee. Modern experts usually consider the author to be an unknown non-eyewitness, though many apologetic Christian scholars still hold to the conservative Johannine view that ascribes authorship to John the Apostle."
See also http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/1john.html
I work as a full time Pastor in the ministry of deliverance, and I have encounted many demonic powers. Films like Twilight have nothing to do with the One True God, Jesus Christ, they are demonic. I want to encourage everyone DO NOT take my word about it, but take the Lords, go directly to Jesus Christ ask Him to show you that He is real, if you do He will! Have a look in the Bible
ha ha ha ha ha ha! what a joke. is that you steven? yo mammas callin u.
I see a healthy regiment of anti-psychotics in your future.
Ralph, I'd wager that you're the type of person who thinks "The Exorcist" is a training film, don't you? Tell you what ... you talk to this god of yours, record it, and play it all for us. Oh, and ask "him" if it's ok for YOU to run for President as well. If you really think vampires and werewolves are 'demonic" as you say, you need to up your meds. THEY DON'T EXIST in the first place!!! I guess it really is true .. people who believe the bible will believe almost anything else too.
@Ralph
Oh cool! I love preachers! You love to preach, but offer no proof what you are preaching is true.
Ralph, the Christian god is very unlikely to exist. Jesus was a myth, patterned after the sun gods around time.
Care to set me straight?
Cheers!
The article is pointing out themes and metaphors in a work of fiction. Twilight doesn't claim to be anything but fiction. It isn't trying to be a work of scripture.
Whatever you have to tell yourself to justfy you UnGodly living.
Whatever you have to tell yourself to justify being a smug, self-satisfied, self-righteous prig...
It sounds more like she's trying to justify the insanity of religion—desperately trying to make sense of the nonsense by trying to cling to any reference in the real world as a foundation. Not surprisingly, she chose a work of fiction to justify her other work of fiction.
Your points are moot when we're talking about a story where the guy tells his girlfriend his most longing desire is to kill her. This story IS about glorifying misogynistic beliefs and pushing women to think it's okay to be in abusive relationships. The story is about how a woman should drop all her hopes, dreams, and aspirations, along with NOT finish school or go to college, leave her FAMILY and drop all her friends just for a guy. Especially when this guy is extremely attractive and rich. It doesn't matter if he's completely insane, saying he wants to kill you and then threatening to kill himself if anything ever happened to you. I've read all the books, and I'm sorry, but I can't support this tale of pure insanity. Good Christians will teach their daughters to be strong and take care of themselves and make God their #1 priority, not some psychotic man.
Though ur point is good, if u remember edward begged her finnish school and wait, it is an was her choice NOT too
Jenny, maybe you should finish school yourself.
Actually the bible is full of misogyny. Lot was commended for offering up his daughters to be ra-ped by the town to save 2 angels. Women are repeatedly commanded to submit to men and remain silent. There is repeated references of female subjugation to men in both the old and new testament.
You're taking a couple of points of the story and twisting them completely out of context, which is very dishonest.
@LinSea, it either happened or it didn't. The bible either says it or it doesn't. Try reading it again. Leviticus 21:9, Leviticus 12:2-5 (This says that a women must be isolated twice as long after having a female baby than a male one), I Corinthians 11:3, I Corinthians 11:8-9 (this states that women are subject to men). And here's a nice juicy one for you,
"Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." (I Timothy 2:11-14)
I rather live this life with a clean conscience and loving my neighbor with the love of my savior Jesuschrist than fluctuating in the dark side, condemning others. I have great tests but I'm victorious thru JesusChrist who gives me the sTtrenght. This is the real stuff! Don't bother to reply negative comments cause I won't have the curiosity to check back again. The Lord bless you all.
idiot
Enjoy your Snuggie and Happy Meal.
The story (Vampires) is fictional, thus why worry. The Bible on the other hand has sites and historical items for it's proof. Thus 'Twilight' doesn't bother me. Nor do I waste my time watching it.
You must also believe that the Greek pantheon was real, as well, since Troy was found using information from the Iliad. The only thing that the knowledge of geography in the bible proves is that even 2000 or so years ago, people were aware of where they lived, and the history of those places.
Harry Potter also references historical locations such as London. It also mentions, "historical items" such as broomsticks which we still have evidence of today. Therefore, Harry Potter must be true.
Wow, somebody needs to read some actual literature by real novelists – extreme popularity does not imbue Twilight's author with any skill. On another level, the line, "The supernatural surrounds us whether we're aware of it or not." So, I think we are surrounded with cookies whether we're aware of it or not. Fun game, it could go on forever and ever. Find a work of fiction, any work of fiction, and use it to prove the supernatural! Does that mean Twilight is not fantasy fiction? Harry Potter is far more allegorical in terms of Harry as a Christlike figure – but neither Harry Potter nor the Bible prove the stories told are real. If it helps Christians who need an excuse to read something secular without feeling sinful, I suppose it's okay.
Ding ding ding ding!!! We have a winner!!!
Yes, your last line gets to the crux of why people like the author of this article write these sorts of things.
This article is stupid, just like the movies. If the Bible were true, we would be reading about it to understand the world. Instead, we look at *REALITY* and then twist Bible verses to appear to support it.
The compare Vampires with God is terribly disrespectful.
To Vampires!
Darwin's claim of ape ancestry was a compliment for Adam and Eve. They already have doubt upon seeing his black and thick-skinned butthole during birth.
Somebody in hollywood is sending his kids to college and all the other ones on the block off the profits from this garbage.The Bride of Frankenstein wants to have a baby next. Get ready.
Love is not about sacrifice except as part of a long term goal meeting a higher priority. "I did it all for Love" is meaningless. "I did it all for my highest priority, a happy life for her" is meaningful, but immoral. If she loved you back, you would both value happiness together as a higher ideal than happiness for just one.
Very well said!