tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5508266104861100065..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Rise of the Guardians (Dreamworks) - movie review Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-82155860796355031082012-12-21T15:37:20.960+00:002012-12-21T15:37:20.960+00:00I heard many positive reviews about this movie. I ...I heard many positive reviews about this movie. I like the animation movies a lot. So, am very eager to watch this weekend.SMShttp://hindisms.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-88361003277306672352012-12-14T05:43:29.154+00:002012-12-14T05:43:29.154+00:00@tgj - excellent comment - thanks. @tgj - excellent comment - thanks. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-89895961988312214872012-12-14T00:57:57.096+00:002012-12-14T00:57:57.096+00:00Precisely.
In the proper context, these kinds of ...Precisely.<br /><br />In the proper context, these kinds of stories might be harmless ways of conveying good moral principles. But what is the context?<br /><br />The true sources of moral authority have been so undermined that this generation does not believe there are any such sources beyond their own opinions. They can think of no reason why they would have the right to tell anyone else that any of their beliefs are wrong, and they bristle at anyone who claims to have any right to tell them that their own opinions are wrong, no matter what those opinions are. Especially if they seem to be nice and tolerant and happy ones. And where do opinions come from? The elves will be happy to give them to you. They will even give you good ones. The best! But only if they are the ones you happen to want, because that is how you KNOW which ones are best. In fact, that is what the elves are there for: to give you what you want, which is the same as what is best. And no one else can ever tell you otherwise. After all, you have a direct connection to the elves, and all they have is fear of new things.<br /><br />You go from the Pope deciding that he alone speaks for Christ to Luther democratizing infallibility to the Inklings realizing that the Golden Dawn is not on their side to Gryffindor looking for better defenses against Slytherin to blood in the streets, because the fathers stopped following the Fathers and the children started listening to the wrong kind of angels. Because the right kind very rarely speak directly to anyone, you only get a guardian angel if you've been properly baptized, and it's the fallen ones who live for deception and presenting themselves to men in every way they can, but who tells those boring and depressing old stories any more? It's much more interesting and exciting to look for the elves and tell their stories, especially when they are tell you how to fix the mess they are making.<br /><br />It's also interesting to note that, in occult circles, "evil" magicians are often referred to as belonging to the Black Brotherhood. These are the kinds of evil people who hate and fear progress, the spiritual blooming of mankind, and man's ascent to godhood. Sometimes they even walk around in black robes, hurting the elves and taking them away from people....<br /><br />There is a description of a convent educated Roman Catholic's experience with Hinduism near the beginning of Fr. Seraphim Rose's "Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future," where she describes how Hinduism was able to completely invert her values and bring her, as she put it, to the very doors of the love of evil in the space of twenty years. The sheer range of possibilities is part of it. Hinduism has something for everyone, including the thinkers who want a philosophy to tied it all together (summary: God = you = everything = illusion). Pragmatism is a big part of it. Hinduism works, in the sense that the magical practices produce very real results, and it doesn't seem too bad at first. In fact, it can be incredibly virtuous: just look at Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi)! Who could possibly be against that? Aside from the cranky Black Brotherhood types who remember how much salvific value good works not done in the name of Christ have, and how corrupting the worship of idols is, of course. And so the doors are thrown open for the Antichrist, who will appear to possess every virtue that Christ himself possessed. At first. But woe to those who take the mark instead of waiting to see the wrapping start to come off the package.<br /><br />On the grand scale of things, it may take a few thousand years to go all the way from one end to the other. But for any given person, it can happen a lot more quickly. And when you are born to the generation that is already stroking it's chin and contemplating the approaching cliff, and all your friends are eagerly following the elves....<br /><br />I think this is why, when the demons would acknowledge Christ, He would tell them to be quiet and cast them out.tgjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-40941024508998730982012-12-10T13:18:48.700+00:002012-12-10T13:18:48.700+00:00Santa got the sleeve tattoo as an expression of hi...Santa got the sleeve tattoo as an expression of his individuality and to distinguish himself from all the other Santas.JPnoreply@blogger.com