Monday, December 1, 2008

I Am Legend and Humanae Vitae

Christopher West makes an interesting connection between this ominous sci-fi flick and the dire predictions-come-true of Paul VI:

The haunting picture of our future painted by I Am Legend is obviously science fiction. But, allegorically speaking, it offers much food for thought. The idea of “dark seekers” feeding on the flesh of other human beings is not that far off from the many horrid forms of sexual abuse that are sweeping through our pornified culture like a virus. Just a cursory knowledge of what’s happening today with internet porn leads a person to conclude, as Dr. Neville does in the movie, that “social de-evolution appears complete; typical human behavior is now entirely absent.”


Read the whole article. Its short but good.

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