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...heavy-handed allegory! I’m referring here of course to the weekend’s blockbuster—the first installment in the non-awaited film adaptations of “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Kids will be screaming for the mighty Lion Aslan (Christ) to kick some evil witch (Satan/Woman/Jew) butt! For in Narnia, it will be always be winter, but never Christmas. Hopefully the Pevensie children will be victorious, because Baby Jesus’s birthday is in less than three weeks and I plan on celebrating! So with this weekend to whet...
...that people can consume at their leisure.” Series like “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “VeggieTales” are also a part of a departure from past Christian media in another way. Instead of simply presenting a big-budget Christ story, they take an approach that Stevens described as “veiled” or “roundabout.”“It’s an attempt to dress up the Christian message in forms that consumers are already familiar with...
Mormons believe that God is married and that they can achieve divinity by marrying and having children. So couples in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), as the denomination is formally called, often marry young. Their vows, when sealed in a sacred temple ceremony, are pledged not just "until death do us part" but for eternity. Parents and children gather weekly for Family Home Evenings, to study Scripture, pray and bond over other activities. Even wards, or congregations, are organized around familial units. Which is why Michael Mohan, a lifelong Mormon, says, "Sometimes I feel...
...Hustle & Flow’s” Terrence Howard as a somewhat unhinged Southerner, “Get Rich” fails to maintain the myth of 50 Cent. The only rap performance, rather than being a climactic moment, is relegated to the closing credits and the Christ-like imagery of 50’s on-stage disrobing is simply uncomfortable, not divinely inspired. Ultimately, the package is more important than the product, disappointing 50 fans and giving “G-Unit” detractors plenty of ammo to send back at the bullet-ridden icon...
...extended household jointly but harbor simmering jealousies. ("Officially," he tells Margene when she asks if he missed her, "I miss you guys all the same.") He has to keep the arrangement semisecret because polygamy is illegal in Utah and banned by the mainstream Mormon Church, or Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Oh, and one of his fathers-in-law (Harry Dean Stanton), the patriarch of a fundamentalist polygamist compound, is shaking him down for a cut of his hardware business. The Osmond family these Utahans...