Keep Your Condoms Off My Kids

BaptistBoy »

Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:37 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

mr. connor, the people of portland, maine are not idiots. they don't need a lecture from someone thumping a desk in washington, dc to understand that handing out birth control at a middle school may be inappropriate. i would think you'd have plenty pf concern about teen pregnancy right there in d.c.

Conservatives Urge Ban on 'Harry Potter' Over Witchcraft, Homosexuality

BaptistBoy »

Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:18 pm Agree: 4   Disagree: 3

tray76, then let's hear about one of your beloved leaders who've actually read the books. dissecting them without reading them is an exercise in futility and a true waste of time. it's also hypocricy, something Jesus hated, btw.

Conservatives Urge Ban on 'Harry Potter' Over Witchcraft, Homosexuality

BaptistBoy »

Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:22 pm Agree: 5   Disagree: 2

only someone who hasn't read the potter books could have a problem with them. these are classic struggles of good vs. evil within a fantasy context, and it's clear who is who. harry and his friends are clearly on the side of good. no one except for the dark lord and his followers are invoking evil. you can call it God vs. Devil if it makes you feel any better, but it's not. these books are about the struggles we all face in life "between doing what is right and doing what is easy." these kids struggle, bond together, and do the right thing in the face of seemingly impossible circumstances. that is only a good thing. anything read into it about God or the Devil beyond that is your own fantasy...it's not there.

Conservatives Urge Ban on 'Harry Potter' Over Witchcraft, Homosexuality

BaptistBoy »

Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:57 am Agree: 6   Disagree: 6

don't be so frothy and distracted by this frivolity. it's a smoke screen. the corporate rich have Christians running around burning up all their energy on gays and abortion while they take from the middle class and give to the super rich (themselves). people will not starve and go to hell because of a fictional wizard. but good people will suffer and go hungry in this very country while you pour all your energy into this. cancer, nuclear threats, global warming, and you're up in arms about a fictional gay wizard. good grief. you gotta focus on the things that matter, like taking care of each other and God's creation, or we really are doomed.

Harry Potter Author Reveals Books' Christian Allegory, Her Struggling Faith

BaptistBoy »

Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:52 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

don't be so frothy and distracted by this frivolity. it's a smoke screen. the republican party has Christians running around burning up all their energy on gays and abortion while they take from the middle class and give to the super rich. people will not starve and go to hell because dumbledore is gay. but good people will suffer and go hungry in this very country while you pour all your energy into this. this is the real stuff, not a fictional wizard who isn't even identified as gay in the actual books and movies. besides which, who cares? it's comparatively nothing in the face of the issues we have to face in this wold.