America’s teens are fascinated with Edward Cullen as the leading guy on the “Twilight” vampire movie craze. He is a seductively attractive, charismatic figure who has a great deal of appeal to teen girls. The author skillfully portrays a beautiful, romantic, perfect—although flawed—character, the kind of guy most teen girls are drawn to. As Christian parents, even though we know these movies are supposed to be fictional characters and fantasized, is it something we should really allow our teens to see?
Satan is the master of evil and often times presents harmful, fictional characters into our lives. These images on screen may impact our teen girls negatively, by allowing them to believe in a guy similiar to Ed Cullen’s character (maybe not a vampire), but someone unattainable. And instead of them pursuing a fictional character, they should be looking for someone in their lives more Christ-like instead. Additionally, these movies can introduce a form of occultism in their lives, which may be another way for Satan to devour our teens. This is why God, in His wisdom, forbids occultic practices, describing them as an “abomination” and “detestable” (Deuteronomy 18:9-12).

We are reminded in Philippians 4:8 to fill our minds with “whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy.” While there are elements of nobility in the Twilight books, there are also elements of darkness and the occult, in which we are to avoid like the plague. Parents whose teen or preteen daughter/son is interested in the series would do well to read it for themselves, discuss it with them, and perhaps point out the ways in which it contradicts God’s Word. Thank God my 14 yr old son is not interested in vampires, but I’m interested in knowing if you SHOULD ALLOW YOUR TEEN TO SEE THE “TWILIGHT” VAMPIRE MOVIES OR READ THE BOOKS?

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