[Faith-talk] Who's reading what?

[Poppa Bear]

I have a friend who took his Christian neighbors children to see the Hobbit
movie back twenty years ago and when they all got home the neighbor couldn't
believe that my friend would compromise his children by taking them to that
movie. Fast forward twenty something years and people use the Hobbit and
Lord of the rings as a type of Christian parable, go figure. I haven't had a
taste for Harry Potter and have came across a lot of pros and cons about
satanic influences and what not especially when the first book came out. I
myself never came up with a fast and hard rule about the, books because my
children have never gravitated towards either the books or movies.  But in
general I think that people do need to listen to their conscience and be
sensitive to what they believe is write and wrong. 

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From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kendra.
Schaber via Faith-talk
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 5:06 PM
To: Linda Mentink; Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Who's reading what?

Hi all! 
Some Christians will read Harry Potter and other Christians won't touch it
with a 30 foot cane. I believe that it's your choice to read Harry Potter or
not. Most don't realize that J. K. Rowling is a Christian and she uses a lot
of Christian symbelism. I have a couple Christian friends who want nothing
to do with Harry Potter. I also have Christian friends who will read it and
enjoy it as a good story. Yes it has stage magic in it but they are wizards
from fantisy. From a Pagan's point of view, magic by itself is not good or
bad. The way that it's used deter mains that. The same is for the cheritures
in Harry Potter. Harry and his friends are good and Tom Riddle and Lord
Voldimort are bad. With that in mind, give it a try anyway and judge Harry
Potter afterwords. It's all up to you to choose after all. 
Kendra 


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> On Aug 11, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Linda Mentink via Faith-talk
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I haven't had time to read much lately, but here are a few of my favorite
authors, all found on BARD:
> 
> Beverly Lewis
> Wanda Brunstetter
> June Masters Bacher
> Bea Carlton
> Cathy Marie Hake
> Lynn Austin
> Tracie Peterson
> Julie Miller
> Joanne Fluke
> Grace Livingston Hill
> Eugenia Price
> Karen Kingsbury
> Gilbert Morris
> Jan Karon
> Ralph Moody
> Laurrain Snelling
> Richard Paul Evans
> 
> I don't like fantasy, and Harry Potter is full of witchcraft, which I
don't think Christians should read.
> 
> Happy reading.
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Linda
> 
> At 04:32 PM 8/11/2014, you wrote:
>> Hello ladies and gentleman I am craving some new authors and figured 
>> I would tap the list and see what are some good novels that people 
>> have enjoyed. I have spent a lot of time in pre 20 century writings 
>> and am looking for some stuff more contemporary, novels written in 
>> the last five to ten years. I don't want to give a lot of guide 
>> lines, I don't want to disqualify anything. I have knocked off a few 
>> Grisham books in the last two weeks, I am in the middle of a thousand 
>> splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini,  Good Omens by Neil Guymon, The 
>> Associate by Grisham,  and a House of Winslow book by Gilbert Morris.
>> That may give people a range of what I'm sipping from right now.
>> 
>> Thanks for any suggestions
>> 
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