Exams are a weekend away.
To prevent myself from leisurely strolling through diaryland, I kept my computer off.
Yet here I am.
To prevent myself from gaming, I told Vic and Raj to hold off on giving me any new games until exams were over.
I am playing my games for a second time.
To prevent myself from watching television, I stayed in my TV-free room with my books.
After leaving my room for feeding purposes, instead of returning to my room, I ventured into my parents bedroom where there was a TV, a bed, and a remote. That is a deadly combination.
But at least for the last of the three, I am glad my will power deflated when it did. Initially however, I was annoyed because it seemed that just when my will power had given out, all the shitty TV programmes were showing. I eventually flipped to CNN and saw some News Talk Show host lady introducing the latest fantasy flick – The Chronicles of Narnia.
*Yawn*
I have been seeing the previews for quite a while now and was only impressed that the voice-over for the preview did not say something to the effect of:
“…and you will enter The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, The Wardrobe, and the Rip Off of The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter… But only for monetary purposes.”
What made my finger hesitate over the “channel up” button was the fact that the NTS host lady was also introducing some fat guy from a religious organisation.
Religious organisation? What The Fuck would they want with this movie? And it was then that I learnt 4 things:
1. This movie, like its most recent blockbuster Fantasy counterparts, is based on a popular children’s book series.
[Okay, fine. Hollywood has been seeing what makes money, and they need to milk it for all its worth. They’ll keep sucking on those titties until nothing but white powder comes out.]
2. C.S. Lewis (the writer of this book) and J.R. Tolkien (LOTR author) were friends
[Oh?]
3. C.S. Lewis used to be an atheist until having a long conversation with J.R., at which point he reconverted.
[I did not know that.]
4. C.S. Lewis is a Christian writer – and where he writes fantasy, it is infused with Christian traits, and bits of the story of Jesus Christ.
[Is that a nice way of saying his Fantasy books aimed at children are thinly disguised Christian propaganda?]
I should not answer that question, biased though I wish to be, as I have not read any of his books, and I have not seen the movie (though I definitely will see it… when it comes out on cable next 6 – 24 months depending on the success of it at the box office, and then on DVD).
What I can say though, is that it prompted me to do some research. I specifically wanted to know why C.S. Lewis started being an atheist, and why he stopped. I also wanted to know how the message of Christ shone through his work. And to accomplish these things, I turned to my Weapon of Mass Location – Google.
The thing about Google though, you look for one thing, and so many other related topics appear, and then you’re swimming through information that you did not previously want, but cannot help but read. I came across some very interesting topics, which I shall link further on in this entry (or if this is an extremely long entry, in the next). All of these topics have to do with the issue of atheism, the proving of the existence of a God, and especially, what I will later go on to talk about – free will.