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Broadcast · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 7:22 pm Post subject: Spirituality and The Grey Lady

I'm not completely sure how many people listen to radio theatre here, but I figure this is as good as spot to put this topic as any.

Most of the times when we listen to Focus on the Family dramas, we don't question its spirtual message to much. We assume that the people working there are active christians and true in speech.

Reflecting on his work for Radio Theatre and Odyssey, I'm assuming Paul McCusker knows what he's talking about.

However, I've heard lots of commenting from friends and family who have gone against his latest work; The Grey Lady.

I've listened to it time and time again, looking for a way to defend Paul McCusker's piece. However, my results were slim. The Grey Lady didn't show much sign in revealing a spiritual message. In fact, it's absolutely unbiblical in its story. Ghosts do not exists. So, why did Paul McCusker teach young fans that they do? Or, why did he let people think that it is a deffinate possibility? Was he trying to broaden or way of thinking? Was he attempting to have us believe more in the supernatural part of Christianity?

If anyone knows the whole point of the episode. Please Answer. Either I and the people I know have the facts wrong (which would mean a lack of clarity on PM's part), or we have a problem here...

Broadcast

skygazing · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:12 pm Post subject:

Alas I have not heard The Grey Lady (does anyone have a transcript or summary...I'm intrigued now).

However, I would point out that we can learn spiritual lessons through lack of defined spirituality. The Lord of the Rings--while not written as an allegory has many spiritual lessons that can be derived. Should we not read them or question the value because there are dwarves and elves--which obviously don't exist? Or should we not read them because the creator of Arda was Iluvatar?

I also think (not having heard the show lol) that Paul McCusker might have put a deeper meaning into his script that is not easily discerned upon a first or general listening. Some of the masterpieces have brilliant layers that are only discovered after many perusings.

Shadowpaw · He Lies in Shadows Joined: 23 Nov 2002 Posts: 927

It's been a while since I've heard it, but wasn't the Grey Lady a demon? And the justification for everything by Father Gilbert was that he believes demons exist (as the Bible clearly tells us) and so that was what the whole point was?

Shadowpaw

Broadcast · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject:

To be quite honest, the people that I've discussed it with all came to the conclusion that it was a ghost. I felt it wasn't very clear...so was it a ghost? If it wasn't...then it was a demon with Ghost attributes? Is a demon allowed by God to have people murder others, without the murderer knowing themselves? Is that even possible--would God allow?

Bmuntz · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject:

I also haven't listen to it in along time but I think that Shadowpaw was correct. I think it was a demon and it was posseing people to murder there people. Maybe send a E-mail to Paul McCusker and ask him for more infomation.

Catspaw · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:07 am Post subject:

I also haven't listened to it recently, though I also thought that it was connected to a demon and people just thought that it was a ghost in the episode. However, I do know that it says something about 15 and up being the intended audience, not young children, as was suggested earlier. By that point, discernmnet skills are developed further. If this was presented on AIO, it would be a problem. Here, I don't think it is.

Amadeo · Senior Member Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1207

Ferder- · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:14 am Post subject:

But ghosts might be real. Didn't King Saul call one up in the Bible?

Christian Cowgirl · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:53 am Post subject:

Screech · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:18 pm Post subject:

I haven't heard it but after reading some of these posts, I want to Eh?