tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460768490431892231.post2008766415896972791..comments2023-07-26T12:12:12.535+00:00Comments on Friends with Christ: Reclaiming Advent cultureFr Richard Aladicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17063302398661651882noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460768490431892231.post-53169110701869360772007-12-11T20:27:00.000+00:002007-12-11T20:27:00.000+00:00Quite. It`s just that the conversation with my chi...Quite. It`s just that the conversation with my children did not include the words "I know, let`s watch Little Grey/Peter Rabbit instead". If we believe that Jeuss came to stand AGAINST some things and not necessarily to build bridges TO them, then, we have to stand in the battle. Being Jesus in today's culture is more than retreating into the 1930's, purely in my own experience. But I Could be very, VERY wrong. I want to see and encourage some young Catholic script/screen-writers to come up with stuff to counter Mr Pullman. You never know.... hope and all that ......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460768490431892231.post-31989350301710444392007-12-10T07:45:00.000+00:002007-12-10T07:45:00.000+00:00"Little Grey Rabbit" isn't the answer to anything...."Little Grey Rabbit" isn't the answer to anything. Christ is. However, there is a genre of children's tales which is worth hanging on to for its literary, artistic and cultural value. I'm just reminding people of some of these books because society today tends not to.Fr Richard Aladicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17063302398661651882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460768490431892231.post-65743600302904097362007-12-09T23:44:00.000+00:002007-12-09T23:44:00.000+00:00"Mum, can we go and see the Golden Compass" "No, l..."Mum, can we go and see the Golden Compass" <BR/><BR/>"No, lets read Peter Rabbit's Christmas " instead. Over some Ovaltine.<BR/><BR/>The row which then follows, naturally leads to the de-myst<BR/>ifying of the mysterious "Magisterisum".(might as well cut to the chase - Phillip Pullman's agenda is, explicitly, to denounce the Catholic Church and any form of revealed truth, and to embitter as many young readers as poss.)<BR/><BR/>"His Dark Materials" is a nightmare for anyone with one ounce of discernment. It is a beautifully written eulogy to utter atheism, nihilism, totalitarianism.<BR/><BR/>Drink thy poison thyself, as St Benedict might have said....<BR/><BR/>You wouldn`t EAT something contaminated with Salmonella, would you > so why read this seductive evil ? Peter Rabbit certainly isn't the answer either.... much as I would like it to be. Solid explanation of why Phillip Pullman is twisted and evil, is. Our faith is gritty, Fr Richard, not pretty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com