beware Dr. Seuss

I don't just generally dismiss a movie or book just because someone 'says' it's meant to be something else...but this is worth knowing if you plan to read it (or plan to take your kids).

I just wanted to inform you what I just learned about a book which is entitled HOP ON POP. It stars Mr. Brown and it is directed toward children. What is disturbing to me is that this is the first of a trilogy of books for children called DOCTOR SEUSS CLASSICS written by Theodor Geisel of Massachusetts.

He's an atheist and his objective is to bash Christianity and promote atheism. I heard that he has made remarks that he wants to kill God in the minds of children, and that's what his books are all about. He despises C.S. Lewis and Narnia, etc. An article written about him said "this is the most dangerous author on the East Coast" and that Geisel would be the writer "the atheists would be praying for, if atheists prayed." Geisel said he doesn't think it is possible that there is a God and he has great difficulty understanding the words "spiritual" and "spirituality." What I thought was important to communicate is what part of the agenda is for making this book. This book is a watered down version of the first book, which is the least offensive of the three books. The second book of the trilogy is THE CAT IN THE HAT and the third book is YERTLE THE TURTLE AND OTHER STORIES. Each book gets worse and worse regarding Geisel's hatred of God. In the trilogy, a young pup becomes enmeshed in an epic struggle against a nefarious furry thing known as the Sam-I-Am. Another character, Pat, describes Christianity as "a very powerful and convincing mistake, and not something I should sit on." As I understand it, in the last book, a turtle and a Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz are depicted representing Adam and Eve and they kill God, who at times is called YAHWEH (which is definitely not Allah). Since the book would seem mild if you read it, that's been done on purpose.

They are hoping that unsuspecting parents will sit with their children and Read the book, that they will enjoy the book and then the children will want the books for Christmas. That's the hook. Geisel says he wants the children to read the books and decide against God and the kingdom of heaven.

If you decide that you do not want to support something like this, I suggest that you boycott the book and reading in general. I googled a synopsis of HOP ON POP. As I skimmed it, I couldn't believe that in a children's book part of the story is about three fish in a tree and playing ball on a wall.

I got this on the Internets - pass it on to everyone you know.

Comments

[Sheppy]

Ok. I do not understand why you replaced Phillip Pullman with Theodor Geisel and the Golden Compass with Dr. Suess books.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

Interesting... I just don't get the joke I guess.

[Paul]

I wasn't sure what about the original 'Golden Compass' screed was more ridiculous: the claims of the author or the crazed style in which it was written. And I got to thinking that you could, er, embellish just about any work of fiction with similar claims. And I happened to have just finished reading 'The Cat in the Hat' with my son.

OK, maybe that was reaching a bit too far.

[Sheppy]

You know... you actually got me thinking about your blog a little bit... it is probably something I would have written had I thought of it.

I am actually somewhat obsessed with Tweedle Beetles and think they are probably evil. I do not trust the Zizzer ZZ either, although I am not sure I necessarily would go to the extreme of putting him in the evil category of the Tweedle Beetles.

I do think your blog was clever.

http://esheppy.blogspot.com/2008/01/atheist-seuss.html