tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183889572568768724.post6468068412806783826..comments2023-11-02T02:44:00.390-05:00Comments on Love Woke Me Up This Morning: The Hunger Games From A Youth Ministry PerspectiveEmily Hornburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517036280716456767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183889572568768724.post-16973292495339610302012-03-29T08:42:43.263-05:002012-03-29T08:42:43.263-05:00That's one of the things which drives me nuts ...That's one of the things which drives me nuts sometimes. If someone were to create an accurate movie based on the Bible... it probably wouldn't be "appropriate" for church-going types. Yes - I'm all for age appropriateness. (I'm not going to talk about Lot and his daughters to a five year old for example.) But at the same time, as people get older we need to share with them truths about life - even if it is gory. Teenagers can handle it if we approach it the right way. I think that's what's so great about The Hunger Games. She shares the brutal, ugly, truths about life and humanity, without exploiting or glamorizing it.Emily Hornburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517036280716456767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183889572568768724.post-13221885904948808162012-03-28T15:34:26.430-05:002012-03-28T15:34:26.430-05:00What an excellent post! I will point people to thi...What an excellent post! I will point people to this if they want to talk about <i>The Hunger Games</i> as being at odds with a Christian faith.<br /><br />Seriously, people don't seem to remember how much sex and violence is in the Bible...Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03117752360285429048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183889572568768724.post-10865703766535122132012-03-27T21:24:17.157-05:002012-03-27T21:24:17.157-05:00We pretty much are. Hunger Games just takes it a f...We pretty much are. Hunger Games just takes it a few steps further - so it's not that far from what we really could be. I feel like that's part of what makes it so powerful/frightening.Emily Hornburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517036280716456767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183889572568768724.post-21341310241247376812012-03-27T19:26:29.803-05:002012-03-27T19:26:29.803-05:00They say that America is the New Rome. We have our...They say that America is the New Rome. We have our own versions of Bread & circus: McDonald's dollar meals and UFC.the Tsaritsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679262620541078819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183889572568768724.post-62676776440532607232012-03-27T13:13:30.615-05:002012-03-27T13:13:30.615-05:00That's what I hope for as well, because that&#...That's what I hope for as well, because that's what made me really think as I read the trilogy. The culture she creates in the story is so similar, yet distant, from our own it's scary. You can really see our world heading in that direction - and in way we already have. In the "Original Hunger Games" link I shared he talks about the Gladiators. Panam is in many ways a futuristic Rome. It's the whole idea of history repeating itself.Emily Hornburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517036280716456767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183889572568768724.post-75216405470356852502012-03-27T12:28:44.883-05:002012-03-27T12:28:44.883-05:00I think you have the right idea about it. With all...I think you have the right idea about it. With all of the violence on television in the first place, I don't see why watching a movie which has meaningful violence in it, as in it's a part of the story and a part of the message.<br /><br />I hope all the buzz from the movie really sparks a conversation about society and where we're heading.the Tsaritsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679262620541078819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183889572568768724.post-19067930230291726112012-03-27T11:52:57.281-05:002012-03-27T11:52:57.281-05:00Thanks! There has just been a lot of talk about it...Thanks! There has just been a lot of talk about it and if it's appropriate for kids or not around here lately, and I figured I should probably share my opinion.Emily Hornburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517036280716456767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183889572568768724.post-47423521038125550272012-03-27T11:45:21.635-05:002012-03-27T11:45:21.635-05:00Love this!!Love this!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com