The same posters who feign innocence and alternative points of view also adamently condemn Jack Chick as heinous, but admire the Potter series.
Obviously, their picture isn't square.
"Good post. Interesting how previous discussions here on Potter claimed kids would never be tempted by sorcery or witchcraft from watching the movie, yet look at the quotes.
The same posters who feign innocence and alternative points of view also adamently condemn Jack Chick as heinous, but admire the Potter series.
Obviously, their picture isn't square."
ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL
Sorry, had to get that out so I could speak coherently. ;)
I will guarantee you some kids want to do something evil using magic after watching Harry Potter. I will guarantee that most of them wanted to do something evil not using magic before they saw Harry Potter.
I will guarantee that some kids want to help someone and be a good friend after watching Harry Potter. I will guarantee most of them wanted to help someone and be a good friend after watching Harry Potter.
I will guarantee some kids wanted to choke people using the force like Darth Vader did in Star Wars. I will guarantee that most of them wanted to choke someone or cause violence to someone before Star Wars.
I will guarantee some kids wanted to get in touch with something greater than themselves (The Force) after watching Star Wars. I will guarantee most of them wanted to get in touch with something greater than themselves before they saw Star Wars.
I will guarantee some people wanted to go out and blow up abortion clinics after reading the Bible. I will guarantee most of them had violent, hateful tendencies before they read the Bible.
I will guarantee some people wanted to do good for mankind in the name of God after reading the Bible. I will guarantee that most of them wanted to do good for mankind and something greater than themselves before they read the Bible.
Anyway... perhaps you can see what I'm getting at. Those quotes may or may not be real... but for each quote directed in the anti-Harry Potter direction... I can probably find thousands in the pro-Harry Potter as a good role model deirection.
Either way... I knew by a relatively young age (before I started attending school) the basic difference between right and wrong, good and evil, fantasy and reality. Using this, I was able to watch and read stories as I grew up... and they didn't harm me and turn me into an evil person. I took what was good out of them, the moral lessons that were taught, and used it as a growing experience.
If something like Harry Potter actually causes someone a few years down the road to be an "evil" person, then I strongly suggest looking into how they were raised, and how they had been instilled with values. Thanks goodness my parents did a good job, so I didn't have to have everything censored and spoon fed to me, my parents gave me a foundation, then put some TRUST into my ability to reason on my own.
Having said all this, and I did apparently write alot, I wish I wouldn't have. This isn't even really a Harry Potter conversation... it is for the most part a Christian vs. non-Christian argument, or at least a fundamentalist Christian vs. non-fundamentalist Christian argument. And we all know how quickly those arguments get worked out. :P About 2000 years and counting!