Harry Potter

[Ovedya]

Some Christians are too busy worrying about things that go "bump" in the night than they are about the salvation of their neighbors. Harry Potter is good literature. Kids today don't know how to read, write, and communicate effectively enough. WSB you commented just the other day about a poster's grammar. Well guess what? The literacy and comprehension of American children - and adults in America is roughly between 20% and 30%. That's somewhere in the region of between 60 and 90 million people over 15 who can't read or write. And it's getting worse (http://indian-river.fl.us/living/services/als/scope.html).

So the solution is to let them read about fantasy characters and made-up words that have no bearing on real literacy?

What happened to "Read the Bible?" That's how I learned to read BTW. And when I would curse or cheat or lie or mis-behave as a child, guess what? My mom didn't give me "five minutes in the room". It was spanking, plus on the knees in the corner, or grounded, or write lines from the Bible about what I did wrong. or all of the above.

Maybe if "christians" loved their children enough to actually spend time teaching them something, then the literacy rate wouldn't be so bad. Mabye if people actually read their Bibles to the children then they would learn something, instead of letting saturday morning cartoons and Harry Potter be their education.

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Fantasy characters and made-up words have no bearing on literacy? Goodness me! I'd love to hear what William Shakespeare or Sir Authur Conan Doyle would have to say about that statement!

[Constant]

My mother and my sister have read the children's bible to my two year lod neice since she was a new born. My neice watches cartoons and dances to music but she always wants them to read her bible to her. She points to the pictures and tells us what the picture is. People can do both!

[Gerioke]

Some Christians are too busy worrying about things that go "bump" in the night than they are about the salvation of their neighbors. Harry Potter is good literature. Kids today don't know how to read, write, and communicate effectively enough. WSB you commented just the other day about a poster's grammar. Well guess what? The literacy and comprehension of American children - and adults in America is roughly between 20% and 30%. That's somewhere in the region of between 60 and 90 million people over 15 who can't read or write. And it's getting worse (http://indian-river.fl.us/living/services/als/scope.html).

So the solution is to let them read about fantasy characters and made-up words that have no bearing on real literacy?

What happened to "Read the Bible?" That's how I learned to read BTW. And when I would curse or cheat or lie or mis-behave as a child, guess what? My mom didn't give me "five minutes in the room". It was spanking, plus on the knees in the corner, or grounded, or write lines from the Bible about what I did wrong. or all of the above.

Maybe if "christians" loved their children enough to actually spend time teaching them something, then the literacy rate wouldn't be so bad. Mabye if people actually read their Bibles to the children then they would learn something, instead of letting saturday morning cartoons and Harry Potter be their education.

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You may be well versed in the bible, but you are a little rrough around the edges as far as compassion goes. Up until right now I was a Harry Potter basher but after hearing what Ovedya said I wonder how does Harry Potter differ from Superman or Spiderman? Even grade 1 readers are secular in nature so do we do away with all literature that is not the bible? Did God create this world to b boring? I want my kid's to be able to read the bible when they are old enough to understand it, so maybe if they are interested in Harry Potter let them read it. My son has been taught that Harry Potter is evil so I doubt I will have to worry about that but my daughter may bring it home. She's a little more rebellious than my son and a little sharper when it comes to scholastics. My son is spiritually wise and I want him to absorb the bible. God bless his mind

[Constant]

If they can understand harry potter, I find it hard to believe they have trouble understanding the Bible.

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I am 26 years old and I am pretty smart but I have a hard time understanding the Bible at times. Harry Potter is easier.

[Kitten]

Was I wrong to start this thread? Because this is getting out of hand... Please, tone it down or I will ask that this thread be closed.

[Constant]

Was I wrong to start this thread? Because this is getting out of hand... Pleas, tone it down or I will ask that this thread be closed.

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If you are the one that started it, you can close it yourself.

[Gerioke]

How does a 5 year old understand thiswhen I'm not sure wheyher I do or not

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

[Kitten]

I can? I thought you had to be a Moderator to do that?

[Constant]

I can? I thought you had to be a Moderator to do that?

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Look on the bottom of the thread and it gives you moderator options.

[Ovedya]

Some Christians are too busy worrying about things that go "bump" in the night than they are about the salvation of their neighbors. Harry Potter is good literature. Kids today don't know how to read, write, and communicate effectively enough. WSB you commented just the other day about a poster's grammar. Well guess what? The literacy and comprehension of American children - and adults in America is roughly between 20% and 30%. That's somewhere in the region of between 60 and 90 million people over 15 who can't read or write. And it's getting worse (http://indian-river.fl.us/living/services/als/scope.html).

So the solution is to let them read about fantasy characters and made-up words that have no bearing on real literacy?

What happened to "Read the Bible?" That's how I learned to read BTW. And when I would curse or cheat or lie or mis-behave as a child, guess what? My mom didn't give me "five minutes in the room". It was spanking, plus on the knees in the corner, or grounded, or write lines from the Bible about what I did wrong. or all of the above.

Maybe if "christians" loved their children enough to actually spend time teaching them something, then the literacy rate wouldn't be so bad. Mabye if people actually read their Bibles to the children then they would learn something, instead of letting saturday morning cartoons and Harry Potter be their education.

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You may be well versed in the bible, but you are a little rrough around the edges as far as compassion goes. Up until right now I was a Harry Potter basher but after hearing what Ovedya said I wonder how does Harry Potter differ from Superman or Spiderman? Even grade 1 readers are secular in nature so do we do away with all literature that is not the bible? Did God create this world to b boring? I want my kid's to be able to read the bible when they are old enough to understand it, so maybe if they are interested in Harry Potter let them read it. My son has been taught that Harry Potter is evil so I doubt I will have to worry about that but my daughter may bring it home. She's a little more rebellious than my son and a little sharper when it comes to scholastics. My son is spiritually wise and I want him to absorb the bible. God bless his mind

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Amen, Geri.

You know Christians have read secular stories to children at bedtime for centuries. Christians have even been the source of many of the "classic" stories we read to our kids today. Hans Christian Anderson and the Grimm brothers were all Christians who wrote about princes and princesses in far away kingdoms, with dragons and witches, etc. These are all excellent literature designed to spark imagination and a passion for reading in kids.

Most kids - and I don't say that lightly - most kids today are so inundated with movies, television, video games, and music, that they don't have time for reading. They are bombarded with media, media, media. It is a rarity to see a young person with a book in their hands today. Even at the public library kids have to be told to turn their video games off! It's terrible!