You're right. There's absolutely no maligning of the Scriptures within these posts. :
Wait - that's maligning?
My apologies.
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You're right. There's absolutely no maligning of the Scriptures within these posts. :
Wait - that's maligning?
My apologies.
Yeah? Thanks for showing your intentions, less work to do.
your statements are typical of athiests and agnostics, yet when you do the same with your world views it not ok for us to call you out.
this is a christians site. our bible is the word of OUR LIVING GOD, AND IS TO BE REVERED AS SUCH. ITS IN THE TOS.
you have by proxy judged God, and said his standard is low and you are and your kind are the standard.
remember that little secular huminast manifesto?
all religions must. hmm you dont like us telling you how to live , but you love telling us what to live by.
yet have no such authority as you claim theres no relative truth.
I apologize for not realizing that my quoting of scripture would be taken as an attack.
Rhea said:Mightn't one be more concerned that reading about Jacob in the bible would lead them to think it's okay to have sex with their servants? (based on the bible having inherently authority as right and good in their lives, as opposed to a contemporary fictional work.)
theLords said:Genesis 30:4-6 (KJV)
And she [Rachel] gave him [Jacob] Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
Rhea said:However, your reply does bring up the idea of one person giving another person over to a man for ownership. But that is discussed within religion and is accepted/rejected there.
I never let my son read those books. My niece who is a wiccan witch says the spells are close enough to real and the books give the idea that casting spells is innocent fun. They require kids to read them in school here. Homeschoolers don't teach the books, Of Course.Ok if you put yourself in the shoes of children who are reading and watching Harry Potter would it be acceptable to do that if you were a child and would you let them see Harry Potter casting spells?
Do you guys think that Harry Potter is demeaning towards Christianity? Why or why not?
I never let my son read those books. My niece who is a wiccan witch says the spells are close enough to real and the books give the idea that casting spells is innocent fun. They require kids to read them in school here. Homeschoolers don't teach the books, Of Course.
barbara said:I realized that there is very little contained in them that does not appear in books considered to be of a Christian nature; i.e., Lord of the Rings; the Narnia series. All of them contain elements of the very same nature, such as witches, wizards, trolls, elves, giants, casting of spells, etc. The premise of all of these books is the age-old good versus evil, and in each of them good prevails.
Neville becomes a hero in the book because Harry, Ron, and Hermione befriend him and encourage him instead of make fun of him, as many do.
One thing I do think is a real problem for kids - and I talked at length with my kids about it, is how this series promotes little kids running off to solve very big problems without adult guidance. The novel puts kids in extreme danger and out of the help of their adult network - it often portrays the adults as helpless compared to the Brave Bold Willingness of the children. They sneak out of dorms, they run into the woods alone at night, they confront known dangerous people without calling for help.
I spoke at length to my kids about how this was novelization and it is virtually unheard of for this to be a good idea.
Wow. And they actually went on to give HP a more negative review than it perhaps deserved.Two prominent teachers at Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall, are some of the finest authority figures to grace a kids’ movie in quite some time. Professor McGonagall is stern and a stickler for rules. But rather than scorning her, Harry and his friends like and respect her. Dumbledore proffers wise advice and teaches common sense. He becomes like a father to Harry, comforting him when he misses his parents and taking time to talk through his questions and problems.
Good question. For me, it's not so much "defensive", rather than just wanting to counteract some of the misinformation and out and out lies that Christians have spread about the books.Why would a Christian be so defensive about Harry Potter?
A dream sequence, Mike? A dream sequence?