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As ‘Eclipse’ release approaches, radio host Deborah Collins says vampires are bad for Christians, young girls Empty As ‘Eclipse’ release approaches, radio host Deborah Collins says vampires are bad for Christians, young girls

Post  ellachan91 Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:45 am

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse release is just around the corner and Arrested Development Seasons 1-3 DVD boxset there will be no shortage of press for the cast and the fans. Two things interest me about Stephenie Meyer’s books: the fact that like the success of As Time Goes By Seasons 1-9 DVD boxset, something this popular seems like it becomes its own kind of religion and I wonder if that isn’t what makes some traditionally Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1-4 DVD boxset particularly uncomfortable.

The other thing is that I’m a writer interested in popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 1-7 DVD boxset, and why people flock to certain books like Meyer’s just makes me curious. So, I read “Twilight” and “New Moon” for research Alias DVD. Apparently, I have that in common with Deborah Collins, a Dallas-area radio talk show host who has been in women’s Arrested Development DVD for 10 years and is the host of Celebrate Women Radio on 100.7 FM, The Word there.

But when Collins, a 53-year-old self-described nondenominational As Time Goes By DVD, says she plans to see the movie for research purposes, she means she’ll be looking for the ways in which Battlestar Galactica DVD to the movie further damages the self-esteem of young women, particularly Christians. She’ll be talking about it on her show, which is Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD online, next week.

As a radio host who discusses topics on her show “that are not Alias DVD set in the pulpit or conferences, from motherhood to hair dos to hormones, to mother-in-laws” with an eye toward Biblical Arrested Development DVD set, she says she is astounded by the stories of so-called “Twi-hards,” a mainly female group of fans of the saga who swoon over the vampires and As Time Goes By DVD set who might be half their age.

“So many mothers have become obsessive over the Twilight Battlestar Galactica DVD set,” Collins said by phone yesterday. “They secretly wish that Edward was their husband. These are mothers and they want to be with these Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD set from high school? If that was fathers, women would rise up, it would be so offensive. Why is it OK for older women to lust after young men?”

Those are interesting points, and though Collins became a Alias DVD boxset when she was 25 and was raised Southern Baptist, she is far from the only Christian who has been concerned with the Arrested Development DVD boxset of vampire shows, movies and books in secular culture. At least one local pastor recently commented with some chagrin about the pervasiveness of As Time Goes By DVD boxset at the bookstore. There is a sense among some Christians, as this blogger notes, that Battlestar Galactica DVD boxset are connected with the occult and witchcraft.

Anyway, here’s my Q&A with Collins. It’s been edited and condensed.

You say that you think Christians and the Church have “quickly and easily embraced the Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD boxset.” What have you seen that suggests that the church has accepted it?

From my experience in the Dallas area, there are some Alias Seasons 1-5 DVD boxset — not the Body of Christ, but some churches — who are inviting their members and guests to see Twilight and watching the Arrested Development Seasons 1-3 DVD boxset. One woman stated to a friend of hers that a there was a Bible Study on Twilight. There was an online ministry and a woman wrote in my opinion some As Time Goes By Seasons 1-9 DVD boxset things comparing Edward the vampire to Jesus Christ. The church is trying to engage the secular culture trying to be more seeker Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1-4 DVD boxset, they’re trying to bring what’s in the secular world into the church.

I believe that we as Christians let our guard down with the Harry Potter Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 1-7 DVD boxset and there were so many Christians secretly reading that…and now this, which is full of the occult. When you look at it from the Christian Alias DVD it is of the occult. Literally, Edward the vampire can control people. And it’s also very bad for young girls, who are Arrested Development DVD the books. The lead character Bella is so unhealthy. She’s very fearful and shut down.

What has been your reaction to reading the books or seeing the movies so far?

I’m glad I read Eclipse, because I was able to As Time Goes By DVD some of the toxic statements in the book. He wants to suck her blood and kill her, he has to fight against that all the time. She is so willing to be with him Battlestar Galactica DVD she will even give up her soul. That is so far out there from a Christian perspective. From a secular Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD, this girl has no identity. This girl is so needy that she’ll do anything to be with this guy. Absolutely anything.

Is there anything you like about the Alias DVD set or do you think it’s generally demeaning?

I can’t find anything redeeming in it. Not having an Arrested Development DVD set but in a guy. I have a 23-year old daughter, it’s a struggle for teens and women in their twenties. When you are willing to give up family, As Time Goes By DVD set to be with a guy, that is the wrong message to be sending our girls.

Will you see the movie?

Yes, for research Battlestar Galactica DVD set only. I believe it’s desensitizing our young girls and they’re clueless to what happens. What happened to moms being role models? I don’t come from a place of Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD set, I’ve been deceived before: I watched “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” with my children. I tried to connect with my daughter on “Alias DVD boxset”, when it was out. But then the show took a turn for the worst. I’m just concerned about what has happened to the role of Arrested Development DVD boxset and how can we allow our young impressionable girls to read this literature. Some moms say, I’m just glad she’s reading. But would we say the As Time Goes By DVD boxset of our young boys if they were reading Playboy?
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