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

tray76 »

Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:51 pm Agree: 3   Disagree: 1

Tuprbabe and Yes _I _am_ a _Jew,

Great Comments. I hope that those who have not read the books will do so soon. A lot of the complaining about Harry Potter is due to false pre-suppositions. I would ask that each person read with a critical mind but also with an intellectually honest one. I admit at first I was against this book series just because of the initial controversy. However, after reading them for myself I found that a lot of my negative feelings were not grounded with reality.

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

tray76 »

Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:09 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 1

Torus,

Homesexuality is not an issue of growing up for most Christians. As Christians we beleive that God gives us his instruction on how we are to live life in the Scripture. Scripture clearly states that homosexuality is clearly wrong (Romans 1). As far as being biological, there has not been any concrete proof for this claim scientifically. But even if there was such proof, the explanation could be explained by looking at world that has been effected by sin (including biological worlds). We must not allow our handicaps prevent us from pursuing obedience to Gods Word

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

tray76 »

Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:47 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 1

I have read all the books and have watched the movies that have been released. The news that Dumbledore is gay really has no effect on the story itself. His sexuality does not come into to play in the movies or books. The statement has been made after the readers have read the books and I would say 99.9% of the consumers would have never even thought such a thing. I think this is silly and boycot is really to late. The only way one would come to such a conclusion of the charachter is to read an article on what Rowling has said. Your kids will not get from reading the book any homosexual undertones or mix messages.

The key to this matter as well as any matter is to supervise your childrens reading if you feel it is questionable and help them decifer what is good or bad. There are things as Christians we can use to teach our kids from Harry Potter such as sacrifice, the battle btw good and evil, Loving others more than yourselves, etc... The key is to find truth and expose the false hood and then your child will be able to devlope critical thinking skills that are necessary for living in our world. Also, if you think that the occult and the witchcraft is evil (let your conscious be your guide as well as scripture) then you must consider Narnia and Lord of the Rings as being under your boycot as well. Fantasy I believe is find when you keep it in the context of fantasy. It is when you try to make it a reality when you get in trouble.