Joking? Moi?! Yes, I’m just messing with you.
Seriously, though:
There are two aspects of walking the path: one is making sure you stay on it, the other is remembering the path is supposed to be taking you on a journey through this life to the next.
I remember what my journey used to feel like... a lot of staring at the cracks in the pavement in the journey of life, and wondering if something bad would happen if I stood on them. For a very long time I felt like I was going nowhere.
Now, I walk the path with purpose and confidence, and the journey’s a lot more fulfilling. And I thank Jesus for showing me how to do that.
A little bit of looking at the scenery on the way won’t hurt, but we have to remember that Satan doesn’t want us to complete the journey. His goal is to make us stray from the path, but it serves the Devil just as well for people to stand still while everyone else moves on.
With the best will in the world, I see the whole Harry Potter debate - along with a fair few other ecumenical arguments - as distractions. Satan probably loves those distractions, because the longer people spend debating such trivia, the more likely it is that they’ll lose focus on where they should be going.
With the best will in the world, I see the whole Harry Potter debate - along with a fair few other ecumenical arguments - as distractions. Satan probably loves those distractions, because the longer people spend debating such trivia, the more likely it is that they’ll lose focus on where they should be going.I understand what you are saying here, and I really don't like to debate HP either. But I *do* wish folks would read the words of the "expert exorcists," and Michael D. O'Brien, because they are the very people that have signed on to do battle with Satan (yes, O'Brien did some too).