[Faith-talk] a new but related topic

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi,

I've heard some fundamentalists and very conservative Christians against 
them.
I share your view that they are good books.
Harry exemplifies
love and compassion, alright.

Yes, there are definitely parallels to Christ as well.

I can see why some are against them, but to me, it seems fine. Its all in 
how you view the book and all the magic in it.

I also agree the books are more informative to us! They give you great 
descriptions of action and you can imagine it.

To tie it to blindness I wonder a few things.
1. Does the dvd version have audio description? I do not get the free audio 
files because I want to see the film too as I have some vision. but more 
importantly, its illegal to give away copies of the movie as audio files.
Somehow distributors get away with that.
2. Did anyone get to see the audio described film in a theatre?
If so, which company did it? Regal cinema for instance?

3. how do you access the books? I've mainly used audio and have the series 
on CD.
But I've read a little in braille as well.


Thanks.
Ashley

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Subject: [Faith-talk] a new but related topic

I was reminded in this discussion of another subject -- since some people
are sensitive to references to magic and witches and such, I am wondering
what people think of the Harry Potter books.  I wasn't going to read them
when they first started getting popular, but when I got into them I found
they not only had a lot of creativity and a good story, but also principles
that are wholesome.  There are the scary and weird details, but you know,
the whole 7 book story seems to weave around Harry Potter and his friends,
who are a force for good.  Surprisingly, the kids in the book also go home
for Christmas vacation and exchange gifts, and the quality most praised in
Harry is his capacity to love, which makes him naturally make all the right
choices and gives him the ability to survive all the attacks of the dark
lord. In the last book, he is told by the school headmaster who is later
killed that to defeat Valdamort once and for all, Harry has to go and let
him kill him, then when  Valdamort thinks he has won, Harry is able to
resurrect and fights a last duel and destroys Valdamort.
This I found to be an obvious copy of the story of Christ, in a different
sort of way.

Finally, while the books are full of magic and spells and dark things, and
funny terms, if you sit back and think, it is all reminiscent of modern
technology, for example, wonds, magic maps, pictures whose characters go
visit other pictures, etc.

I'm sure there are parents on the list who have read HP.  I never saw the
movies, but the books are always much more informative for blind readers.

I just wanted other opinions.
--le




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