Posted on 11/22/2010 10:20:36 AM PST by null and void
I can't speak for Twilight, but he has clearly never read any Harry Potter book.
HP ping
I have, I read them before I let my daughter read them because of the concerns people posted about. As far as I’m concerned they have as good a message as Harry Potter IMHO.
Good to know. Thanks.
It’s a freakin kids book!
Did Stephen King open a portal to hell by writing stories about the Paranormal?
Some people need to lighten up...Seriously.
Nonsense.
Harry Potter is replete with Christian themes. Good vs. Evil, loyalty, sacrifice, Love...anyone who thinks otherwise has not read the books.
Huge HP fan. May I be on the ping list, or does this list support the exorcist’s view?
A Ouiji board is a child’s game.
Makes no difference if it creates the desire to know more about the occult in the mind of the individual, be they young or old.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read the series. I’m currently back to Chamber of Secrets. I’ll be teaching a Harry Potter Lit. class next semester, and I’m very excited about that! This person obviously has not read the series, as power is not glamorized but portrayed as very dangerous. Hello, the statue at the Ministry of witches and wizards sitting on a pile of humans anybody?
Also, I’d love to know what this braintrust thinks about such classics as Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and The Wizard of Oz.
You teach Rowling in a Literature class? What level is that?
in a book called the dark side of the occult, researchers found common traits among all those who were demon oppressed or possessed and that was the occult or drugs. they found the fastest route to become possessed was the ouija board or drugs.
dont kid yourself. harry potter is all about the occult. it may be entertaining but it glorifies it same as all these tv shows where folks attempt to make contact with the dead or have paranomal encounters.
maybe the bible is not your book but it is incredibly clear that we are to NEVER participate in any of these things and that supernatural entities (whether good or bad) are awe-inspiring created beings—not the harmless ones people like to think of. Apostle Paul himself said that he was never disrespectful when talking about them because of their power and office.
although the exorcism of emily rose was wrong in that demons cannot possess a christian, much else about it was spot on.
oh and i have read the books and watched the movies. but i bet you haven’t read the bible which is the book that says not to have any involvement.
I’ve been doing spirit release work for about twenty years. Not everything the father says is true. For example, “inviting” them in can be accidental or without invitation. They can enter when a person is drunk..thus the term spirits for alcohol, when a person is in depression, when they use drugs, or when they are under general anesthesia.
I’ve cleaned up many messes from people using ouija boards.
The spirits can get pretty nasty at times. Their power is often the influence they gain while the host denies their physical existance.
Do you think watching or reading a work of fiction about characters doing something is the same as actually doing it?
I’ve added you to my unofficial list.
retrokitten is the keeper of the True List...
One can find lofty themes in the trashiest dime novels. The question is how worthy those works are of study. It just seems like something the kids could read on their own without academic prodding.
Fully agree.
If the Bible (I capitalize the the first letter of the Good Book) says not to have involvement in books like Harry Potter, why did you then read them and see the movies? Strange. Have you also read or watched Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz?
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