Posted on 07/13/2005 12:49:13 AM PDT by dsc
*** I think that says enough all by itself - nothing need be added.****
What's that called when somebody puts words in another persons's mouth and then supposedly answers those "words"???
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
;-)
Indeed. Thank you so much for your post!
Are you proclaiming the "evils" of HP? I haven't seen that from you, though I could have missed it. If not then you're not in the "they" I was discussing.
Of course you see the same mentality even outside of Christianity vs Potter discussions. There's a large group of people in this world that just can't say "don't care if it's good or bad it's just not my thing". Check out anyplace where people get to rate and review movies, everybody needs some big reason, it's the rare reviewer than can just say "I was bored".
Ahh but we know the magic of the ones and zeros.
It seems odd to me that all the code words/phrases such as ....
"subtle seductions, which act unnoticed"
are used frequently by religious institutions...
I am a believer in God, but find this kind of thing exactly the reason why I am not a regular church attender...
When there is a listing of all things that God forbids and linking those to Harry Potter seems that someone loses sight of the fact that this is fantasy fiction. The same with Tolkien.
Bottom line is that Rowling, and Tolkien were good story-tellers, and should be read in the same light that any other story teller is read.
If a person is solid and comfortable with his own beleifs, then he won't be upset with Harry flying a broom and casting spells with the help of talking owls.
If Harry upsets somebody then maybe they are not so sure of their beliefs, because Harry awakens those doubts.
Maybe people see God as remote and far away, instead of all around close and everywhere...
In some cases is it possible God makes His presence known by what we call {gasp} magic?
Harry is fiction. His acts are fiction. Remember it is just a story.
actually, i should have said, "control of science, culture and government". for the pope would not approve of the u.s. constitution.
the "syllabus of errors" was an appendix to pope pius ix' quanta cura of 1864, and caused quite a stir among catholics, liberal catholics took issue with it, and certainly among protestants, and materialists, of course.
just type in "syllabus of errors" into your search engine.
But, he did not ~actively~ pick on Harry Potter. He was asked to comment. Which he did.
Very briefly.
What happened when Macbeth consulted the witches and witchcraft? Were he and his wife rewarded? Or did bad things happen because of it. The answer is that bad things happened because of it. What resulted was murder and untimely death as well as neurosis and psychosis. When literature properly inserts such questions into a moral framework that judges them accordingly, this is not wrong. "Macbeth" hardly comes off as an endorsment of occult practices.
He was asked to comment. Which he did.
And so JK Rowling will lose book sales to devout Catholics that read about Benedict's remarks, and gain sales from non-Catholic's annoyed with what they consider to be his meddleing.
***Mirrors aren't vehicles of magic in HP, some mirrors are enchanted, ***
They are used as a method of "seeing" adn alternate or symbolic reality which is really divination.
***They aren't ever used in HP in any way that ever resembles any of the various real world occult rituals that use mirrors. ***
Mirrors are use in occult magik for a number of puroses. I'm sure you don't know them all.
****I find the very presence of condemning Christians to be the ultimate insult ****
Care to point me to where I condemned someone???
And if "condeming" is so bad - then why are you condeming me???
*** little camouflaged germ laid ***
Error is often 98% truth.
You're not that bright, are you?
Satan's greatest power is making people believe he doesn't exist.
I don't think sales numbers are going to be a problem for Ms. Rowling.
So... are you condemning all parents who have allowed their children to read Harry PotteR? Because my folks homeschooled us - still do with my brothers - too, and they didn't think Harry Potter was distracting us from the path of righteousness. If you do such a poor job teaching your kid Truth that a novel can lead him to evil, well, then, you're not a very good parents are you?
Hmmm... selling Harry Potter novels to kids whose parents won't let them read it... sounds like a great black-market opportunity to me...
(Kidding. I respect parents' rights to rule their kids' lives absolutely)
***folk who think that fantasy or science fiction are inherently evil. That imagination is evil, maybe.***
See #23
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