Postby Mangafanatic » Mon May 10, 2004 5:24 am
You know, I sorta have a bone to pick here. It bothers me when parents or people in general, for that matter, pick a quarrel with a character just because he or she is, using this example, an aethist.
This is a character. The author is trying to tell a story. Since people have told us his religion opinions are never brought up again, we know that he author's not trying to just solicite his beliefs. If I thought he were trying to brainwash you-- that would be one thing. IMHO, the author's just saying "Hey, my character is the kind who doesn't believe in God." This trait has been use by me in books to protray a character who feel totally self-dependent. It wasn't as if I was turning heretic. I was just telling a story (Although, it is true that my aetheist characters generally come to grips with how little they can do for themselves.)
I would ask your mom about this, but in the end--- you should submit with respect.
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill.
Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality,
visit the Invisible Children home page.
You totally lost me there... does that have something to do with the series?
