Posted on 11/15/2002 2:23:23 PM PST by RJCogburn
The movie adventures of child-wizard Harry Potter will continue on November 15. Far from being an agent of the occult, as his critics contend, Harry Potter is the kind of hero children should be encouraged to read about and emulate, said the executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute.
"It is true that Harry lives in a magical, fantastical world, but what's important is that he is a hero who wins through intelligence, effort and courage," said Dr. Yaron Brook. "Throughout the series, Harry has developed his talents through hard work and has learned to think for himself, to be honest and to be self-confident. He has friends who share his values and he earns the respect of his teachers. Aren't these the character traits all parents want their children to possess? I know they're qualities I actively try to instill in my two boys."
Dr. Brook said that the critics' focus on the supernatural aspects of the Harry Potter stories is completely non-essential. What is fundamental is the abstract meaning being conveyed during the course of Harry's magical adventures. "The books are, in short, fuel for a child's maturing mind. As vitamins and minerals are essential to a child's healthy physical development, so literature with this view of the world is essential to a child's healthy mental development."
walking through walls
I suppose The Incredible Hulk doesn't fare well with you either huh?
Sex/Homosexuality (S):
none noted
Well, the movie has got to earn some points for that.
Drugs/Alcohol (D):
smoking
Perhaps that's my problem- I'm a smoker.
levitation, repeatedly
Superman is an offense to God? Or does this include the Wright Brothers as well?
boy conversing with a snake
I know many women that speak in devilish tongues to serpents- I always found it pleasurable.
manifestations in mirror
Michael Jackson gets a lot of that too.
mirror to show deepest desires
I agree- narcissism is unwholesome
broom riding, repeatedly
You didn't see the wires?
paintings with moving subjects, repeatedly
The term "movies" actually stems from "moving pictures". All animated films are paintings> are moving> are moving paintings.
evil eyes, repeatedly
I get that complaint a lot myself.
evil passing through boy's body, causing unconsciousness
Tequila will do that. I usually talk in tongues too before I go down.
brutal sports tactics with audience of children cheering it on
NFL every Lord's Day in the USA.
threat of death for disobedience
Capital Punishment?
willingness to commit suicide to enable victory of friends
Read up on Medal of Honor winners- many leapt on grenades. Evil bastards I guess.
animated chess game with lives at stake, graphic
I never played for blood but I knew a Macedonian who would throw the pieces at me in fustration- does that count?
attack of children by a huge three-headed dog, repeatedly
A three legged dog bit me once.
floating evil being threatening a child
I ran into a jellyfish when I was a kid- he didn't threaten me first though- just stung me.
floating evil being drinking blood from an animal's neck
Aye, we've got midges here as well.
One of the more bizarre conversations I have ever participated in occured about four years ago when I was working as a field service rep in the two-way radio business. An attractive, well dresssed woman walked into the shop and requested that we set up an appointment to test the AC power circuits in her house. I explained that our business involved radio, and that she would be better served by contacting the local utility company. She had already done that, she said, but the tech found no problems.
What did she expect of me, then? To check the outlets for radio waves which the government was using to control her mind. You see, the utility man was in on the plot. Of COURSE he would give her house a clean bill of health. He was part of the conspiracy! Since the small shop I worked in was presumably not on the government payroll, I'd quickly find all the secret transmitters and free her from the dastardly plot to enslave her with radio waves.
I didn't know what to say, other than that our service schedule was booked solid for weeks. That was enough to send her to our competitor, who told me the same story the next time I met him while working at a transmitter site.
She BELIEVED. Really and truly. She had lost control of her mind to government radio waves. You could talk to her until you were blue in the face and she would swear it was so.
Does that mean it was?
I think the biblical verse you quoted applies to real witches; not those fools dancing in the woods. (I'm sure there are plenty of other verses to cover their behavior - so you don't have to post them here).
God warning us to not practice it is proof enough for me that it is real.
I don't need to see someone turned into a frog to believe witchcraft is real anymore than I need to see Hell personally to believe in it.
Yes, it does teach that good conquers evil. Glad you can see that.
Again, why do you believe that they are real witches? They claim to be, but what makes you believe?
If I claim to be former vice president Al Gore, must you then believe me? How can you prove that I am not?
Claims do not equate to truth without empirical evidence to back them up. Provide that evidence for us.
True enough. But he said he "knew a few". How would he know if they were real witches or impostors, or just misguided idiots, unless he saw them cast a spell.
Why would you try to persuade someone to expose themselves to this kind of evil (which you assert is not a fiction but real) with one post when you posted earlier about the evils of going to view a fiction movie?
You're asking someone to participate, as it were, in real evil. What if someone goes over there and falls under a spell? How do we know you haven't fallen under a spell over there?
I'd assume that particular witch is not reading FR right now. How did he or she know Hair is asking?
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