give you some more specific feedback You really don't have to! I'm not that invested in this discussion--I just provided the thesis link because you wanted it. I know this a topic that is obviously close to your heart, and I appreciate that, but honestly, I don't really see this discussion going anywhere. I'm a hardcore atheist. I take issue with religious views, whatever their origin, wherever I find them.
Some of the other aspects mentioned in the paper are viewpoints that are common in lots of religions Oh, totally! It happens to be Mormonism in Meyer's case, but it the conservative morality speaks to lots of different people and backgrounds (except me, LOL!). By the 'increasing' aspects, I was thinking specifically of the way the Cullens function as a closed community and the treatment of the pregnancy (and the way it so swiftly follows marriage). As well as the no sex before marriage thing, but that's common to a great many religions, as you say. I thought the paper made a good case about the community dynamic and pregnancy. (The pregnancy stuff made no sense to me until I read it.)
Look, I can understand you being defensive about Meyer. Frankly, I wouldn't want her as a representative of my religion, if I had one, either. But I totally do not think she represents all Mormonism, so you should chillax about that. I just think her personal background influenced some of her preoccupations. *shrug* As it would for most people! And I don't like heavy-handed religious or conservative morality ... so I baulk at it when I read it.
If it reassures you at all, I'd be equally offended/annoyed/disliking it if she was a Catholic, piling the novel up with guilt. All religions are annoying to me.
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You really don't have to! I'm not that invested in this discussion--I just provided the thesis link because you wanted it. I know this a topic that is obviously close to your heart, and I appreciate that, but honestly, I don't really see this discussion going anywhere. I'm a hardcore atheist. I take issue with religious views, whatever their origin, wherever I find them.
Some of the other aspects mentioned in the paper are viewpoints that are common in lots of religions
Oh, totally! It happens to be Mormonism in Meyer's case, but it the conservative morality speaks to lots of different people and backgrounds (except me, LOL!). By the 'increasing' aspects, I was thinking specifically of the way the Cullens function as a closed community and the treatment of the pregnancy (and the way it so swiftly follows marriage). As well as the no sex before marriage thing, but that's common to a great many religions, as you say. I thought the paper made a good case about the community dynamic and pregnancy. (The pregnancy stuff made no sense to me until I read it.)
Look, I can understand you being defensive about Meyer. Frankly, I wouldn't want her as a representative of my religion, if I had one, either. But I totally do not think she represents all Mormonism, so you should chillax about that. I just think her personal background influenced some of her preoccupations. *shrug* As it would for most people! And I don't like heavy-handed religious or conservative morality ... so I baulk at it when I read it.
If it reassures you at all, I'd be equally offended/annoyed/disliking it if she was a Catholic, piling the novel up with guilt. All religions are annoying to me.