Boycotting Marvel

[Sir Gareth]

Also, I never expected any mainstream company to reflect Christian values.

I know that comics will always be full of overly sexy images or they will use magic powers, but what really got me mad is the fact that they are shwoing their main flag-ship hero willing to make deals with a satan-type character.

(Ghost Rider, Dr. Strange and Punisher is part of the Marvel-Knights line which is SUPPOSED to be not sold to children)

[Believer1997]

I do agree about the comic book though... I was always very cautious of what my kids were reading and what they collected and what video games they played, etc. When they got older and were able to question things and were able to discern between things that were not "right" - we discussed why they weren't allowed access to certain things at a young age. I am so very blessed... God gave me (a 'Twinkie') very smart children who sensed early on what was not appropriate. They are adults now and one is a parent. She is very conscious of what things she doesn't want her child to have part of... and she is instilling some good habits in the little one... We are blessed.

Truly you are sister. I too censored things for my children. And now they do the same. Just wish I could censor what the school is teaching my granddaughter.

Blessings.

In His Loving Hands,

LIVN4JC

You can...get them out of the Magogite school and into one which teaches Christian values. Get your church to start a school or find one in your area, or even home school. Government schools are turning out little bastards (in the Hebrews 12:8 sense)

I think that lumping all public schools into this category is not fair. I live in a community whose public schools are excellent and the curriculum is very good. I think what children learn at home is more important than most of what they learn in school. I think parents need to be involved in what is being taught in school and should be discussing it with their children. Also important is to know your child's friends and their families - find out who they are and what their values are. Home schooling, while an excellent format, if it's taught correctly and is consistent, is simply not an option for many people.

[Gauntlet]

While we are on the boycotting roll, I wanted to mention that a boycott started against Marvel comics.

The reason is that recently Spider-man was planned to be seperated from his wife Mary-Jane. The editors decided that divorce would be too anti-family so instead they opted to have Spider-man make a deal with Mephisito (the marvel equivalent of Satan) to rework history to save his aunt but give up his wife.

So in the end, divorce bad for kids, but selling souls to the devil, A-ok!

Yeah.

Plus the women in skin tight outfits with curvacious bodies and magical powers along with their lycra covered male counterpoints.

All healthy (not) childhood reading. Barbie dolls, comics and magazines. Before we even get to televion and the music industry.

No wonder our culture is so sex driven.

Marvel is just another symptom of our societal ills. I am often amazws and dismayed by the amount of sex/violence in our culture. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that sex/violence has saturated almost every aspect of modern culture.

[LIVN4JC]

I do agree about the comic book though... I was always very cautious of what my kids were reading and what they collected and what video games they played, etc. When they got older and were able to question things and were able to discern between things that were not "right" - we discussed why they weren't allowed access to certain things at a young age. I am so very blessed... God gave me (a 'Twinkie') very smart children who sensed early on what was not appropriate. They are adults now and one is a parent. She is very conscious of what things she doesn't want her child to have part of... and she is instilling some good habits in the little one... We are blessed.

Truly you are sister. I too censored things for my children. And now they do the same. Just wish I could censor what the school is teaching my granddaughter.

Blessings.

In His Loving Hands,

LIVN4JC

You can...get them out of the Magogite school and into one which teaches Christian values. Get your church to start a school or find one in your area, or even home school. Government schools are turning out little bastards (in the Hebrews 12:8 sense)

Blessings Bold Believer.

My daughter and her husband both work so home school is out. They did go to a private Christian school but tuition got to high. So now she is in a public school. Not all public schools are bad. I was just pretty upset they taught them to celebrate KWANZA but were'nt allowed to celebrate a Christian Christmas in school. Their Christmas program didn't have one single song in it about Christ at all. So why was it called a CHRISTMAS program. The songs they sang were only Holiday Jazz. That is just one of several things that stuck in my craw. But I am in support of public schools as long all is fair. Blessings.

In His Loving Hands,

Sister in Christ,

LIVN4JC

[LIVN4JC]

I do agree about the comic book though... I was always very cautious of what my kids were reading and what they collected and what video games they played, etc. When they got older and were able to question things and were able to discern between things that were not "right" - we discussed why they weren't allowed access to certain things at a young age. I am so very blessed... God gave me (a 'Twinkie') very smart children who sensed early on what was not appropriate. They are adults now and one is a parent. She is very conscious of what things she doesn't want her child to have part of... and she is instilling some good habits in the little one... We are blessed.

Truly you are sister. I too censored things for my children. And now they do the same. Just wish I could censor what the school is teaching my granddaughter.

Blessings.

In His Loving Hands,

LIVN4JC

You can...get them out of the Magogite school and into one which teaches Christian values. Get your church to start a school or find one in your area, or even home school. Government schools are turning out little bastards (in the Hebrews 12:8 sense)

I think that lumping all public schools into this category is not fair. I live in a community whose public schools are excellent and the curriculum is very good. I think what children learn at home is more important than most of what they learn in school. I think parents need to be involved in what is being taught in school and should be discussing it with their children. Also important is to know your child's friends and their families - find out who they are and what their values are. Home schooling, while an excellent format, if it's taught correctly and is consistent, is simply not an option for many people.

Blessings sister.

It is definately not an option here. And I agree with you completely. It starts at home. But my grandaughter was some confused so we explained things to her. I just wish the school would have sent the curriculum home for the program they did. They did send the KWANZA thing home though.

In His Loving Hands,

LIVN4JC

[Believer1997]

hmm... our schools didn't send a Kwaanza (sp) thing home... but they didn't send anything but the vacation schedule home. My granddaughter learned about Passover, Easter, etc. She's tiny so probably didn't really grasp anything except the super neat egg hunt.... And she did enjoy church my daughter told me.... liked the flowers... and she "sings"..LOL