Thursday, September 20, 2007

FW: Of love and vampires

During the first week of school I read a trilogy entitled "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer. It was a very good series. Rory, a friend of mine, says the reason this series is so popular with females is because Bella, the main character in the books, is everygirl, and she finds the man of her dreams: Edward, who just happens to be a vampire.
After I read the books, all my friends simply gushed about how wonderful Edward was. My response was that I already had an Edward. Same intense personality, same dislike for the sun. Same intense love for me as Edward had for Bella, and vice-versa.
However, there's the whole "becoming a vampire is an abomination before God and by sheer force of being one damns you". Which is why Edward--in the beginning--doesn't want Bella to fall in love with him...he doesn't want to compromise her ability to get into heaven. Well, they break up, and Bella goes crazy. Then they get back together and figure that the whole "damnation" thing might not actually happen. Hooray, happiness for fictional characters.
However, that's been on my mind all week: Is love worth damnation? Because that's what marrying outside of the church is, right? Not in the sense of fire and brimstone, but a distinct lack of eternal progression, children who aren't raised in the church, marriages that are more likely to not last....so the answer would have to be no, it’s not worth it. Because God comes before everything. We used to make little diagrams in seminary about this. God was the center, family was the second one…and I don’t remember the rest. But God came first. It wasn’t love, unless you count that holy love that he has for us, which has nothing to do with this situation.
But breaking up with my Edward has been the most painful thing I think I’ve ever done. God might give vampires a chance (hypothetically) because they can’t help what they are, just what they choose to do with their undead powers. But if I made the same choice…I think I’d be held accountable for my choices when I knew better.
And in the end, it’ll all be fine because in a few months time will heal everything and I can date close-minded, handsome, ultra-conservative LDS boys. Because that’s what God obviously wants me to do.

Right?

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