One Father's answer
Posted by: root <root@...>
Many parents are hard put to explain to their youth why some music,
movies, books, and magazines are not acceptable material for them to
bring into the home, for their youth to see, or hear. One parent came up
with
an original idea that was hard to refute.
He listened to all the reasons his children gave for wanting to see a
particular PG-13 movie. It had their favorite actors. Everyone else was
seeing it. Even church members said it was great. It was only rated PG-13
because of the suggestion of sex. They never really showed it. The
language was pretty good. They only used the Lord's name in vain three
times in
the whole movie. The video effects were fabulous and the plot was action
packed. Yes there was the scene where a building and a bunch
of people got blown up, but the violence was just the normal stuff. It
wasn't very bad.
Even with all these explanations for the rating, the father wouldn't
give in. He didn't even give them a satisfying explanation for saying,
"No."
He just said, "No."
It was a little bit later that evening, that this same father asked
his teens if they would like some brownies he had prepared. He explained
that
he had taken the families favorite recipe and added something new. They
asked what it was. He calmly replied that he had added dog poop. He
stated
that it was only a little bit. All the ingredients were gourmet quality.
He
had taken great care to bake it at the precise temperature for the exact
time. He was sure the brownies would be superb. Even with all the
explanations of
the perfect attributes of the brownies, the teens would not take one.
The
father acted surprised.
There was only one little element that would have caused them to act
so stubbornly. He assured them that they would hardly notice it if at
all.
They all held firm and would not try the brownies. He then explained that
the movie they wanted to see was just like the brownies. Satan tries to
enter our minds and our homes by deceiving us into believing that just a
little
bit of evil won't matter. With the brownies, just a little bit makes all
the difference between a great brownie and a totally unacceptable
product. He explained that even though the movie people would have us
believe the movies which are coming out are acceptable for adults and
youth's to see they are not. Test your movie and see. Would you be
comfortable taking Christ with you to see the movie?
Now when this father's youth want to do something or see something
they should not, the father merely asks them if they would like some of
his
special dog-poop brownies. That's the end of the discussion.