teddyv Posted December 31, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 4,265 Content Per Day: 2.90 Reputation: 2,302 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/03/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted December 31, 2021 45 minutes ago, LearningToLetGo said: No, it does not. Some are good. Some are bad, just like everyone else. The only fault I have with these books is the premise of elitism. One is either born a wizard or not, and there is no way for a "muggle" to perform magic no matter how hard they train. It's fantasy, and quite inane in many ways. As I said, it's a hero's journey. It's about the main character facing his fears (the evil wizard) and overcoming them. I agree with you on the elitism point. It's a bit of a blind spot of the wizard world in general and I wonder if it was intentional on Rowling's part. There are a few issues I have with the overall world-building as well. There were some wizards and witches that came from non-magical parents though - Hermione and Harry's mother, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-B Posted December 31, 2021 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,974 Content Per Day: 2.21 Reputation: 1,636 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/03/2021 Status: Offline Share Posted December 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Josheb said: Where this discipline of the tongue is practiced right from the beginning, each individual will make a matchless discovery. He will be able to cease from constantly scrutinizing the other person, judging him, condemning him, putting him in his particular place where he can gain ascendancy over him and thus doing violence to him as a person. Now he can allow the brother to exist as a completely free person, as God made him to be. His view expands and, to his amazement, for the first time he sees, shining above his brethren, the richness of God’s creative glory. God did not make this person as I would have made him. He did not give him to me as a brother for me to dominate and control, but in order that I might find above him the Creator. Now the other person, in the freedom with which he was created, becomes the occasion for joy, whereas before he was only a nuisance and an affliction. God does not will that I should fashion the other person according to my image; rather in his very freedom from me God made this person in His image. I can never know beforehand how God’s image should appear in others. That image always manifests a completely new and unique form that comes solely from God’s free and sovereign creation." ”…he who can no longer listen to his brother will soon be no longer listening to God, either; he will be doing nothing but prattle in the presence of God, too. This is the beginning of the death of the spiritual life, and in the end there is nothing left but spiritual chatter and clerical condescension arrayed in pious words… Anyone who thinks his time is too valuable to spend keeping quiet will eventually have no time for God and his brother, but only for himself and for his own follies." thanks for this share @Josheb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawb Posted December 31, 2021 Group: Non-Conformist Theology Followers: 2 Topic Count: 40 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 627 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 333 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/31/2021 Status: Offline Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 55 minutes ago, Josheb said: You still love me? Yep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David1701 Posted December 31, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,731 Content Per Day: 3.51 Reputation: 3,524 Days Won: 12 Joined: 11/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted December 31, 2021 19 hours ago, B-B said: Thank you @David1701 for your posts, I know you spoke out of genuine concern. If I may put your mind at rest. I'm not into idol worship or witchcraft. I'm able to read literature by C S Lewis and the LOTR by Tolkien, without it negatively affecting my walk with the Lord. God bless Are you certain that it doesn't negatively affect your walk with the Lord? Not even a little bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-B Posted December 31, 2021 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,974 Content Per Day: 2.21 Reputation: 1,636 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/03/2021 Status: Offline Share Posted December 31, 2021 23 minutes ago, David1701 said: Are you certain that it doesn't negatively affect your walk with the Lord? Not even a little bit? Meaning...? 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David1701 Posted January 1, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,731 Content Per Day: 3.51 Reputation: 3,524 Days Won: 12 Joined: 11/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, B-B said: Meaning...? 😬 There was no hidden meaning. I've heard quite a few Christians say similar things about worldly music (including openly satanic groups), worldly films, worldly books, etc.. When you ask them how they know that they are not adversely affected, you get responses like, "I just know.", or, "There's no law against it.", or some other non-answer. King David said, "I will set no evil thing before my eyes." - wise man. Our brains create new pathways all the time, based on what we experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-B Posted January 1, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,974 Content Per Day: 2.21 Reputation: 1,636 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/03/2021 Status: Offline Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 minute ago, David1701 said: King David said, "I will set no evil thing before my eyes." - wise man. And King David was known as a man after Gods own heart … I don’t believe C S Lewis reading material is evil. Neither do I believe the LOTR to be evil. (Which is what my posts have been about). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David1701 Posted January 1, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,731 Content Per Day: 3.51 Reputation: 3,524 Days Won: 12 Joined: 11/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 minute ago, B-B said: And King David was known as a man after Gods own heart … I don’t believe C S Lewis reading material is evil. Neither do I believe the LOTR to be evil. (Which is what my posts have been about). Okay, then that leads on to another question: do you believe that glorifying witchcraft is good, or evil (whether it's "white" witchcraft or not)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-B Posted January 1, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,974 Content Per Day: 2.21 Reputation: 1,636 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/03/2021 Status: Offline Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 minute ago, David1701 said: Okay, then that leads on to another question: do you believe that glorifying witchcraft is good, or evil (whether it's "white" witchcraft or not)? I don’t see how this question leads on from my answer, or how it relates to me enjoying C S Lewis reading material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David1701 Posted January 1, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,731 Content Per Day: 3.51 Reputation: 3,524 Days Won: 12 Joined: 11/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 minute ago, B-B said: I don’t see how this question leads on from my answer, or how it relates to me enjoying C S Lewis reading material. You mentioned LOTR, which openly glorifies witchcraft, as do the Narnia books, by C.S. Lewis; that was the reason for my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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