Hey everyone. umm my niece asked me this question: "Is reading Twilight a sin?" Well she really likes it and she wants to know, Can I have some answers please?!
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Agree with Keith.
My daughter tried reading Twilight....she isn't a fan of the books. However, she's a fan of the movies because she's a tween hormonal girl that thinks Robert Pattison is dreamy...insert swooning.
My niece really enjoyed the books.(she was 11 when she read them) She loves the movies as well...insert swooning again.
As far as the way women are portrayed...meh. Hopefully, they get that it's a book..and it's depicting how THIS girl behaves...and is not a guide book for how all girls behave. If I were worried about them copying behaviors found in books then I would have to take away one of my daughter's favorite books.....Night...because maybe she'll act like a Nazi???? I read Romeo and Juliet and never assumed I should kill myself if I couldn't be with my love.
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RE: There have been some issues raised regarding how women are portraied in the books that may be serious.
Well, the people who raised those issues have obviously got a problem with gender bias.
I've met Jews who feel that if you portray just one Jew in a negative light, that makes you anti-Semitic. But that attitude borders on stereotyping and fails to take into consideration individual personalities.
Let me ask something. Are all young women as wild and burlesque as Lady Gaga? No, of course they aren't. But to someone infected with gender bias, if I make a negative comment about Lady Gaga, then in their minds I am denigrating women; when in reality, I would only be denigrating Lady Gaga.
Some people might even think that Lady Gaga herself is demeaning to women; just as some think Miss America pageants exploit women. But I have to ask: Since when did American women lose the right to make their own decisions? Lady Gaga likes being outrageous, and Miss America contestants like showing off their curves. Do they really need their wishes put up to a vote before proceeding? Where would be the freedom of choice in that?
Do I think Bella Swan is a nitwit? Yes, I do. But does that mean I believe that all teen-age girls are nitwits? No, of course not. But in the minds of people infected with gender bias, it does; while they fail to take into consideration individual differences; viz: not all teen-aged girls are nitwits, nor are all teen-aged girls bright and mature.
While we're at it let me ask another question. Since when did women become a protected species? Women are not above the law, nor are they above criticism and demeaning comments, nor do they have immunity against being portrayed in a novel as a nitwit; and anybody who thinks otherwise has a serious problem with prejudice.
Taken in reverse: Have you noticed the proliferation of advertising, movies, and sit-coms that portray daddies as morons? Personally I find that kind of broadcasting extremely demeaning to men; but do you see any women up on soap boxes complaining and protesting about that and trying to get it changed? No. And why is that? Because as a rule, women don't care about men's feelings; in point of fact, it is very common for women to believe that men are insensitive beasts who don't even have any feelings to be concerned about anyway.
Here's one of my very favorite bumper stickers that pretty much sums up the average woman's attitude towards men.
MEN ARE NOT PIGS!
pigs are gentle, intelligent, animals.
And another like it:
ALL MEN ARE FOOLS!
and I married their king.
But now let's re-gender those stickers and see what they look like.
WOMEN ARE NOT PIGS!
pigs are gentle, intelligent, animals.
ALL WOMEN ARE FOOLS!
and I married their queen.
In their original gender, the bumper stickers are humorous, but when we turn them on the ladies, now all of a sudden, in some women's minds; the stickers are a crime against humanity because the wording denigrates women; and that's because in some women's minds, their gender is a protected species while men are fair game for any, and all, demeaning comments the world cares to throw at them. Isn't that actually a double standard? It sure is.
Back to the OP's question: Is reading Twilight a sin?
I cannot answer that for anyone other than myself because it's a gray area, and according to the 14th chapter of Romans, it's up to an individual's own personal conscience to decide for their self in gray areas. I've read New Moon and seen both Twilight movies and felt not the slightest guilt. However, that's just me. I actually knew a Christian once who felt guilty just stepping foot inside a BlockBuster video store. Now for them, reading Twilight novels would definitely be a sin because to do so would violate their conscience and their own personal standards of right and wrong.
. Rom 14:5 . . Let each person be fully persuaded in their own mind.
. Rom 14:14 . . I know, and am convinced by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to someone who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
. Rom 14:23 . . But he who is unsure is condemned if he proceeds, because he doesn't proceed from faith; for whatever doesnt proceed from faith is sin.
One of the cardinal rules of safe hunting is: Be sure of your target before taking aim. If every hunter would do that, if they would proceed from faith, it would put a stop to all the people getting shot mistaken for deer.
C.L.I.F.F.
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