Harry Potter: for those of you who are interested...

[olde_fashioned]

For the record, I am utterly opposed to Harry Potter and other books involving and glorifying witchcraft. THIS is a link to Doug Phillips' blog, that explains the dangers of Harry Potter much better than I ever could.

Comments

[marvo.livejournal.com]

Thank you for a very well written reply.

I see exactly what you mean by the way the words can be interpreted in different ways. I have always thought that a true Christian would follow the word of Jesus (or God) rather than follow the words of the bible word for word. I see the bible as a human interpretation of the Word of the Lord, but free will allows people to decide, not only if they wish to believe in God, but also how they wish to believe.
Satan as the great tempter twists the meaning of words and confuses the mind.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

You're welcome for the reply, and thank you for thinking it was well-written!

May I ask why you think the word of Jesus is different than the Bible? Why is the "Word of God" seperate from the word of Christ?

[marvo.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the delay. I had a migraine.

My point was that the bible as we see it now, in it's many forms, is a translation from the original. And sometimes an inaccurate one.

What I mean is that their are Christians who will follow the word of the bible over anything else. Without realising they are actually following the words of a translator (And example would be the St. James edition saying 'Thou shall not suffer a witch to live', whereas the original text was 'Thou shall not suffer a poisoner to live'