From: bleablah@mume.invalid   
      
   > On 7/10/2011 11:03 AM, Chan Welbourne wrote:   
      
   >> Over the 4th Holidays I was sitting with family and firends (and a few   
   >> foes :-? ) and subject moved to Church and the Bible. I know, I should   
   >> have run. :/   
      
   >> One thing next and Harry Potter came up, the occult initiator, the books   
   >> of the Devil Rowling. I started down the explanation of the alchemical   
   >> nature of the series and the further I explained, the more grins turned   
   >> to laughter. Very humbling.   
      
   >> Any one else have this problem? :'(   
      
   It happens that Trevor formulated :   
      
   > I forgot that there are some Christians that believe this whole thing   
   > promotes witchcraft until I got in a debate on Facebook over whether or not   
   > kids should see the new movie. My initial response was that I was taking my   
   > teenagers, but it was too violent for my younger ones. It quickly turned into   
   > me trying to defend a series I find to teach Christian themes against people   
   > attacking it that had neither read the books, nor even seen the movies.   
      
   > Fortunately, for most of the Christian people I am around in real life, the   
   > question of whether children should get involved with Harry Potter has a lot   
   > more to do with violence and going against authority and rules than   
   > witchcraft and Satanism.   
      
   That is an argument worth having there but that's what the PG-13 rating   
   is all about. l-)   
      
   Truth willing out, :oÞ , kids can see as much or more violence in three   
   hours of TV are there parents policing that? Doubtful. :'(   
      
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