[Faith-talk] a PS about the Harry Potter phenomenon

[Kendra Schafer]

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> On Dec 31, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm with you all the way Miss Debby. You know people used to come down on
> Charles Spurgeon, a great preacher because he smoked cigars, he once said
> that the only problem with him smoking cigars was the fact that he couldn't
> smoke two at a time. Here is the thing, people want to make things in their
> selves sinful, but as Paul points out in the Bible that sin is often in
> correspondence to our conscience. It was sinful for some to eat meat that
> came from the pagan temples, because they felt convicted in their hearts and
> it wasn't because they were braking a commandment. If I am out eating with
> other Christians at a restaurant I will ask ahead of time if I order a beer
> if it would offend, or be a problem for anyone I am dining with. I don't
> want to make another brother stumble because of my liberty in Christ.
> Speaking of old souls on the other thread, maybe we are Kindred Spirits
> Debby because you and I often  land on the same side of the coin. That
> reminds me, one day this year my little 8 year old daughter came home from
> school and said, "You know dad, you're my brother." She then started
> laughing and told me how she had learned that we are all sisters and
> brothers in Christ, she got such a kick out of that. But of Corse  I
> digress, time to go back to the cave until I smell another picnic basket.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debby
> Phillips via Faith-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 12:17 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] a PS about the Harry Potter phenomenon
> 
> Okay, I recognize that certain things are sinful, and that's not just in
> Christianity, but stuff like murder.  But here's a prime example of
> something that not all Christians see as sinful.  I occasionally have a
> glass of wine with a meal, a beer on a hot day, or for a special occasion,
> maybe I'll have a mixed drink, like a rum and Coke, (although I prefer
> Pepsi).  Lol.  Now, probably you, Timothy would see that as sin.  But I'm
> guessing that some other Christians on this list, would not.  So therefore I
> understand Brandon's question.  By whose rules is something sinful? There
> are books that I have started to read that I have stopped reading, because
> something within me said, Don't read that book.  It could be the Holy
> Spirit, or my conscience.  But whatever, I stop reading the book.  And for
> me to continue to read that book would be sin.  But that doesn't mean that
> it would be sin for someone else to read it.  A specific example: it would
> be totally sinful for ME, and I am only saying me, to read a book on Satan
> written by a satanist.  But there are Christians who read those books and
> study them and they do it with a clear conscience because they are studying
> that particular subject so as to be able to articulate more clearly why
> something may be wrong, from a Christian perspective.  I hope I'm making
> sense here.  And perhaps before I get myself too entangled, I'll go 
> lurk again.    Blessings,    Debby and Neena
> 
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I have Christian friends who have read all of the Harry Potter books. I have Christian friends who won't touch them with a ten foot pole. That's fine. That's their choice. I have read them many times and enjoy them very much. Banning them is stupid!!! The reader needs to make the choice to read them or not. Harry Potter is fanticy, not some religious text that tells you what to do or what not to do according to your particular text and religian. 
Kendra