Posted on 11/02/2001 9:55:30 AM PST by Chuckmorse
Grimm's Fairy Tales from Carnegie Mellon U
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Grimm Brothers' Home Page from U Pittsburg
Rumpelstiltskin
Once there was a miller who was poor, but who had a beautiful daughter. Now it happened that he had to go and speak to the king, and in order to make himself appear important he said to him, I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold. The king said to the miller, that is an art which pleases me well, if your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her to-morrow to my palace, and I will put her to the test.
And when the girl was brought to him he took her into a room which was quite full of straw, gave her a spinning-wheel and a reel, and said, now set to work, and if by to-morrow morning early you have not spun this straw into gold during the night, you must die. Thereupon he himself locked up the room, and left her in it alone. So there sat the poor miller's daughter, and for the life of her could not tell what to do, she had no idea how straw could be spun into gold, and she grew more and more frightened, until at last she began to weep.
But all at once the door opened, and in came a little man, and said, good evening, mistress miller, why are you crying so. Alas, answered the girl, I have to spin straw into gold, and I do not know how to do it. What will you give me, said the manikin, if I do it for you. My necklace, said the girl. The little man took the necklace, seated himself in front of the wheel, and whirr, whirr, whirr, three turns, and the reel was full, then he put another on, and whirr, whirr, whirr, three times round, and the second was full too. And so it went on until the morning, when all the straw was spun, and all the reels were full of gold.
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In those days parents could let kids watch TV or read a book without having to be there with a moral interpretation
Was there witchcraft in alot of the childhood stories yea..but not as blatent as with Potter.It is sort of like TV...the decline has been so gradual that alot of the sheeple haven't got it yet.
This is a battle for the mind and heart of your kids..eithor fight it or lose it..your choice!
JRadcliffe, you didn't read the disclaimer to the Bill of Rights? The one that said "All free speech and books that your children read are subject to approval by the 'religious right' a/k/a the American Taliban."
Harry Potter is not God honoring it does not help in teaching children to put God first in their lives in fact it does the opposite it tells them that what God considers wicked is really ok and kind of cool in fact.
Back up your last statement. Proof, please. Sure the theme of Potter may be witchcraft, but does it tell children to engage in that behaviour? Again, no one can provide proof -- just speculation. That's why it's so easy to dismiss this hogwash from the 'religious right'.
Going to NBA games (thank goodness we finally have a team here in Memphis!) doesn't teach us to put God first either. Does this mean I should stop going to NBA ball games? Some things are just value neutral -- Harry Potter is a narrative fantasy, not an instructional manual for the occult. My nephew knows the difference between Potter and real life. I question whether the religious-righties here know the difference.
blasphemer! ;^)
Oops, sorry, wrong album.(-:
Blasting other people because they believe the Bible is not constructive. The poster is again, sending a warning to concerned Christian parents. Christians that defend the books, well... what can be said? I suppose that if you don't feel bothered by it, then whatever.
Mocking Christians at this site is kind of loopy. Without them, you can just about flush any future conservatives winning any sort of an election down the toilet.
We get all up in arms about Hollywood liberalism and media liberalism, but when it comes to something written by a liberal as fantasy, that our kids enjoy, well, that's okay... no indoctrination could be happening there. Yeah... sure.
Allowing nutty ideas to get wrapped up in Christianity is much worse that the prospect of losing an election.
And I await the very first anecdote of a kid gone bad off reading Harry Potter. Landmark Baptist evidence is excluded.
I am not saying that after reading this book one will go out and want to be a witch, but one may be more accepting of witchcraft.
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