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1 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 21420 | ||
Greetings Ed! The Bible also says "Do not murder", yet is filled with stories about people who did murder. It says, "Do not committ adultery", yet goes into great detail about David and Bathsheba. The list goes on.... So, does "stay away from witchcraft" mean "don't read anything that mentions witchcraft"? And, if it does, can we still read the Bible? ;-) My point is that (in my opinion) reading a fictional story about a magical place is not the same thing as practicing witchcraft, which Scripture clearly does condemn. An interesting idea for a thread would be whether or not magic is even real. I don't doubt that Satan leads people into occult practices. But, is there any Scriptural evidence that there is actually any power to such things? For instance, we know that magic doesn't work the way that witches or warlocks think that it works, if it even does. The source of power would have to be Satanic. Maybe this is the real issue behind this discussion. I don't really believe in magic, so I'm not overly concerned about it. To me, it's like my kids are reading about Santa Claus. Now, I know that everyone is going to start telling me stories that they heard from someone about someone who said that they saw.....! :-) I would be interested in such a discussion, but let's please limit ourselves to what Scripture actually says. p.s. - It might be better to start another thread for that topic! It could be interesting. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 21435 | ||
Tim, from last week's activity on the forum I have two cents left, so I choose to toss this two cents' worth of "infinite wisdom" to you and EdB in pain of having my check bounced back at me :-) It strikes me as being at least worthy of some consideration to measure the content of any book, including the Bible itself, not by the subjects it deals with but by the stand it takes on those subjects. The Bible does, as you have pointed out, deal with the subjects of murder, witchcraft, adultery, etc., and it clearly condemns them. But it doesn't stop there. It offers a better way..... Now the salient difference, it seems to me, is that some other books, in dealing with the same subjects, may condemn them, condone them, or even endorse them...... So should not the criterion, in assessing the fitness of a book (especially for the very young) be measured not necessarily by whether, for example, witchcraft and magic are subjects treated of in the book but by whether these subjects are condemned, condoned, or endorsed? Taking the Harry Potter series as a test case: Do they condemn, condone, or endorse magic and witchcraft? And, in any case, do they offer a better way? --Hank | ||||||
3 | On Harry Potter? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 21436 | ||
Hank Most excellent!!!! I wish I had said that. I think you have captured the essence of what I was trying to say in this discussion. Most excellent sir !!!!!!!! EdB |
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