Harry Potter to be or not to be

[Guest LadyC]

Once again the "harry potter is evil" thread has reared it's ugly head.

I'm glad this is the last book because these rehashes are tiresome.

Next thing you know, card tricks and pulling a quarter from a kids ear is going to be evil.

These kinds of threads get soooo judgemental.

I say, let the Holy Spirit convict us and let the judging be done by God.

Bears repeating.

the issue being judged here is the movie and whether it should be viewed by our children. that is the kind of thing we are commanded to judge.

[Emily~Anne]

emily, i'm on your side of this issue, but please, is it necessary for it to become a debate over whether the magic portrayed is accurate? it doesn't matter what articles iryssa posts in defense of her position, the only source that is relevant here is what God's word says on the issue.... right?

Apparently God's word isn't enough for them on the issue.

[Emily~Anne]

Once again the "harry potter is evil" thread has reared it's ugly head.

I'm glad this is the last book because these rehashes are tiresome.

Next thing you know, card tricks and pulling a quarter from a kids ear is going to be evil.

These kinds of threads get soooo judgemental.

I say, let the Holy Spirit convict us and let the judging be done by God.

Bears repeating.

the issue being judged here is the movie and whether it should be viewed by our children. that is the kind of thing we are commanded to judge.

well said Lady C

[Iryssa]

Iryssa, back up your info, I have posted an article. I can post a thousand more. Post some links that back up what you say.

What are you looking for, exactly? Websites or articles that detail how to perform certain rituals in the Craft? I'm pretty sure I'd be banned for posting something like that. If you do a search for it on Google, I can guarantee that you will come up with something. Actually, if you go to xanga.com and go to the blogrings area, you can find blogrings of wiccans and some of the bloggers therein have resources for "educating" people on it.

Also, as far as talking to your aunt: I'm sure she won't mind you asking such a simple question, so long as you leave it at that and don't get into the eternal state of her daughter as related to it. Most wiccans that I've known have been pretty open to questions like that...and if she's not, then surely she must have some wiccan friends that come over to visit now and again, surely you could ask one of them.

[Emily~Anne]

Iryssa, back up your info, I have posted an article. I can post a thousand more. Post some links that back up what you say.

What are you looking for, exactly? Websites or articles that detail how to perform certain rituals in the Craft? I'm pretty sure I'd be banned for posting something like that. If you do a search for it on Google, I can guarantee that you will come up with something. Actually, if you go to xanga.com and go to the blogrings area, you can find blogrings of wiccans and some of the bloggers therein have resources for "educating" people on it.

Also, as far as talking to your aunt: I'm sure she won't mind you asking such a simple question, so long as you leave it at that and don't get into the eternal state of her daughter as related to it. Most wiccans that I've known have been pretty open to questions like that...and if she's not, then surely she must have some wiccan friends that come over to visit now and again, surely you could ask one of them.

She currently lives 1200 miles away, I talk to her on the phone at least daily. I am not going to ask her if I can talk to one of her friends. And no, none of her friends have come over while we were there. And they do not come with her when she comes here. I see you cant find any links.

[Iryssa]

emily, i'm on your side of this issue, but please, is it necessary for it to become a debate over whether the magic portrayed is accurate? it doesn't matter what articles iryssa posts in defense of her position, the only source that is relevant here is what God's word says on the issue.... right?

Apparently God's word isn't enough for them on the issue.

Excuse me, I'm right here, so don't talk about me like I'm not. For one thing, I've already said that I believe real witchcraft is evil. For another, God's word doesn't say anything on how Wiccans perform their craft. For third, the difference between fiction and non-fiction IS important (something I wish people would remember before they decide to read things like "The DaVinci Code," for example).

I never said I would hand-out the books to all the children and tell them "read this!"

I never said I support witchcraft.

[Iryssa]

Iryssa, back up your info, I have posted an article. I can post a thousand more. Post some links that back up what you say.

What are you looking for, exactly? Websites or articles that detail how to perform certain rituals in the Craft? I'm pretty sure I'd be banned for posting something like that. If you do a search for it on Google, I can guarantee that you will come up with something. Actually, if you go to xanga.com and go to the blogrings area, you can find blogrings of wiccans and some of the bloggers therein have resources for "educating" people on it.

Also, as far as talking to your aunt: I'm sure she won't mind you asking such a simple question, so long as you leave it at that and don't get into the eternal state of her daughter as related to it. Most wiccans that I've known have been pretty open to questions like that...and if she's not, then surely she must have some wiccan friends that come over to visit now and again, surely you could ask one of them.

She currently lives 1200 miles away, I talk to her on the phone at least daily. I am not going to ask her if I can talk to one of her friends. And no, none of her friends have come over while we were there. And they do not come with her when she comes here. I see you cant find any links.

No, I can...but I would be violating the TOS if I posted them.

[AndrewA]

Does it not make sense that these characters have never existed in real life and therefore can not actually be considered to have souls or to be put under Biblical standards? They're fictional, and NO ONE in the books is doing anything that would constitute performing real magic, sorcery, or otherwise.

It does not matter if they are fictional we are still dealing with a subject that is not honouring to God. So what its a work of fiction, it is a major tool of Satan to pull children away from God by making them interested in witchcraft and occult.

vast majority of pornography is also fictional. Is it ok then for me to sit and watch and read lots of hardcore porn, because after all the story's are fictional and the characters are also fictional.

[Emily~Anne]

So Iryssa, you see no connection to witchcraft in a book called "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft"?

[Emily~Anne]

Iryssa, back up your info, I have posted an article. I can post a thousand more. Post some links that back up what you say.

What are you looking for, exactly? Websites or articles that detail how to perform certain rituals in the Craft? I'm pretty sure I'd be banned for posting something like that. If you do a search for it on Google, I can guarantee that you will come up with something. Actually, if you go to xanga.com and go to the blogrings area, you can find blogrings of wiccans and some of the bloggers therein have resources for "educating" people on it.

Also, as far as talking to your aunt: I'm sure she won't mind you asking such a simple question, so long as you leave it at that and don't get into the eternal state of her daughter as related to it. Most wiccans that I've known have been pretty open to questions like that...and if she's not, then surely she must have some wiccan friends that come over to visit now and again, surely you could ask one of them.

She currently lives 1200 miles away, I talk to her on the phone at least daily. I am not going to ask her if I can talk to one of her friends. And no, none of her friends have come over while we were there. And they do not come with her when she comes here. I see you cant find any links.

No, I can...but I would be violating the TOS if I posted them.

Well just find a nice clean article, where the author defends the witchcraft accusation.