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 Sams 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 childrens 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at exilestreet.com ...
NO, what has been pointed out to you over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER is that there are NO REAL OCCULT practices in Harry Potter.
The magic based on what people USED TO BELIEVE is stuff that's all considered hocus pocus even by wiccans and witches.
You’re lying. As a Christian that should give you pause.
So you’re the final authority on what occult practice work?
Could you please read the books and tell me why my spells keep going wrong? I use “scourgify” on the dishes but they don’t seem to get any cleaner.
“Youre lying. As a Christian that should give you pause.”
Where am I lying?
There is none so blind, as he who will not see.
Maybe you should be using of Mrs. Skower’s All-Purpose Magical Mess Remover.
I’ve been screaming “reducio” at the bathroom scales for years...
Did your scales get smaller?
Yeah. And my pants too...
Eventually you’ll be able to give them to Dobby.
~snif~
Poor Dobby...
“There is none so blind, as he who will not see.”
If you are going to acuse me of lying, you should at least try and prove it.
Unfortunately they don’t sell that at HyVee.
Try Post 931. See if you can figure it out.
Cain’t you get yer house elf to do the dishes?
“Try Post 931. See if you can figure it out.”
Point out the lie in 931.
He is a very lazy house elf.
Harry Potter & the Fire-Breathing Fundamentalists
(Thanks to Corin - I think - for sharing this link.)
As we’ve said repeatedly, we don’t care if you read the books. But you are not qualified to judge them OR J.K. Rowling.
What’s disingenuous is you distorting her words to mean something entirely different.
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