Just taking a quick breather from my pages upon pages of English that still need done to post another journal I’m writing. Realize that these didn’t have to be about anything in particular and are only graded on completion, so I decided to try and write some things about Rick… maybe in an attempt to pretend that I’ll some day write that book my aunt suggested.
Media
Harry Potter is evil. Well, yes, the mass commercialization is disturbing, and the writing isnÕt my favorite, but IÕm talking about true evil here Ð the fact that J.K. Rowling is Satan incarnate trying to take our children with her down to hell. Do I sound a bit crazy? At least IÕm not serious. My stepfather, on the other hand, is quite serious about Harry Potter being evil. When watched the first Harry Potter movie, The SorcererÕs Stone, as a family one Thanksgiving, he swore that he felt the evil entering our household.
Mind you, this same man bought my mother Predator for a gift to go with our new DVD player. (Side note for those that donÕt know: Predator was a crappy eighties alien film starring Schwarzenegger and lots of blood.) No evil was felt from this movie, though he did throw it out after watching it once or twice. I guess thatÕs beside the point though, because a little violence and some skinning of humans is always less evil than kids in robes who learn to be friends and say ÒmagicÓ words at school.
Of course, Rick has always had a knack for finding the evil that other people arenÕt righteous enough to find. In our house, we were greatly blessed to have his enlightening view on every form of media. While not exactly what he said, roughly translated, the religi-babble always came out Òthat stuff is of the devil!Ó Rock music Ð ÒOf the devil!Ó TV Ð ÒOf the devil!Ó Internet Ð ÒOf the devil!Ó
Rick made his point very clear one time my cousin was unrighteous enough to play his punk rock while in RickÕs presence. He sat my cousin down and started talking to him about how this kind of music drives out the Holy Spirit. I walked away at that point, because I didnÕt want to get tangled in that kind of discussion. All I know is that when I came down an hour later, Rick was wrapping up his sermon with a seminary video that showed a bunch of dirty people destroying a perfectly clean house while telling my cousin, ÒThis is how I feel when you play your music in my house.Ó
IÕve had my own discussions with Rick on the subject of music as well. One time, he told me that I was not allowed to listen to the Lord of the Rings Soundtrack on Sunday, because it brought in the Òwrong kind of spiritÓ. When I objected, he simply went to prove the undeniable logic behind his reasoning. Classical music thatÕs played when Sauron is on screen represents Sauron, and since Sauron is evil, the music represents evil, thus, the classical music must be evil and is certainly not appropriate listening for Sunday.
Speaking of Sunday, letÕs not forget about TV. Our family is not allowed to watch TV on Sundays because it brings in all sorts of evil. TV on Sundays is apparently more evil than every other day of the week. While I can see his appeal that it makes Sunday less peaceful, heÕs got a very holier-than-thou attitude about it all. When the whole Janet Jackson Super Bowl half-time wardrobe malfunction scandal occurred, he proudly declared to everyone that our family didnÕt watch TV on Sunday, and that it was obviously a sign of GodÕs approval that we didnÕt have to experience the evil of a womanÕs nipple being flashed on television.
There is, in fact, very little media Rick does approve of, unless of course, he likes it himself. If I was on the internet too much, heÕd prove the evils of the internet by talking about how much pornography there was. If I played video games at my friends, I was in the wrong because these video games involved hurting other people. And music? Oh yes, Satan was talking to me there Ð just listen to the song backwards. ThereÕs no winning against a fanatic.
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