No Brainer

I just got through watching the movie, "The Longest Yard", a remake of
the original 1974
version with Burt Reynolds. The movie sports a huge list of movie stars, entertainers and professional athletes, even.Burt Reynolds, who had a large role in the movie, not a cameo.

The movie was entertaining. However, in no way
would I consider it PG-13. I would consider it
more of a rated R movie and
inappropriate for anyone under 17. It had sexual innuendos throughout
it, homosexual and heterosexual. None of which encouraged anything
valuable towards a healthy sexual relationship. And of
course, let us not forget the ever present explicit language that can
be found in most films these days to make the film seem realistic.

NOTE:
The only reason foul language seems realistic is because our values
have sunk to the level they are today.

We parents have acted
irresponsibly leaving our mouths shut when they should be opened and opening our mouths when they should be shut. In no way should we allow the standards for our
children we raise be headed up by those in the movie and TV industry.

I say this because it is apparent, hopefully not only to me, that the MPA standards for children and what they are subjected to are clearly lower than mine. The Motion Picture Association needs to do some revamping of the movie
rating system they've created. Parents and responsible citizens should
push to change the system because it doesn't work the way it currently
is. The people running the MPA system have no clue to what the majority
of responsible parents consider foul and inappropriate.

I wouldn't
allow my kids to watch anything like this film, even if they were 15.
And if my kids were older than that, I would suggest they turn
the TV off or find something better. I would probably even tell them to just turn the TV off, which I do now because they can do better things besides sit in front of the TV that are more educational to their minds. I would
suggest they go do
something more constructive like play a game, draw, go outside
and play and/or explore, play a sport, create or invent something, or hey! even sit down and read a book.

Are
my standards
too high? I think not. I do know, however, that the MPA has lower
standards for their kids than I do. And I would bet there are more
parents out there with similar standards to mine than there are those
with similar to the MPA's, and they would most likely say the PG-13
rating system standards needs changing. The current standards fail to
stave children off of foul content and are fit more in line with R
ratings than PG. PG-13 should be more like PG-17, or just put it back
to rated R.

Christmas doesn`t mean anything without Christ. The word Christmas means the mass or festival of Christ. Without Christ the word only means festival.

The holiday was created to celebrate Jesus Christ`s birthday. It is celebrated by Christians and non-Christians worldwide by giving presents. Non-Christians celebrate it because it is fun to give and receive gifts. Christians celebrate it in the same way, but reflect on the true meaning of the day, which reveres Jesus` birth over 2000 years ago as a gift from God. God sent His one and only Son to earth to be a sacrifice for mankind; those who choose to believe Jesus is the Savior of the world.

It is for the reason alone that non-Christians are in an uproar over the celebration of this worldwide holiday.

But no matter what they feel or believe about the holiday, no one can change the fact that Jesus Christ was born. History shows his birth and death. It is the fear of the meaning of this holiday and what Jesus Christ did that makes people fume and moan about the holiday and try to change it. Their selfish desire drives their to take away the most celebrated holiday throughout the world.

People that don't care to hear about Christ cannot change the true meaning of Christmas.