Posted on 07/13/2005 12:49:13 AM PDT by dsc
***Cute picture. Are you the one on the right or the left? Or are you the one playing the flute?***
He's the one bent over with his head in the moss.
I'm am howling in laughter right now...
LOL! Great find!
So was Shakespeare -- and practically everyone else. It's only in modern times that that became a "flaw" -- well, "modern" from the 18th century or so. (See The Battle of the Books.)
Did you read the rest of the "Anne" books or just Anne of Green Gables? And L.M. Montgomery wrote lots more, Pat of Silver Bush being one of my favorites, along with the "Emily" books.
I thought the standard fault adduced against the Moabites was that they cared only about their own people, a failing corrected in Ruth.
I guess it's "readable" in the literal sense -- I did manage to get through it, for the curiosity value, but I thought it bordered dangerously close to "unreadable."
Do I take Harry Potter's spells seriously? Or have I posted about 500 times that the danger with the Potter books is the normalization of the occult?
I agree completely. Ouija boards are often the gateway to cases of demonic oppression and possession. The children's reviews posted to the Ouija board game on Amazon are chilling.
Beyond the very real problems of occultism, there is the fact that the Harry Potter books encourage the idea that the personal is superior to God. That powers can be used against other people for our own goals, and are not subject to a higher authority.
Which is just as important. The essence of moral evil is "my will be done."
My pet peeve.
I have no idea. Quite frankly, I don't have time to keep up with your hysteria.
This question you have posed is what makes me certain that you have never read the books--any of them. Have you?
I would not allow my children to read a book entitled "How To Be Wiccan" or "Satan Worship for Dummies." My kids are free to read Shakespeare if they so desire. My kids will read Tolkien when the time comes. Many of the greatest works of literature contain devices which would fall under the category of "biblical abomination." Why do you think I read the books before my kids?
Yes, ideas matter. As I have said before, however, if one has a strong foundation in their beliefs then one will not be easily swayed by ideas. I do enjoy these discussions but I find it incredibly frustrating to argue the merits and controversial aspects of the books--or of ANY book--with FReepers who are familiar with them only by their dust jackets or by their reviews. It is kind of like having an argument about the best beaches in Michigan with someone who has never stepped foot in the mitten (born in Livonia, raised in Rochester, living in Lansing, trying to oust the Canadian Cheerleader-in-Chief).
Good Morning, Accygirl.
Just to toss out something neutral since we're on the topic (it seems) of children's literature.
When I was a youngun', I must have taken the same two books out of our elementary school library 15 times. The books were titled "The Children of Noisy Village" and "Happy Times in Noisy Village", by Astrid Lindgren, whom I believe to be Scandinavian.
I would recommend these two books as light fare for anyone encouraging their children to read. Heck, I MIGHT even go to our public library and see if they're there. I could use a return to my childhool.
Does anyone else remember these books with fond memories as I have?
"Words come to mind...
Heat,
Kitchen,
Leaving...
(have a good trip!)"
Nice, PM, really nice. Yet another good reason to HOME worship.
If I had more coffee in my system right now, I could probably make this point better:
Turn the witches and wizards from HP into junior marine biologists.
Remove the story from England and place it in a Pacific archipelago.
Replace the wands and other occultish objects with scientific instruments.
What you have left is what you began with: a story of GvE.
I can't remember who the writer or director was, but there was this guy who would only produce animated films. When asked why he would not work on live action projects, he cited the obvious fact: live-action is too limiting. The stroytelling is the same, but with animation the possibilities are endless.
Yikes! I have a yard sale to set up! Have a good weekend!
***Nice, PM, really nice.***
Hey! I was joking.
(and she really is going on a trip)
:)
Ping to your Ouija reference....
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