From: wilforddumont@gmail.net   
      
   On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:39:22 -0600, Trevor wrote:   
   > 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 boks   
   >> 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? :'(   
   >>   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Canterbury Cathedral officials declined the filmÿs request to stand as   
   the main setting for Hogwarts, citing worries about the plotÿs ´pagan¡   
   themes. From there it was downhill for the Christian brain-dead.   
      
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