They are not allowed to watch G.O.T. And God will know if they do and then they'll be sent to burn in Hell for all eternity. So NO!

Fantasy novelists are after all, as everyone knows, minions of Satan.

(Except the ones that wrote the bible of course)

Yep.

To this day, when I hear about minions, I can't help but to think "onions," and your sentence read:

"Fantasy novelists are after all, as everyone knows, onions of Satan."

I also thought "stool pigeon" was another way of saying "midget."

It means "minced onions"

I want to see the inevitable "Que?"

I added a short comment to it. Thanks for the post!

The outside world is SCAAARRRYYY!!!!

I've been thinking about this a lot lately - on what grounds does one participate in entertainment, as opposed to art - i think GOT, from what I understand (have too many other things I'm watching to catch up as yet) is probably closer to art than mindless entertainment?

How do you determine what is good art? Does it make you want to be a better person? Does it make you think? Does it make you feel? I don't know .

Bryant

I swear to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

Ignorant and stupid and proud of it. Don't want their kids to learn about the outside world. They do their children no favors by chaining their minds shut.

I'm not into sci-fi or fantasy, except for The Twilght Zone, so I would not watch GOT.

I think good art makes you think and is generally positive and not dwelling on dark things. I don't listen to negative music (Metal, country whiny shit, pure noise like hip hop) and I don't go to violent or horror movies b/c I will have nightmares about what I've seen. If it's historic like Schindler's List it's OK. I will not watch movies about gangsters or thugs or prizefighters who attempt to kill people for a living.

I studied piano and violin for many years and played first violin in many orchestras, school and community. I listen to some jazz, old rock and roll (ending with The Police), a great deal of classical music, especially chamber music, and some opera.

I think the best opera ever written is Don Giovanni, second is Marriage of Figaro, and third is anything by Puccini.

They put the words up over the stage in English, while they are singing, so you know what they are singing, even if it's in English. The first opera I saw that had Surtitles(TM) was Samson and Delilah in1990, and it totally rocked my world!!

You want musical recommendations, I got them!!

BTW, "Christian rock" is crap, as well as most of the boring Protesant dirges called hymns & the contemporary stuff church choirs sing. The good stuff in Christian music is in Latin mostly, written by classical composers like Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Berlioz.

Mozart Requiem - Lachrymosa:

An eternity of very real torture in a fiery hell in retaliation for about 100 years of "sin" should be concerned about a little fake blood and gore on the TV.

"Ah, Christianity is so bad that it condemns sinners to hell!" Apparently, you believe that actions should not have consequences. "Yes, he raped my sister, but he should not be punished, since his act should not have any adverse consequences." "Yes, she burned my house down, but that's OK, I shall not press charges." "No, Pol Pot should not be in hell; it is unfair that he should suffer."

#1 - I'm not an Atheist, but just because I believe in God doesn't mean I accept your path of guilt and shame.
#2 - I very much believe that actions should have consequences, but as I hinted at in my post (did you read it?) - the notion that an ETERNITY of suffering is justified for a single life time actions (good or bad) is monstrous.

Dispense with the Pol Pot references because you know as well as I do that the Christian philosophy - as currently taught - holds that the same hell awaits Pol Pot as awaits ANY person who doesn't "accept Jesus."

I can go through my life doing good deeds, feeding the poor, healing diseases, and saving kittens and puppies, but unless I kneel to Jesus and mean it in my heart, I get the same eternity of pain and anguish as Pol Pot.

So talk to me about your fucking righteous justice now.

Please continue...

but many denominations teach that repenting and accepting Jesus results in there being absolutely no adverse consequences for you after death, no matter what awful acts you've committed during your life. Isn't that the whole point of the entire religion, that Jesus died for ALL the sins of humanity? Even someone like a Pol Pot gets to go to heaven, if he just sincerely converts to Christianity before he dies. Is it not so?