Posted on 08/23/2007 11:02:38 PM PDT by monomaniac
I think this dude moonlights as Captain Hyperbole.
I wonder what he thinks about Louis L'Amour? There's even interracial dating sometimes!
*Sigh* Who has that Dumbledore picture? You know the one I mean....
Satin's back, my dears. Did I fall asleep and miss Hallowe'en already?
Rowling is a professed Christian.
Maybe not "like Tolkien and Lewis" but who amongst us is?
That would be it. I am not sure I have the stomach for another one of these, and I do not do much more than sit on the sidelines and laugh.
Oh, go ahead and give 'em a try. The first couple are charming, the next pair is exciting, and the final two are, well, gritty and well done.
The 5th book is probably the poorest of the lot -- it could have used some serious editing -- but it's not bad either, especially at the end.
OK, now I’m really confused. What does Satin worship have to do with Harry Potter?
Satinist? Is she addicted to sewing? Wearing shiny clothes?
Sigh, I need more coffee.
It is the robes. As a cotton person, you can’t be expected to understand satinists.
LOL! That’s the one.
It's never been a secret. For example, here she says so in an interview with the Vancouver Sun:
Is she a Christian?"Yes, I am," she says. "Which seems to offend the religious right far worse than if I said I thought there was no God. Every time I've been asked if I believe in God, I've said yes, because I do, but no one ever really has gone any more deeply into it than that, and I have to say that does suit me, because if I talk too freely about that I think the intelligent reader, whether 10 or 60, will be able to guess what's coming in the books."
I saw that interview several years ago, and realized rather quickly that the trajectory of the books was headed toward a Revelation-type end ... and I was right. And it'd be pretty much impossible to read the last book without recognizing the Christian symbolism.
Undoubtedly. O'Brien also would have pointed out the reflection of Christ in Harry's narrow escape from death as a baby, his recognition as the "chosen one", his knowledge and abilities, travails and temptations in the wilderness, his "baptism" and his willingness to sacrifice himself for love of his fellow man. Not to mention conquering death and evil.
"Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
The author of this piece does a lot of ranting and raving about some sort of generalizations he has envisioned about Harry Potter but he is extremely short on specific examples that support his "case" (if that's what you want to call it).
He talks about the innate goodness of children immediately after talking about the evil, little Draco Malfoy. It makes me wonder if he reads what he writes. Apparently he doesn't.
Oh well, party on fellow Potterphiles. ;^)
I'm confused on that, myself. It's too hot for satin this time of year, anyway.
And we respect the opinion of leftist dinglebobs who write for Time Magazine since ... when? Anyway, didn't Time declare God dead back when I was a kid? I'm sure I remember seeing it in the "famous historical Time covers at some point.
I guess the Obliviators got to 'em.
"It is revealed that Dumbledore had asked Snape to kill him - mercy killing - and their dialogue about it sounds uncannily like justification for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide."
Actually, Dumbledore wanted Snape to kill him in order to save the "soul" of one of Harry's classmates, Draco. Dumbledore stating that he was young and his "soul" was not yet lost. Snape agrees to do this.
Also, the death is not about euthanasia; but, about Dumbledore's belief that death is not the end, but a new beginning. Which seems to me to be a "Christian" point of view.
Also, I was a bit surprised, when Harry takes what is left of Mad-Eye Moody (his "magical" eye), which has been stuck in the evil Dolores Umbridge's door, and buries it under a tree. After burying the eye (all that is left of Moody), Harry carves a cross on the tree, right above the burial site. Again, I think, indicating a reverence for the dead, and with Christian overtones.
And if one must worship fabric, silk has a *much* nicer drape, doncha know.
I agree.
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