Should Catholics boycott Disney?

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OsculeturMeOsculo said:
You misunderstand. One can focus on God in duties and maybe in amusements. But most of the time amusements pull us away from being focused on Him and then we start thinking mostly about them.
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Rubbish. Even in the monastery we enjoyed “amusements” like playing basketball, having snowball fights, reading edifying works of fiction, writing and performing humorous plays, and so on. We occasionally watched a movie together as a community, and even watched parts of the 1988 summer Olympics! For our abbess’s feast days, and a few other special days in the community, we would perform plays and songs that would make us laugh so hard some of the nuns would cry.

These things did not distract us from God. They helped us grow closer as a community and the joy was a tiny taste of heaven.

Art – music, literature, theater, dance, poetry, movies – they can all be an expression of our being made in the image and likeness of God. When an artist studies in the area in which God has blessed them with talent and vision, their works – no matter how simple, no matter whether or not the works are overtly religious – can lead others into conversation, reflection, contemplation, and even conversion.
 
I don’t know. I am just drawing from personal experience and those things don’t really help me. I think that people in a monastery would practice recollection and be more accustomed to it. To me it all seems to be a vanity if He isn’t in it in some way.
 
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OsculeturMeOsculo said:
I don’t know. I am just drawing from personal experience and those things don’t really help me. I think that people in a monastery would practice recollection and be more accustomed to it. To me it all seems to be a vanity if He isn’t in it in some way.
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Well, perhaps that’s how Our Lord made you.

For me – no longer a nun (I was only there two years), and now living the hectic life of a mom and public school teacher – art is a bridge that allows me to draw closer to God in a deeply intimate way. Whether it’s the movie Black Panther or the musical Hamilton or the book A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, God uses these works in my heart in profound ways.

Even Our Lord Himself taught the people in stories, the parables.
 
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OsculeturMeOsculo

You misunderstand. One can focus on God in duties and maybe in amusements. But most of the time amusements pull us away from being focused on Him and then we start thinking mostly about them.
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Here’s another, more recent, post that seems to grossly overgeneralize things. Listen to what you are suggesting! Again, if amusements detract you from God, then, by all means, avoid them. But to think that amusements distract most people, most of the time, sounds like very poor judgment. What kind of a family would deny their children amusements??? Are such families necessarily sinners or somehow evil?
 
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Yes, I am “half-Mennonite” ethnically speaking. (Mennonites are an ethno-religious group). When I was a kid we attended a Mennonite church but it was pretty much run of the mill evangelical with a few Mennonite traditions. My grandma was raised much more traditionally. You can usually tell who is of Mennonite descent from the last name. There’s a local priest who a Mennonite name… sure enough, turns out he is also a convert.
 
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If you’re suggesting that people are actually relying strictly on “amusements” to enhance their spirituality, that’s absurd to me. The truth is that amusements can enhance one’s spirituality. I for one find many of the Disney movies to have enhanced my spirituality, and I found them to be very spiritual.
 
Is God perfect?

'You shall not make for yourself a carved image–any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

God love us so much and send His only son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to earth to save our sins.
God wants to save us from carved images that invisible spirits of demons would take our carved images to scare us to death when the darkness comes at the end of time.

Anything against God’s will maybe Satanic plan.
 
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Gertabelle said:
Well, perhaps that’s how Our Lord made you.

For me – no longer a nun (I was only there two years), and now living the hectic life of a mom and public school teacher – art is a bridge that allows me to draw closer to God in a deeply intimate way. Whether it’s the movie Black Panther or the musical Hamilton or the book A Tree Grows In Brooklyn , God uses these works in my heart in profound ways.

Even Our Lord Himself taught the people in stories, the parables.
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^^^^ This. We have to remember that people are different. What helps my spirituality might not help yours, and vice versa.
 
Ecclesiastes said:
Even if some of the contents are perceived to be anti-Christian, I believe they have a right to express their views, and I believe that the contents of their movies promote humanitarian values!
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If someone has objections to a particular movie that is being produced or promoted by Disney- they don’t have to go.

That doesn’t mean that other productions of the company aren’t worthwhile or wholesome
 
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angel12:
Well, if they keep raising the rates . . . 🤷‍♀️
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Its not that. I just dont want to give money to any ungodly acts like abortion
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Netflix performs abortions??? 😱 😱 😱
 
OsculeturMeOsculo said:
I just said it wasn’t very useful spiritually.
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Taking a break from the stresses of work and the demands of my position (and occasionally my vocation - DH, I love you dearly, but still 😆😆😆…) is assuredly useful spiritually.
 
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kill051 said:
Hmmm…I was not aware of this. Now I am glad I have never seen a Marvel movie.
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Apparently there is a list of names that support PP. Have I read it? No. Did I confirm that Marvel was on it? Nope…

Sorry if that sounds sassy! 😶
 
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