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Chucky scared me when I first saw Child's Play. I was about 11 though and should have really been watching! A useless bit of trivia, Child's Play actually got banned in my country after a couple of young boys kidnapped and brutally killed a young 4 year old after watching the film.
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Chucky never really scared me.
Gremlins did, though, when I was really little.
Other than that, movies have never scared me.
However, there was an episode of Dirty Jobs that I watched awhile back where he was deep in a cave and had to get on his stomach with his little headlight and squeeze himself into a tiny little spot, and he got stuck. I'm pretty claustrophobic, and since it was actually happening, and not being acted out, it was too much for me. I was actually hyperventilating while I watched it.
Gremlins did, though, when I was really little.
Other than that, movies have never scared me.
However, there was an episode of Dirty Jobs that I watched awhile back where he was deep in a cave and had to get on his stomach with his little headlight and squeeze himself into a tiny little spot, and he got stuck. I'm pretty claustrophobic, and since it was actually happening, and not being acted out, it was too much for me. I was actually hyperventilating while I watched it.
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Indeed, I think more kids saw it at my school as a result of the publicity and it getting banned than they would have if there had never been a storm about it.
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Actually, Zeena, I just reread the OP, and it was about "liking" babies, not "loving" them. Your first post in the thread similarly mentioned "liking" babies:
So, given the difference between "like" and "love" which you have since elucidated, is it in fact all right for a Christian not to like babies?
[B said:Does Jesus like babies?
So, given the difference between "like" and "love" which you have since elucidated, is it in fact all right for a Christian not to like babies?
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No.
God does not annilhate our personalities, He works in and through them.
I'm not understanding how you can reconcile the claims that (1) God does not annihilate a Christian's personality, and that (2) it is not all right for a Christian to have a particular personal preference, even if they still behave in the "loving" way that Christians are commanded to behave. Are there other things that Christians are forbidden from failing to enjoy?
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Show me where I said that I said it is not right for a Christian to have a particular prefferance please?I'm not understanding how you can reconcile the claims that (1) God does not annihilate a Christian's personality, and that (2) it is not all right for a Christian to have a particular personal preference, even if they still behave in the "loving" way that Christians are commanded to behave. Are there other things that Christians are forbidden from failing to enjoy?
Also, since WHEN does LOVE disclude affection?
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Well, you said it's not okay for Christians to not like babies. I think that would count as a preference.
No.
God does not annilhate our personalities, He works in and through them.
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I think the 'like/not like' description of the reactions some of us have or don't have regarding babies is not a good way to explain those reactions.
I've seen perfectly sensible women turn into buckets of pink goo at the sight of a live baby. When they hold that baby, they are likely to say things like "I love the smell of babies' heads!", and to play with the infant's hands and feet, and to cuddle and nuzzle the baby's body. It's a common set of behaviours, and I think it's instinctive, at least to some extent.
I don't have the same response at all, but I don't view it as 'not liking' babies, as I'm perfectly willing to get to know any particular baby and quite enjoy watching them grow and learn things. I think I, and many other women, lack a strong instinct with regard to our reaction to infants. Babies' heads do smell a little peculiar to me, but it doesn't cause me to want to grab that baby and cuddle it.
Now, my mother, and her mother before her, definitely exhibited those positive reactions, but my father's mother did not. She was still a good mother, and a fine grandmother, in fact, she was more responsive to her grandchildren than the baby-loving grandmother. My own mother was very ill after she birthed my sister. I was eleven and cared fully for my infant sister for months, and was her primary caregiver for years. Despite not having the baby-head-sniffing gene, or whatever it is, I loved my infant sister fiercely after caring for her only a few weeks.
I don't think either behaviour is predictive of whether someone will be a good, loving mother. I suspect the ultra-positive reaction is instinctive behaviour relating strictly to women's immediate responses to presented infants, and those of us who have that instinct repressed or absent shouldn't feel strange or worried about it.
I've seen perfectly sensible women turn into buckets of pink goo at the sight of a live baby. When they hold that baby, they are likely to say things like "I love the smell of babies' heads!", and to play with the infant's hands and feet, and to cuddle and nuzzle the baby's body. It's a common set of behaviours, and I think it's instinctive, at least to some extent.
I don't have the same response at all, but I don't view it as 'not liking' babies, as I'm perfectly willing to get to know any particular baby and quite enjoy watching them grow and learn things. I think I, and many other women, lack a strong instinct with regard to our reaction to infants. Babies' heads do smell a little peculiar to me, but it doesn't cause me to want to grab that baby and cuddle it.
Now, my mother, and her mother before her, definitely exhibited those positive reactions, but my father's mother did not. She was still a good mother, and a fine grandmother, in fact, she was more responsive to her grandchildren than the baby-loving grandmother. My own mother was very ill after she birthed my sister. I was eleven and cared fully for my infant sister for months, and was her primary caregiver for years. Despite not having the baby-head-sniffing gene, or whatever it is, I loved my infant sister fiercely after caring for her only a few weeks.
I don't think either behaviour is predictive of whether someone will be a good, loving mother. I suspect the ultra-positive reaction is instinctive behaviour relating strictly to women's immediate responses to presented infants, and those of us who have that instinct repressed or absent shouldn't feel strange or worried about it.
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I think babies smell peculiar, too...but in a bad way.
Even when the diaper is clean, babies just smell bad.
After a day of watching my niece, I feel like I need to take a shower.
Even when the diaper is clean, babies just smell bad.
After a day of watching my niece, I feel like I need to take a shower.
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Meh, they're not something I'd rush into having either. They can be cute but they're also very expensive and a lot of responsibility.
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