Posted on 08/01/2007 6:59:32 AM PDT by ParsifalCA
I am warning those who have not finished the series . . . and there must be still a few of them by now. . . that there are spoilers ahead. I have just finished the last book . . . having spent an enjoyable evening with it thanks to Sam’s Club and an indulgent wife.
I am done with Harry Potter and enjoying the literary aftertaste the way one enjoys a fine meal almost as much after it is done as when it is being consumed . . . though it is a bit sad that the series is finished.
And it is really finished . . .
Will one be able to re-read the books with pleasure?
I think the answer is only a tentative “yes.” If one knows the “puzzles” and “the secrets” of the book, it will not take away the charm of the characters or the fun of a good Quidditch match, but the first read will always be the best.
The strength of these books is in the plot and the second read, when everything is known, will be satisfying for finding all the clues to what happens . . . but I am hard pressed to know if I will want to re-read them a third or fourth time.
A really great book is as good on the fourth read . . . and some children’s books (Little White Horse) are better.
I deeply enjoyed the last book and thought the ending satisfying. For those who found them quite Christian, they will find much in this last book to give strength to their idea.
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Ron Paul is definitely a muggle.
I am an adult and am capable of discerning when I am being presented with a pack of lies - such as is presented in HP.
Your mother turned you on to “Office Space”?
You must have one of the coolest moms EVER. (You oughta get her a red Swingline.)
It’s always good to find a new subject for reading, and Lincoln is extremely interesting!
1) define "serious accultism books."
B) Document that this has occurred. Dates, place, and if you have a camera in your cell phone, bonus. I somehow don't see any bookseller with half a brain stacking Aleister Crowley books around the Harry Potter display. It would be one for the all-time annals of dumb marketing, and B&N didn't get where it is by being stupid.
Careful examination of the fossil record clearly shows that Grindlows are descended from Sea Monkeys.
But, what does it mean that you can't apparate in and out of Hogwarts? Hmmm???
Now there's a sharp observation.
That's frightening. My oldest came home from kindergarten and told us that the "South Americans killed Abraham Lincoln."
And we live in Virginia...
>>Seems like people who aren’t supposed to be reading about witchcraft sure are spending a heckuva lot of time reading about it.<<
“I only came in here to get directions on how to get away from here!”
LOL!
I remember when my kids discovered that their friends next door had never heard of the Alamo.
*snort*
Actually I’ve put forth my argument multiple times. You keep fleeing in terror from that and then return to whining about how I think it’s creepy you talking about teenage male prostitutes is a good argument.
Let’s review shall we:
There is no occult in HP.
There is nothing similar to real world occult in HP.
This is made clear early on in the first HP book and movie (and repeated throughout) when we learn that Harry does “magic” even though he knows nothing about it.
Your “sources” are crap, you’ve got a supposedly pagan organization that no one ever heard of and if you go to their website it’s clear they aren’t actually very much of an organization; a general secretary to a teacher’s organization who doesn’t actually know anything about the occult; and a bunch of condemning “Christians” who not only think Harry Potter is evil but also include Mormon and Jehovah’s Witnesses on their evil list.
So there it is again the argument I’ve put forth multiple times, and that you keep ignoring to whine about other stuff. You really should stop lying, you know I’ve made these arguments, you know they win, you know you have no facts. Trying to say I haven’t presented an argument is just pathetic and lame at this point. You’re wrong, man up and admit it. Stop aligning yourself with the worst elements of “Christianity” (those people really aren’t Christian) and work with the truth.
It means they're protectionist xenophobes.
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