Guest Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Would you ban your children from reading them? I would. Spells, sorcery. Not what Christians should ever have anything to do with. The Influences on young minds is bad news in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Adams Posted September 12, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 26 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 9,604 Content Per Day: 3.98 Reputation: 7,795 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/11/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted September 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, Melinda12 said: Would you ban your children from reading them? I would. Spells, sorcery. Not what Christians should ever have anything to do with. The Influences on young minds is bad news in my view. 20 years ago I read half a page... and banned it forever!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTC Posted September 12, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 18 Topic Count: 200 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2,795 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 1,502 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/25/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/26/1952 Share Posted September 12, 2019 56 minutes ago, Melinda12 said: Would you ban your children from reading them? I would. Spells, sorcery. Not what Christians should ever have anything to do with. The Influences on young minds is bad news in my view. I never read them nor did I see any of the movies. If I had kids I'd have to find a way to make them understand this is entertainment, it's a doorway into the magic arts which is all evil. The hard thing with children is making them understand it's for their own good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted September 12, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,014 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,276 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,335 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted September 12, 2019 I never read them and never saw any of the movies. I don't think it's a good influence on kids. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyKay Posted September 12, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 12 Topic Count: 385 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 7,692 Content Per Day: 1.93 Reputation: 4,809 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/28/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted September 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Melinda12 said: Would you ban your children from reading them? I would. Spells, sorcery. Not what Christians should ever have anything to do with. The Influences on young minds is bad news in my view. No. I read them. It is fiction. They are About courage, friendship, and doing what is right even when it would be easier to do what is wrong. Dealing with the lost of someone you love. I am not going to argue about it. If you have not read them, you wouldn't understand. So there is no point in debating it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockson Posted September 12, 2019 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 109 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 61 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/10/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted September 12, 2019 Perhaps a question to go along with this is what literature do you give kids that can inspire their imagination and can be very entertaining. Of course I know Bible stories would be a given BUT beyond that. Anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who me Posted September 12, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,298 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 1,685 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted September 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Melinda12 said: Would you ban your children from reading them? I would. Spells, sorcery. Not what Christians should ever have anything to do with. The Influences on young minds is bad news in my view. And what about disney's use of magic? The 'magic' of the marvel super heros, power rangers and of course how do you stop them encountering antichristian ideas? Better to train them to know what is good and to defend that, then to deny them the chance to learn about other ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted September 12, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 44 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted September 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Melinda12 said: Would you ban your children from reading them? Yep. I certainly would. It's understood some praise them as literary classics, but Lewis Carroll or Charles Dickens they are not. I'd also ban trashy paperback romance novels, and other assorted garbage not worth having in the home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted September 12, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 44 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted September 12, 2019 9 minutes ago, Who me said: Better to train them to know what is good and to defend that, then to deny them the chance to learn about other ideas. Not a bad plan. When they come to an age where they have the ability to discern properly and perspectively though. A nine year old is far too impressionable. Sorry, they'd have to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted September 12, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 44 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I've seen enough of the movies, and not exactly by choice. Don't ask please, most aren't going to understand. If books are supposedly better and more descriptive than films, I shudder to think how they could affect a young and impressionable mind that has yet to know how to adequately discern. A nine year old doesn't have it. A child genius however, would be up for consideration. They're kinda rare though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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