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Lizzy F. · 01-24-2011, 09:23 AM

Quote:(My dad watched "The Incredible Journey" on TV with us up until the end. When he realized the pets were going to reunite with their owners but maybe the older golden retriever wasn't going to make it, he got up and left the room! I was like, "How can you watch the whole movie and not see the end?", but I know now that he was uncomfortable with feeling emotion - or, God forbid, showing emotion (although he never had any trouble showing the emotion of anger) - so he withdrew.

My mom does the opposite. She inundates herself with so much stuff that she doesn't have time to reflect on anything she watches. She also never rereads/rewatches anything, so she just gets a surface knowledge. Whenever I've tried to talk to her about things we watch, her only response is "I liked it". She can't ever tell me why.

My BJU sibling avoids the matter completely by never reading fiction. EVER.

And you're right. The poem is "Dover Beach".
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/study....planation3

Don · 01-24-2011, 09:28 AM

(01-24-2011 08:08 AM)pastors wife Wrote: That is an important scene! Wasn't he reading "Dover Beach"? "The sea of faith was once too at the full . . . "

Your point about fundies getting overwhelmed when they watch/read something with emotional depth I think applies to praise and worship music. They are uncomfortable with the emotion people are showing (and that may be stirring up in themselves) so they accuse the music of being shallow or repetitive or whatever when what it actually is is moving and passionate. Thus the bland singing style in college traveling groups, etc.

(My dad watched "The Incredible Journey" on TV with us up until the end. When he realized the pets were going to reunite with their owners but maybe the older golden retriever wasn't going to make it, he got up and left the room! I was like, "How can you watch the whole movie and not see the end?", but I know now that he was uncomfortable with feeling emotion - or, God forbid, showing emotion (although he never had any trouble showing the emotion of anger) - so he withdrew.

In fundie circles emotionalism is reserved for religious validation. Anything that elicits strong emotion outside the framework of the church experience is to be avoided. Especially if it elicits a stronger emotional response than the Church time does. That equates to idolatry in their mind, if something other than God, or the sermon can cause them to react more intensely.

escapee · 03-18-2011, 11:38 PM

Anyone read George MacDonald? I'm about to begin Lilith.
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I love George MacDonald's fiction. I was just browsing the library for some I haven't read.

TomK · 03-19-2011, 12:40 AM

Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
1984 - Orwell

Starting The Hobbit as soon as I finish Angela's Ashes. I'll have to read Ender's Game also. Lots of mentions.

***Darrell*** · 03-19-2011, 10:16 AM

Last week I got a 3-in-1 volume of LOTR for $1.50 at Goodwill.

I love thrift stores.

TomK · 03-19-2011, 10:25 AM

(03-19-2011 10:16 AM)Darrell Wrote: Last week I got a 3-in-1 volume of LOTR for $1.50 at Goodwill.

I love thrift stores.

Speaking of fantasy, I got The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins at Goodwill last week for $1.

Score on LotR.

FinallyFree · 03-19-2011, 11:13 AM

While some do not consider him to be scifi/fantasy, H.P. Lovecraft is a fantastic author.

**diachenko** · 03-19-2011, 03:19 PM

LOTR/The Hobbit/The Silmarillion are hands down my favorites. I also love Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy, The Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams, Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, A Wrinkle in Time and its 3 sequels by Madeleine L'Engle, and The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway. I remember enjoying several George MacDonald books when I was a teenager, but I haven't read anything of his in many years.

***Darrell*** · 03-19-2011, 04:33 PM

Quote: I also love Jim Butcher's Dresden Files

I'm listening to James Marsters read Blood Rites right now.

He's a great voice fit for Dresden.

**diachenko** · 03-19-2011, 05:14 PM

(03-19-2011 04:33 PM)Darrell Wrote:
Quote: I also love Jim Butcher's Dresden Files

I'm listening to James Marsters read Blood Rites right now.

He's a great voice fit for Dresden.

Yes he does. I really wish someone would try to develop this series into a TV series again. I think the team behind "Supernatural" could get the casting, writing, and tone correct. The first attempt was ok, but they only had one book to go on, and many of the supporting characters weren't fleshed out yet. To me, the books read very cinematically. And James Marsters would make a great Thomas.