Subject: On Harry Potter? |
Bible Note: 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 |