It's weird that Looking for Alaska is the second-most banned book in the U.S., and mostly challenged by evangelical Christians, because the novel is about Radical Hope and how forgiveness is available to all people at all times, which are Christian concepts I wrote about because I'm a Christian.
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Like when early christians became popular with all the helping the poor and the sick, and creating early equivalents of social security net and giving rights to women. So the Roman empire took over to stop all that nonsense.
I think this idea has led to a lot of paranoia in churches, which leads us to confuse allies and innocent bystanders as enemies, and to even confuse adversaries as friends.
As someone who has suffered with suicidal ideation throughout his life, I find “Looking for Alaska’s” message subversively positive and reinforcing.
I don't think they like a character like Alaska because she doesn't fit the arch type of those who they think should be providing radical hope.
It's like the scene in Parks and Rec: town fights over Twilight being too Christian and not Christian enough.
It's disappointing but thank you for standing up and fighting for stories❤️
That's because your novels make me quite sad.
And for that I will never forgive you.
But now I kinda want to read it, so I think I’ll go request it from my local library 😈
Best as I can see, it's because for those evangelicals christ is no longer about forgiveness and radical hope.
They seem to view Jesus's teachings as liberal and therefore weak. Following "strength" is easy.
https://newrepublic.com/post/174950/christianity-today-editor-evangelicals-call-jesus-liberal-weak
And they can feel fine advocating for the removal of those books that they dislike. Because it's now politics.
I think the "pornography" part is just the most convenient secondary thing at hand.
It's just the most convenient excuse that provides more substantive cover than "I just don't like the message".
So weird this reocurring phenomena still exists.
Liberal Christians have been drowned out by others who have obviously not read the Gospels. Or maybe just ignored all them when they did.
How to talk to Christian gun nuts: https://imgur.com/a/Wozg9oC
They believe they are Christian.
They say they are Christian.
Their Christianity is the motive for this harmful behavior.
Other Christians don't get to distance themselves from those facts simply by announcing "the bad ones aren't really Christian."
Disputed quote by Mahatma Gandhi
John, I do not understand the mindset of these people you refer to. 😒
Loved The Fault in our Stars and Paper Town!
on that list, the #1 is Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. the metric here is widely banned books - books that were banned in 50+ districts nationwide.
Trump's amorality and
lawlessness were
defended for getting Roe V Wade overturned. But " Looking for Alaska" book didn't meet their sham Christian morals. Antiwoke hypocrisy lacks moral
clarity.
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I'm on a romance kick right now, and I'm a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Nerd, but any genre, any subject (I've mostly made my way through "the classics").
Just pictured a hate preacher saying that in Alaska’s voice. Ignore me.
https://www.agirlonthego.com/bannedbookclub
challenge for believers as Darwin
and Dawkins. If anyone can feel
a sense of the 'divine' by simply
listening to their playlist then what
really does any church, mosque,
temple or backwoods cult have to offer?
Second, probably a bit to do with our ability (and patience) to read well, from any side of the political/religious aisle: https://www.distractify.com/p/church-sings-like-a-prayer-madonna
(Hint: it's not a church)
I read LFA summer 2007 after my high school graduation and remember it really resonating with me at the time, might be due for a re-read.