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1 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 21328 | ||
Greetings Hank! You definitely put together a list of great literature! Do you think that these books caused the social changes you refered to, or did they simply reflect the mood of society at the time? I ask, because personally, I don't know of any writer who has had that kind of impact of me! And I read alot! I have been known to read 5 to 7 books a week for pleasure, not counting the studying that I do. I have been doing this since I was about six years old. I was tested when I started kindergarten and I was already reading at about an 8th grade level. Because of this, I was the only kid in my town who was given an adult library card. The first book I remember checking out was Isaac Asimov's, "Caves of Steel." I have been hooked on Sci-Fi ever since. I love fantasy series as well. Robert Jordan has an ongoing work called the Wheel of Time that is excellent. The reason I bring these works up is that most of these contain things that don't fit with the Christian worldview. But, I never wanted to go out and summon a demon because some fictional character did it. Having said all of this, I have no problem with parents setting limits for their children. Personally, I would rather my kids read something like Harry Potter so that we can sit down and talk about the things that are not Biblical. I have actually read some of the Potter series. It is a fantasy series, so it does contain magic and monsters. However, it really never goes into any detail about how or why magic works. There are good guys and bad guys. There are some basic morals. I really never saw anything that was objectionable to me. Well, I've got to get to bed for a couple of hours so I can get up for church. I hate working nights! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 21334 | ||
Tim, thanks for your additional input, and it's always refreshing to find another book nut! ..... To your question of whether I think some of these books (my list is horribly incomplete, by the way) had much to do with shaping society or merely were relecting it, my answer is that some books do little more than reflect societal conditions; other, more powerful, books both reflect and, in varying degrees, help to mold them. ..... T.S.Eliot, poet and Christian, said, "A book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it." During all my reading life, I've hardly ever been influenced to high-ball it down to the book store to buy the latest best-seller, heeding instead the advice of British poet Samuel Rogers who wrote some 200 years ago, "When a new book is published, read an old one." To sum up, in regard to parents guiding their children in their first steps of reading, my position is this: The careful supervision by the parent of the child's reading material lays a firm foundation. The young reader, having once been exposed to the supremely good kinds of writing that nourish and enrich both mind and spirit, is, I think, less likely in later years to revert to inferior kinds of writing that do neither. --Hank | ||||||
3 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 21342 | ||
Greetings Hank! Amen! Amen! I try to mix my reading. I read somethings just for fun. They are not always great literature, but they are entertaining (King, Star Wars, ect...). But, I also try to read some of the classics. I have read most of the better known works. In fact, years ago, my wife and I found some hard back children's books. They were very cheap and included some of the great old books, so we bought everyone of them. We have also purchased the Chronicles of Narnia for the kids. I definitely love to read! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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