We should be counter cultural when raising our children these days andwe need to be diligent in monitoring what we expose them to, and what we expose ourselves to. Garbage in, garbage out! Fill your free time with books about Saints, make the Saints and Jesus your children’s superheroes. They have so much more to give than Harry Potter. And they’re real.
First off, I’d like to echo Fone Bone’s statement about the heart. I wouldn’t trust it so much if I were you. I’ve seen the disasters that follow people who took the ‘follow your heart’ phrase a little too literally.
Secondly, may I just say how much I beg to differ with regards to the entertainment value of religious material.
I’ve read books about the saints written for children. Trust me when I say even
Twilight at least tries to be entertaining.
Oh and uh, I don’t think it’s possible to make out most of the saints as superheroes or even put them on par with fantasy characters. With regards to the exceptional few, it can only be done after a major revision that throws out all historical and traditional accuracy out the window.
St. Joan is often my favorite example for this. The historical one doesn’t seem that appealing. Lots of people even contest that she was more of an armchair general than a real military combatant.
On the other hand, let’s give her the fantasy makeover shall we? Let’s see. First off, we make her into a warrior. She learns to fight well with a sword, masters the bow, and even learns some holy magic as it were (healing, protection, enhancement). We might need to modify the design of her armor as well. Her skills at organizing her troops would remain unchanged of course but we shouldn’t hesitate to make her a more effective tactician.
Another one I would like to try is St. Francis. Hmm… guy apparently likes animals so let’s make him a sort of druid. He lives in the forest sometimes. He gets animals to do stuff for him. He still remains a pretty harmless guy though. In fact, instead of fighting, I can imagine him only going as far as to summon vines to bind his attackers, yeah. Probably should throw in some intermediate healing abilities too. Hmm… maybe I should also let him make trees walk…
Oh and St. George. My, my, have I got something planned for him.
laughs evilly I may be ripping off
George and the Dragon but heck, I’m one of the few who actually liked that movie.
A brief summary: Georgie goes Don Quixote after being duped by a deranged hermit into purchasing a ‘holy sword, armor, and shield’ and going on a ‘divine mission’ to slay all dragons. Eventually he stumbles on a village and learns a dragon is terrorizing it. He then rides off… even though the mayor already said they hired a guild of adventurers to dispatch him. Coincidentally, two of these adventurers (a samurai and a mage) happen to be dragons themselves in human form with the actual evil dragon being someone they wish to settle a personal score with. Georgie encounters the party, mistakes the two for the evil dragon(s) only to end up nearly getting torched/shocked/frozen/crushed to death. After recovering, the dwarven artificer of the party balks at the sight of his junky equipment, wondering if Georgie was sane or just stupid. Long story short, he ends playing the laughable underdog in a typical RPG party who gets trained into a somewhat competent knight who finally slays the evil dragon (whilst learning that not all dragons are evil).
I love the onion. But lets be honest about our sources from now on. (It does seem like the person who posted this picture got it from wiki, and thus didn’t perhaps know it was satire (making fun of the anti HP position) but maybe we can stop pulling ridiculous pictures off the web to try and prove a point).
That book looks great!
