tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post1903785285458407702..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: Ascent from the DescentAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-5302454267035603712008-10-13T18:46:00.000-05:002008-10-13T18:46:00.000-05:00Ug, this post reminds me of my "bad old days" in t...Ug, this post reminds me of my "bad old days" in the heavy metal scene. Like the movies you can't "unsee", there are some awful songs I can't "unhear".<BR/><BR/>But on a more hopeful, if not downright unbelieveable note, a lot of the old headbangers are converting. Dave Mustaine of "Megadeath" has become a Christian and Peter Steele of "Type O Negative" now says he is a Roman Catholic. These guys were Satanists in all but name. Even one of my old band buddies is a missionary in the Amazon for crying out loud! I still can't get my mind around news like this!<BR/><BR/>CKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-84243597778890978812008-10-13T10:12:00.000-05:002008-10-13T10:12:00.000-05:00It reminds me of when I was in my teens (and long ...It reminds me of when I was in my teens (and long before I became a Catholic). The youth pastor of the Pentecostal church I was attending thought it would be a good idea for our youth group to celebrate Halloween by having a haunted house. Needless to say, I didn't enjoy myself, partly because I am such a wuss in these things but partly that I objected to this sort of event. As I said to him later, if we as Christians believe that perfect love casts out all fear, then what on earth are we doing deliberately trying to scare ourselves. He didn't agree with me, but at least respected my convictions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-36321295073079347582008-10-12T20:21:00.000-05:002008-10-12T20:21:00.000-05:00still today, the plato cave shadow version of real...still today, the plato cave shadow version of reality comes back to me from time to time and i gotta get back away far enough to find the source of the light ... i can get bound-up by the unreality i think i see because of unseen unreal chains<BR/><BR/>man ... i don't think that made any sense<BR/><BR/>good postuncle jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879341171634900790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-941323088328392972008-10-12T13:21:00.000-05:002008-10-12T13:21:00.000-05:00Even though movies are fiction....participation in...Even though movies are fiction....participation in evil is never a good thing. I got rid of all of my horror movies a while back...(though a secret, I still enjoy some once in a while)Joe of St. Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506671882770822003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-66472837198736312442008-10-11T23:34:00.000-05:002008-10-11T23:34:00.000-05:00Mark ~ I hadn't considered that verse, but it woul...Mark ~ I hadn't considered that verse, but it would be a great addition to this post. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>MelodyK~ I agree. And I also enjoyed "Sixth Sense" and like movies, although I'm still mildly disturbed that I like them..it's the use of the occult that tries to make it acceptable that bothers me, even though it's legitimate fiction. <BR/><BR/>Maureen ~ I get irritated that people don't ask God for help...all horror movies are COMPLETELY Godless, and that's disturbing. Even if the ending is good, God is absent...and so there's no real good ending. <BR/><BR/>And yet on my shelves, I still have a couple movies I enjoy that I know I should throw away. <BR/><BR/>* sigh *Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-37264512397093358842008-10-11T19:14:00.000-05:002008-10-11T19:14:00.000-05:00I'm okay with movies where bad things happen, but ...I'm okay with movies where bad things happen, but only if I have some assurance that in the end, the good guys will win and survive, and survive in a good way.<BR/><BR/>Critters is a good movie for that -- people survive by working together and thinking ahead.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-6547025301367808032008-10-11T16:56:00.000-05:002008-10-11T16:56:00.000-05:00I think for some people, violence is a form of por...I think for some people, violence is a form of pornography. Mark, your quote expresses it exactly. <BR/>I do sort of enjoy mildly creepy movies, such as "Sixth Sense", but have never been able to watch the seriously horrible ones. I got nightmares as a child from from the cannibals in "The Time Machine" (which is mild by today's standards).Melody Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442985285647041700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-32225274353235921512008-10-11T09:37:00.000-05:002008-10-11T09:37:00.000-05:00Your post would make a brilliant homily/reflection...Your post would make a brilliant homily/reflection on the meaning of Matthew 6:22-23 - "The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome. But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be!"Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285355080459130149noreply@blogger.com