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i absolutly LOVE Jars of Clay
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Hmm- thankeefor you comments- especially your's meegs set me straight. There seemed to be something of a hypocritical edge in my last Blog- and for that i apologies to me and you. there are always times when i have auch apathetic ness, and i guess ive never takien into account other people's positions in life.
But my main qualm lay with the total apathy to at least try and seek God and what you believe - laziness...and stuff. ._. agh i lost my juice

Anyway- i just read some of the things on that pokemon vs christian children link on SHrub's blog. what an age old debate. Actually, not that age old because it is a rather recent one involving Dan Brown and teh di vinci code.
When i was reading it i frowned - conflicting and rather bemused. Espeially because i loce role-playing games :D Pokemon and the Occult? never thought about that one.

yesterday in YF (youth fellowship) we were talkinga bout suffering, that Christians suffer because of their attitude, which is the attitude of Christ, and also have an attitude of Christ to Suffering.
I think it meant that as Christians, we have Christ's attitude to the world and to things- we know that for a lot of things int he world it is Bad, and therfore you find most Christians abstaining from things that the World takes pleasure in. I don't need to name any...XB

many christians, many churches encourage the abstinance from many of the popular things of the world, therefore. And recently we have heard upcries from churches about Harry Potter, Di Vinci Code and now Pokemon because of occultish undertones and bases and stuff.
Personally as a Lover of all things fantasy i can see that it seems stupid. YOu can discern fun from reality, and role playing with cards and pictures and wanting to beat someone in a game using your imagination surely isnt bad. Perhaps playing at an impressionable age when you aren't so solid about what you know about your faith and you let fantasy become reality and start applying the physics and forces that make Pokemon into you're own life- this can be harmful.

But when you know what you know, but love fantasy and you know the physics of fantasy but nkow it is a game- Knowing Dan Brown's book is in the fiction section of the library for a reason, and are aware of your doctrine and jsut want to enjoy the adventure and literary prowess of J.K Rowling- are you still be influenced, is it still dangerous? Does it lead to sin?

Another example of this could be Biology and evolution, which is also mentioned in said site. Evolution from a single celled organism is a widely accepted theory and people always use it as ammo against christianity. A lot of Christians shy away from mention of the theory becuase- like most things that poke fun at us- stuff that is used like ammo always makes us angry and makes us write angry angry blogs like this. We can't help it- we're passionate i suppose you could say.

But shying away from opposision and denying it doesnt really get us anyway, or the opposision anywhere. Avoiding things because they are bad- thats good. But sometimes we still need to be open minded- not fully accepting of the world and all its political correctness (accepting the world wholy is Baaad- because the world is wholy against God) but to understand their point of view, to learn about it, to question what you believe by challenging it, and not jsut accepting it, asking questions, knowing what you believe and why you do so you can defend yourself against the opposition with a legitmate answer that will make them ask their own questions.
So im rather looking forward to taking bio next year.

But there is also the fact that what this site has to say about abstaining from these sorts of things is that it is based in the best interest of Christian living. It has a point, even though maybe in reality it seems far-fetched. could it be that i am objecting to this "close-minded" view because i am so attatched to my fantasy? In all honesty i cannot think about my life without Fantasy because takes up so much of my imaginaton and art book.
Am ionly thinking it as "close-minded" because i deny the possible subtle influence of fantasy? thats an intersting thought.

No- think that if you are secure in waht you know- you are safe. There are points in fantasy where you should not cross, where the influence is too strong. I shuld always constantly review what i am sdoing, checking to make sure that it is not a foothold for the devil. But i don't think fantasy itself, is teh devil.