08 May 2023
The longer you are exposed to Covenant thinking, the less you will tolerate American culture. Not just current culture, but you will lose interest in the whole history of it, too.
Example: Horror fiction, movies in particular. Fear is not entertaining when you are filled with the Spirit. It would serve only to annoy you. You already feel alive; you don't need something shocking to rev up your nervous system.
But more to the point, the kinds of threats portrayed in horror fiction are generally impossible. It's all based on lies. The most annoying thing about horror fiction is that it hearkens back to primitive European mythology. It spookifies the Eternal Realm, when the Bible has taken great pains to explain all the spookiness away. We are at home in Eternity. Satan is disarmed there. All his work takes place here in our time-space bubble. The only thing he can do in Eternity is stand before God and make accusations against the Elect.
The Book of Daniel mentions where Satan had opposed Daniel receiving the message from God. That's the kind of courtly drama that Satan loves to stir up. It's his job; otherwise he has no place in Eternal things. He was condemned to live in the Fallen Realm with us.
But the imagery of most horror fiction is very limited to the mores and mythology of the Germanic tribes that invaded the dying Roman Empire. Have you read about Beowulf and his tussle with Grendel and the mother? You'd be surprised how much horror stuff is drawn from that. How about the Brothers Grimm? All of it was born from that filthy pagan background. It is inherently anti-Christian.
This is not some grouch telling you all your fun is evil. I used to absorb all of that kind of entertainment. When I began to feel the call toward the Covenant, I came to regret having invested so much time in it. My thinking is still defiled by junk that gets in the way of hearing from God. It has been a monumental effort to push that stuff out of the way.
There is nothing I can do to make the Covenant mind valuable to you. If the Spirit does not call you, surely no human can. If your convictions don't change your tastes, feel free to ignore my silly blather.
Comments
DarkMirror
I dislike horror as well, though my mission calls me to get involved with adjacent genres.
I recently read all of the Grimm fairy tales. All of them except one had an explicitly dour outlook on nature. I definitely liked that one that wasn't such a downer.
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