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

[yeshua-myprince.livejournal.com]

You certainly sparked some discussion with this post! :)
I agree with you...oh yes and Raul is certainly better than the evil Phantom, no matter how tortured he is. *grin*

http://decentfilms.com/sections/articles/magic.html
That, (I'm not catholic) also was a very good article I thought. Balanced, and perhaps more approchable for those who are already into HP.

Interesting stuff. :)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I know! But I want people to know where I stand on things like this.

Thanks for the link -- I'll finish reading it when I have a little more time. But what I did read was interesting.

[yeshua-myprince.livejournal.com]

It's okay to let people know where you stand. :) Just it is such a controversial topic is all.

I myself, don't read the books or watch the movies, but the elder sister of the little girl I nanny, is quite taken in with the books and we do discuss them, at the moment I'm curious to know if Harry will die or not. She knows that I don't like them, but I should not and cannot shun her just because she likes them. It's been an interesting balance to be sure. :)

[musesong.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting that link. It was a really interesting article.

I did note his remarks about Willow in Buffy and the girls in The Craft showing witchcraft as 'harmless'. Still when he wrote this in 2001, Willow hadn't descended into near madness from her experiences and perhaps he hadn't taken on board the cautionary aspects of The Craft.

I'll look up his other articles on LotR too.

[yeshua-myprince.livejournal.com]

Your welcome. I liked that article a great deal.

His other articles are good as well. ;)

I take it you are a LotR fan? Which was your favorite of the 3?

God bless!

~Anna

[musesong.livejournal.com]

Well I've loved Tolkien's work since I read The Hobbit in childhood and then The Lord of the Rings later on.

Of the three books, The Fellowship of the Ring is my favourite and that is the same for the films. I enjoy the parts in the Shire as well as the journey of the Fellowship.