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Harry Potter: 3 More Things I Learned
ExileStreet ^ | 8/1/07 | John Mark Reynolds

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 Sam’s 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 children’s 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.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: childrensbooks; christianity; culture; deloresumbridge; harrypotter; hillaryumbridge; kidbooks; nooccultpractices; strictly4kids; threaddementorsalert; tinfoilwitcheshat
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To: PetroniusMaximus
It’s been denied many, many times on this thread!

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.

941 posted on 08/03/2007 11:52:51 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: Corin Stormhands
"What part of OF COURSE IT DIDN'T WORK do you not understand?????"

J K Rowling is not the final authority o­n whether occult practices actually work or not. She has admitted that she's using real beliefs and practices. Whether she believes that they are (or were) effectual or not is not the issue.

942 posted on 08/03/2007 11:52:53 AM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: PetroniusMaximus

You’re lying. As a Christian that should give you pause.


943 posted on 08/03/2007 11:54:00 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

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.


944 posted on 08/03/2007 11:54:49 AM PDT by JenB
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To: Corin Stormhands

“You’re lying. As a Christian that should give you pause.”

Where am I lying?


945 posted on 08/03/2007 11:55:28 AM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: PetroniusMaximus

There is none so blind, as he who will not see.


946 posted on 08/03/2007 11:56:01 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: JenB

Maybe you should be using of Mrs. Skower’s All-Purpose Magical Mess Remover.


947 posted on 08/03/2007 11:57:11 AM PDT by Cymbaline (I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stres)
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To: JenB

I’ve been screaming “reducio” at the bathroom scales for years...


948 posted on 08/03/2007 11:58:49 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Did your scales get smaller?


949 posted on 08/03/2007 12:01:24 PM PDT by Cymbaline (I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stres)
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To: Cymbaline

Yeah. And my pants too...


950 posted on 08/03/2007 12:01:58 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Eventually you’ll be able to give them to Dobby.


951 posted on 08/03/2007 12:03:27 PM PDT by Cymbaline (I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stres)
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To: Cymbaline

~snif~

Poor Dobby...


952 posted on 08/03/2007 12:04:00 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

“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.


953 posted on 08/03/2007 12:05:00 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Cymbaline

Unfortunately they don’t sell that at HyVee.


954 posted on 08/03/2007 12:05:28 PM PDT by JenB
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To: PetroniusMaximus

Try Post 931. See if you can figure it out.


955 posted on 08/03/2007 12:10:19 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: JenB

Cain’t you get yer house elf to do the dishes?


956 posted on 08/03/2007 12:13:00 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

“Try Post 931. See if you can figure it out.”

Point out the lie in 931.


957 posted on 08/03/2007 12:13:26 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Corin Stormhands

He is a very lazy house elf.


958 posted on 08/03/2007 12:14:14 PM PDT by JenB
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To: PetroniusMaximus; Corin Stormhands; JenB
Maybe you should read this:

Harry Potter & the Fire-Breathing Fundamentalists

(Thanks to Corin - I think - for sharing this link.)

959 posted on 08/03/2007 12:14:32 PM PDT by jude24 (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
It’s a further continuation of your twisting the author’s words in Post #912.

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.

960 posted on 08/03/2007 12:17:19 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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