tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post3787000281153307710..comments2024-03-27T08:46:54.369-04:00Comments on BabyBlueOnline: Why Harry Potter?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-31883818159219989502009-04-28T13:18:00.000-04:002009-04-28T13:18:00.000-04:00Thanks, Todd, for your post. I completely agree! ...Thanks, Todd, for your post. I completely agree! What is amazing about the Potter series is that evil really does exist in this post-modern world and people have choices to do evil. In the Potter series we see how those choices at work - people who started off down one road and end up choosing a different one, like Narcissa Malfoy who's love for her son outweighed her fear of Voldemort. Her love turned the course of the story, but it could happen because Harry showed mercy to Narcissa's son, Draco. Draco survived the inferno because Harry rescued him, even after everything Draco had done.<br /><br />It doesn't get much better than that.<br /><br />bbAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-87501889272101192422009-04-28T09:43:00.000-04:002009-04-28T09:43:00.000-04:00Mary, God knows I'm perhaps even more conservative...Mary, God knows I'm perhaps even more conservative than you on a lot of Theological topics. But I appreciate this entry. I agree the Bible is very prohibitive against "witchcraft and wizardy." (I had to throw that word combo in...) But I wonder if we make mountains out of molehills on things like Harry Potter. I love the series. I ordered the Bloomsbury versions not the Scholastic ones. But I'm mature enough in my faith to know the difference between fact and fiction. I raise my children to know the difference between fact and fiction. As Christians we're strong enough to look at the world, and pick Godly lessons from a secular world and hold them up and say "See! All things come from God! Even the resurrected Potter!" We can reach out to people who, like the lessons and Christian imagery in these books, are immersed in a broken and disobedient world, and lift them up and say "God can clean anyone, use anyone and love anyone." When we isolate ourselves in a pure bubble of Christianity with no exposure to the world around us - we rapidly become Pharisees.Anglican with his collar on backwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04359765174786432695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-47517712357712978742007-11-17T16:14:00.000-05:002007-11-17T16:14:00.000-05:00To the anonymous teacher (and concerned others)Bef...To the anonymous teacher (and concerned others)<BR/>Before condemning anything based on a single term, please be careful that both actually MEAN the same thing. In the English language, we can use the exact same term to refer to two things which are not even similar (and even opposites) much less the same. <BR/>(anyone read a book refering to someone as 'gay' recently?...when was the book written and does that make a difference in the meaning?)<BR/><BR/>In the same way, please be sure that the term "witch" refers to the same thing before you condemn them for being the same. <BR/><BR/>To my knowledge, a witch as condemned in the Bible is one who actively pursues contact with the (very real) demons present in this world - making use of their power to for their own ends, such as contacting (or impersonating?) the dead for Saul.<BR/>Frankly, while I've not read the books and only seen some of the movies, a "witch" or "warlock" in HP does no such thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-46094729570406996432007-09-22T12:32:00.000-04:002007-09-22T12:32:00.000-04:00As a Christian of over 35 years, a biblical schola...As a Christian of over 35 years, a biblical scholar and teacher of scripture for over 25 years in the Aglican Church, I have one reason to NOT read the Potter series; The Bible frowns greatly on anyone being a witch and/warlock much less going to a school to be trained to be a witch. You may if you like believe that the books are fine to read, but let me warn you that Matthew 24:11,25 says,"many false prophets will arise and lead many astray...See I have told you beforehand"(ESV) She may not be a false prophet in the sense that Matthew was describing however, to say you are a Chritian and have people more interested in your work of fiction than the Lord's work of Non-fiction may make her a "canidate"<BR/>MHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-43741960751574868932007-06-04T21:48:00.000-04:002007-06-04T21:48:00.000-04:00Gosh, this is what makes doing this whole blog thi...Gosh, this is what makes doing this whole blog thing fun. ;-)<BR/><BR/>bb<BR/><BR/>Alas, BabyBlue has a "Sylvia Plath" personal dress code and has a hard time getting out of black. But we'll dig up some white shoes - there must be a pair around here somwhere. Constant Vigilance!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-47411570833017701362007-06-04T17:32:00.000-04:002007-06-04T17:32:00.000-04:00OK..this is getting totally out of hand... not onl...OK..this is getting totally out of hand... not only do I like most of the music you post, some of the pictures you post, but now I'm actually finding something you write to be pretty good too. It's the end of the world as we know it.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, of course, there will be coffee on the terrace. You do wear white shoes after Memorial Day, don't you. (I will be the one in the linen jacket.)Mark Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-4673450744510884832007-06-04T16:07:00.000-04:002007-06-04T16:07:00.000-04:00I appreciate the post about Harry Potter. I have n...I appreciate the post about Harry Potter. I have not read Rowling's books but my granddaughter loves them. I have read Pulman and they are horrifying.I plan to buy the Potter books and have a great discussion about them with my granddaughter. I also like to read Lewis, Austen and Sayers. Its like a visit to a lost home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com