RE: fairy tales and lies
November 8, 2015 at 6:24 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2015 at 6:25 pm by Aroura.)
I think the idea that we are outgrowing fairy tale is interesting. Sorry if this derails your post (and I'm sorry you work in a church...:p). Feel free to rant away though!
Humans seem to thrive on story telling, and that is a great thing. I do notice that modern fairy tales are changing the narrative, and the whole way we view stories. Stories with one dimensional villains are not as widely liked, and heroes with some major flaws have become more popular. Black and white stories are not even fun for kids anymore.
I read old stories with my daughter, like Jack and the Beanstalk, and I think, what IS the moral of the story? Burgle and murder the guy who lives in a bigger house than you, and you will be rewarded? That's not a god message. Make deals with and have faith in shady strangers where-in they promise you a handful of "magic beans", if you just give them a valuable cow right now? (Can anyone say Televangelist). That's not a good message either.
Almost no stories in the Bible have much moral value to us today. I like how the new Noah tired to put a modern perspective on that old chestnut, and I think did pretty well. I can't wait until it is more widely accepted AS a fairy tale, so more of the stories can get make-overs.
Humans seem to thrive on story telling, and that is a great thing. I do notice that modern fairy tales are changing the narrative, and the whole way we view stories. Stories with one dimensional villains are not as widely liked, and heroes with some major flaws have become more popular. Black and white stories are not even fun for kids anymore.
I read old stories with my daughter, like Jack and the Beanstalk, and I think, what IS the moral of the story? Burgle and murder the guy who lives in a bigger house than you, and you will be rewarded? That's not a god message. Make deals with and have faith in shady strangers where-in they promise you a handful of "magic beans", if you just give them a valuable cow right now? (Can anyone say Televangelist). That's not a good message either.
Almost no stories in the Bible have much moral value to us today. I like how the new Noah tired to put a modern perspective on that old chestnut, and I think did pretty well. I can't wait until it is more widely accepted AS a fairy tale, so more of the stories can get make-overs.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
