tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776825584172317994.post933060765278909225..comments2023-08-15T03:57:45.172-07:00Comments on Bits and Pieces: For those of you thinking of reading the Hunger Games...My little bitsy opinion.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07018408660454360080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776825584172317994.post-63889566341773644722011-11-22T15:49:13.239-08:002011-11-22T15:49:13.239-08:00Sam, I see what you're saying, it doesn't ...Sam, I see what you're saying, it doesn't surprise me, and it just makes me realize even more how corrupt our world is; I know that sounds intense, but really! That a book about children murdering each other is a book that a Catholic school LOVES is so "wow!" to me! But it's just the way our world works these days, I guess. Lately, all teen books tend to be quite ungodly, as they're all either about the occult, or about things like the hunger games. Mark Driscoll said something along the lines of, "If you took someone out of the Hebrews time and threw them into our culture, they would say that we are the most demonically obvious culture they've seen", and I agree with him...especially when you just look around at what entertains us. <br />Anyways, I know that I've been given some level of discernment when it comes to books and movies, and I know that I'm sometimes the only one who sees certain books and movies in a certain light, but I believe that it's the light that God wants me to see them in, and I'm perfectly content with that. I always pray that others' eyes will be *really* opened to the things they're watching and reading and showing to their children. <br />~Lauren<br />PS: though your school seems to think the books must be fine, I can't help but think that God doesn't think they're fine. I can't imagine how He could think that.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07018408660454360080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776825584172317994.post-27874667124102829372011-11-22T14:20:15.949-08:002011-11-22T14:20:15.949-08:00Did you know that last year, when I was 11 my 6th ...Did you know that last year, when I was 11 my 6th grade class read these books. And we were all okay. Not one complaint or nightmare. Then I got my 9 yr old sister to read them and she and her friends all loved them too. My entire school loves the Hunger Games. There is even a poster for the movie hanging up in our hallway. And last year, while we were reading the trilogy, we had our own hunger games challenge( no one got hurt of course, but if you lost the challenge then you were eliminated)And that went on until we had one winner. Ok so I was the winner, but thats not the point. The point is that if my catholic school allows all of that so the books must be fine, besides the fact that we all loved them.<br /><br />SamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776825584172317994.post-54861071508283360732011-09-21T14:48:21.218-07:002011-09-21T14:48:21.218-07:00Reading Bible after Mockingjay is very good antido...Reading Bible after Mockingjay is very good antidote.<br /><br />I finished it two nights ago, Lauren. I'm about to do a post on it. I wish I had taken your advice, honestly.......T.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00986525486304875293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776825584172317994.post-9416557129639918222011-05-10T06:49:30.045-07:002011-05-10T06:49:30.045-07:00i haven't read them, and now i sort of don'...i haven't read them, and now i sort of don't want to... /: hope you didn't have bad dreams.<br /><br />-anna :)anna :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04458103247244717917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776825584172317994.post-65984505543298806332011-05-10T04:39:58.595-07:002011-05-10T04:39:58.595-07:00Yeah... the end of Mockingjay is harsh. I cried. I...Yeah... the end of Mockingjay is harsh. I cried. I'd recommend it to some friends, but not all of them because I don't think all of them would be able to handle the story. <br /><br />:-)Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776825584172317994.post-18360251771058884762011-05-10T03:55:55.960-07:002011-05-10T03:55:55.960-07:00That's terrible! I started reading the first o...That's terrible! I started reading the first one, and haven't finished it yet. I too am sensitive to books like that, but I still like to find out what happens, so I get pretty scared.:OEmily Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173337813628626227noreply@blogger.com