ONE SPLOTCH OF BLACK

I am not sure just why its title is "Fifty Shades of Grey." There is no grey about it; it is black, darkness. In fact, there are no shades about it either; it is ALL black, total darkness. Grey is a lightening of black. No doubt, this book is a part of a wider satanical conspiracy with willing human accomplices to lighten the darkness, to make it appear more acceptable. Perhaps, the "fifty" before the "shades" reveals the slow incremental acclimation, the gradual becoming accustomed to darkness. All that is just my musing. I am not suggesting any of the above was in the author's conscious intention in choosing the title. I realize that "Grey" is the last name of the main male character. Interestingly, his first name is "Christian." I'm sure there is no sacrilegious authorial intention in the selecting "Christian" as the name of a main character in a plot of such sordidness. "I'm sure" expresses a bit of incredulous sarcasm. The book became a best seller in spite of its prose being so inferior. Beyond just denouncing and rejecting the book on that basis, why has there not been a protesting outcry against the book (and subsequent movie) proportionate to its popularity? I am not speaking of an outcry from the Christian community--there have been voices raised from that quarter. I am speaking of an outcry from the liberals of our land. Certainly there have been a few voices, but they have been drowned out by the overall silence of the media's lack of repudiation. My question is why the hypocrisy? The liberal agenda feigns to include championing women's rights, speaking out against abuse of and violence against women. This book is filled with such. Also, liberals cringe at the language of Scripture and the Church advocating that a wife's role is godly submission to her husband; yet, there is no general outcry against the twisted, perverted submission showcased in the book. But, what should the Christian response be to this and all literary expressions shaping and reflecting our times? The Christian response should first be, not just a verbal or written expression of repulsion and disgust of the filth--as it were, a cursing of the darkness. The Christian response to "Fifty Shades of Grey" and all darkness is to "let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven." That is not something that should just happen within church and home but in the world of school, work, commerce, etc., in which we are engaged. That light is the light of righteousness, purity, true love, grace, mercy, knowledge of the holy, etc. It is not just the light of beliefs we mentally ascribe to or truths we voice but of the life we live. One thing is for sure, if a "Christian" reads the book or watches the movie, there is no light there. Darkness may accept grey but light never will. Our light should shine so brightly that by contrast, "Fifty Shades of Grey" can be seen for what it truly is--total darkness, one big splotch of deepest black.