January 17, 2010 I was convicted by a movie recently Me and my father went to watch the Book of Eli Once my father got finished talking on the phone "During the opening scene" sadness.... lol! We were begin watching what I consider to be The most important movie since The Passion of Christ A lawless society People have forgotten to read Our generation has become extinct The survivors are illiterate and faithless, They are savage and dirty rapist and murderers And although Eli is just a man He has a purpose He is protected by his faith in God and I remembered the times when my faith was that strong I remembered feeling powerful As if nothing could hinder me He read the bible everyday There was no church to attend No one to fellowship with Only his bible and his God No car to carry him to where God was leading him Just his two feet and his faith I remember this feeling Not knowing where rent money or car note was coming from But not worried Working steadfast, Still helping others And as I completed the task laid out for me The money would pour in I remember when my faith was unmovable I remember reading that it only took faith equal to the size of a mustard seed And a person could do the impossible I listen to people attribute surviving disaster to "luck" But when I hear their stories I hear faith whether they say it or not They believe in themselves to an amazing degree And they push through attacks, starvation, broken limbs and more And right when they are about to give up God sends rescue! I watched Eli read his bible everyday I listed as the words became embedded into his heart He seemed more than a man And he was, he was a man led by and protected by God. That's right, I was convicted by a movie I wonder how many will watch simply for entertainment And go home going about their lives normally Continuing the legacy of the illiterate and ignorant Mainstream Rap has become so ignorant and illiterate That it reminds me of the lawless My kids wont even listen anymore They prefer pop and rock I rarely listen anymore I heard the classic song "Self Destruction" the other day And it is what continues to happen Our culture is so very self destructive I pray for Obama as he has been elected the front man for an vengeful and mean generation He carries the weight of his administration and congress I never blamed George Bush personally for his mistakes There are so many decisions being made everyday By everyone but the president The president is like the mailman He delivers the final message He has the power to sign for it to be released It takes a great family and father to accept that amount of pressure Someone in my class said they don't like Obama's healthcare plan And in the next sentence they said they've never read about it How could we be so hateful that we judge before we research When did we start backing the popular opinion regardless of how hateful it seems sadness... Even cartoons are ignorant with no real lessons as they were before Cartoons are more like animated versions of Saturday Night Live They are filled with vulgar language Twisted sexual references and our kids are attracted to them simply because they are animated They assume that they are kids shows I was glad when cartoon network was taken off of basic cable by comcast My kids no longer have to watch Adult Swim Even though I find the shows to be funny I know my kids are not able to process them correctly I say all this to say that the movie showed me where we are headed as a We have to teach our kids to be street smart as well as book smart They will need lots of common sense They should teach logic in middle and high school Teach kids how to argue mathematically Using the concepts of logic Rather than the "who shoots or kills first" There is a dangerous