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with comments by David Bruce

FOR REAL?
Subject: Tool Lateralus
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001
From: Josh

Is this for real? Tool Christians? what.... need more evidence. A few years ago I tossed my ol Tool cd cause I thought it was a bad influence, to this day I switch them off on the radio. Am I way off or are you? Josh

DRIVEN IZ DA BEST MOVIE
Subject: Driven
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001
From: Laker

hey just wanted to say that i love the movie drive. Til is sooo ute and i love Sly... i think its the best movie ever!!!!! i watch it every day..."cmon champ use your head"........sly

JACOB'S VIETNAM SERVICE
Subject: Jacobs Ladder
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001
From: "Beau Garcia" beau@2die4.com

I watched this movie for the second time and because of a question I had, went surfing and found this Great website: good job and I will try to look into this site.

I have no idea about the interpretations of this movie. But, being a Vietnam Veteran (Army Riverboat, I Corps -- ammo down the northern rivers --- just this side of the DMZ), I noticed that he is in the 1st Cav and the initial scene has his troop in the Mekong Delta (thats very south and near Saigon).

However, when he corners the lawyer to ask him why he is dropping the case. The lawyer more than infers that the Army told him that he never was in "Nam" only on some training excercise in Thailand. To which, like all VVets of worth and offended by being called a "Wanabee" (in effect), Jacob insists that they were in DaNang (that's I Corps and hundreds of miles above the Saigon area): just a minor point.

As a person to play the role of husband, lover and father -- Tim Robbins was a good choice. But, as a 1st Cav "Grunt" -- no way.
Great site and Thanks
(feel free to use my e-mail) "Beau Garcia" beau@2die4.com
Beau (a.k.a. Robert E. Garcia)

HAVE YOU SEEN...
Subject: K-Pax
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001
From: Wsricks@aol.com To:

Have you ever seen the foriegn movie "The man facing south-east"
...k-pax is almost an exact copy of this former flick!

PACKED THEATER
Subject: LOTR Review
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001
From: "Linda Miku Tucson AZ

I just saw the film this afternoon in a packed theater...a little eerie to have an audience STILL for nearly three hours, focused on the screen, little if any jostling, coughing, fidgeting, climbing over knees, and the like. I'm also still letting the visuals sink in, and the whole movie, as a result, so I'm not quite ready to come up with my "review." I do take issue with two of your comments. One is the darkness/dirtiness of Middle Earth. I think that there is great symbolism in autumn in Rivendell--it's October, so naturally the leaves are falling. The Powers That Be also know that danger is growing by leaps and bounds, and things are going to get darker before they get light (and if Frodo's mission fails, there will never be light again). Considering the number of dangerous and violent encounters the characters have, in addition to having to "make due," living on a treacherous road, it is little wonder that there isn't dirt and grime. I was a little surprised, and pleased, that even Legolas comes out worse for wear after nasty encounters with Orcs; he may be an elf, but that doesn't necessarily ensure sparkling clean clothes all the time.

The other comment concerns the potential "flabbiness" of the trilogy, and whether it has the legs to keep an audience's interest for two more films. Considering how Jackson has directed the project, with all films already made, I don't think that the dynamics will falter; I think that there's a good chance they will improve. Like Episode I of Star Wars, FOTR was somewhat hobbled by having to set the stage and provide background for the main story. Unlike Episode I, Jackson *know* the entire story that Tolkien set forth--there are times when I wonder if Lucas knows where his storyline is going.

I was a little sad to find your review disappointing, or rather, to find you disappointed in the film. I think you are right, that this will not make a boatload of money, will not be in the Top 10 of Anything in the long run. I don't think that's what Jackson really intended for it. I think he wanted to try and do right by the literary work, and heaven knows this has been attempted before, with failure more the outcome than success. I did my best not to read too much about the project, not to get my hopes up and buy into the hype--no amount of hype can ever satisfy one's hopes and imagination. I was very pleasantly surprised by Jackson's product. I wish it had been longer, I wish the pacing in some points had been less frenetic, I wish Tom Bombadil had been included. To want these things to have happend probably would've required a mini-series (and in retrospect, the full trilogy is likely to be comparable to a mini-series in length), but one that producers would've been almost guaranteed to have balked at. Jackson did what he could with what he had, and he did very well.
Linda Miku Tucson AZ

DYLAN?
Subject: MUSIC
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001
From: Sveinbjörn

Hello, When are you going to review Bob Dylan´s "Love and theft"??
All the best
from Sveibjorn in Iceland.

Re: Soon, I hope. -David

SOUNDTRACK?
Subject: In Gods Hands
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001
From: JIMMY

WHERE do I find the soundtrack for this Kick-ass film?????

ENJOYED ALL THE VIEWS
Subject: Harry_Potter
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001
From: Pat

Hi, I've read all the comments posted and enjoyed all the various views. I particularly liked Kim's (Nov. 14th) & Maggi's (Nov. 15th). And I was impressed by parents who took the time to read the books before allowing their young children to read them. That is love and committment as a parent. Although, I must say that I am saddened by the anger against another follower of Christ just because he/she does not agree with his/her opionion. I wonder if these people ever question why young girls turn to wicca. Do they ever wonder why our churches are not reaching these people. Have our churches become stumbling blocks to the young? I have just finished reading, "Too Christian Too Pagan" by Dick Staub. It was a real eye opener for me.
Blessings, Pat

VIDEO?
Subject: God, the Devil, and Bob
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001
From: Nicky

Do we have a video out yet? I watched an episode at Uni. in theology great idea. Nicky <>

DIFFERENT SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS
Subject: Tool_Lateralus
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001
From: lonicera

i can see the parallels tool's music has with christian principles, but to truly come to understand where tool seems to stand spiritually, one must look at different spiritual concepts--there are direct references made to the Flower of Life (used in many religions and even by the ancient Egyptians), consciousness described as an infinite spiral (see track 9, "Lateralis"), and many other things, including the evolution of human beings into higher levels of consciousness. please see the site (no, it isn't my own) innuendocornercopria.com for a comprehensive study of all the spiritual aspects behind tool's music.

one last note: if you were to analyze tool's last major album, Aenima, you would find many other references to religion and spirituality. now, some of the references made to christianity are somewhat harsh, but i believe tool has always intended to attack the sometimes corrupt institution of the church rather than the actual religion and the beliefs of christians.

HARRY POTTER, TOLKIEN ETC
Subject: Newsletter 30
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001
From: Bob Hanson

Dear David
I've just visited your site for the first time and was encouraged by the positive attitude you show towards popular culture in general from a Christian perspective. As a British Christian, I'm sometimes alarmed by a spirit of hysteria and judgmentalism that we sometimes see among American Christian responses to the media and current affairs. Attitudes like that shown in your site are reassuring evidence that there is more to the picture than we are sometimes shown.

A brief note on Tolkien for the benefit of Jen who writes: "Although Tolkien himself may not have been a Christian, there are Christian values that are still presented to readers in his story." Tolkien was himself a believing Catholic and a good friend of CS Lewis: in fact, Lewis cited him in "Surprised by Joy" as being an influence on his own conversion to Christian faith. Both writers had a love of mythology and a surprising respect for pagan traditions. Lewis chose to express this (and this is from vague memory rather than an authoritative quote!) by suggesting that we should not simply see Christianity as the One True Faith among other utterly wrong faiths, but as the Best Possible Faith among faiths created by humans earnestly striving to interpret the world and, sadly, missing many aspects of the Truth. In CS Lewis's sci-fi trilogy ("Out of the Silent Planet", "Voyage to Venus" and "That Hideous Strength") he suggests a fictionalised hierarchy of the angelic beings whose most holy and powerful members have special responsibility to each of the planets of the solar system, though all beneath God, and implies that the ancient Greeks and others were misinterpreting a glimpse of this in ascribing to those powerful angels the status of gods. Both Lewis and Tolkien and, indeed, others of their Christian academic circle, were wondering whether the pagan religious worldview was originally born out of a real awareness of God, and maybe a real sensitivity to the presence angelic spirits too, that had inevitably become distorted and unbalanced by the fallen nature of the world. The ancient pagans may have been granted a glimpse of the glory of God, but sin led them into tragic misinterpretation. Something of this view is what informs "The Lord Of The Rings", whose Valar should not be seen as Norse and Greek-style gods but as powerful angelic beings given responsibility for the mortals of Middle Earth. (I hope I don't give the impression that I'm unhealthily obsessed with this stuff!)

As for Harry Potter, I have very little fear that the film or the books will draw children into Satanism. The stories are aimed squarely at older children - over sevens, say - who are well able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality, but still have the enviable ability to wholly suspend disbelief and fully enjoy magical fiction. The characters in the books and film show excellent qualities of loyalty, determination and a sense of fairness and right. The evil characters are seekers of power for themselves - the most dangerous element of real-life occultism. The witches and wizards only disapprove of the non-magical world of us "muggles" for its materialism, banality, status-obsession, unfairness and so on: Christians are concerned for these very things. The bad wizards scorn the weakness of muggles, the ones wish to protect them (this all comes out in the fourth book, if you haven't read it). They are wonderful, exciting stories which I hope one day to share with my own children.

Sorry to have gone on so long!
Bob Hanson

SHADOWLANDS AND C.S. LEWIS
Subject: Shadowlands
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001
From: Vicksburg

The film was a small gem. What I like about C.S. Lewis is that he is a proponent of the axiom that "the unexamined life is not worth living". And for both he and I the examined life enables one to better know God.

WLLLIAM HALLMARK'S WORK
Subject: Kinkade Newsletter_27
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001
From: Kelleigh

Personally, I don't think of Kinkade as a Christian painter...it's just nice scenes or remote places...nothing inspiring or spiritual at all. Now, let's take a look at William Hallmark's work of the lions...WOW...talk about looking at a painting with meaning for the Christian....

We have both the "Lion" pictures. One depicts the Lion of the Tribe of Judah with a crown of thorns and a nail mark in his paw. The other depicts the Lion with a Crown and the keys to the kingdom in his mouth. A four year old was in our house and he and his grandfather were looking at the paintings. The four year old looked first at the painting of the lion with thorns and the blood drops. He pointed and said, "Broken." Then he looked at the picture of the lion with the crown and the keys and said, "Fixed." This is powerful Christian art. It spoke directly to the four year old child and it speaks to everyone who enters our home and sees them. As for Kinkade, his work is lovely, but it speaks of nothing spiritual to me.
Sincerely,
Kelleigh Nelson

RINGS ESSAY
Subject: Lord of the Rings
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001
From: "Kyle and Amy"

While much of this essay was both well-informed and well-written, there are a few crucial errors in it that need to be addressed.

First and foremost, issue must be taken with the line wondering if CS Lewis' "intense Christian spirituality somehow 'rubbed off' of Tolkien" and found its way into his work. It is a fairly widely known fact, and one I am surprised the author did not possess, that Tolkien was himself certainly a man of God, and was in fact one of the people who led Lewis to Christ! Far from being merely an associate of Lewis who may have perhaps been influenced for the better by his proximity to him, Tolkien was rather a spiritual mentor of Lewis. It is easy to see how this fact may have been lost on later generations, as Tolkien's writing is not as clearly Christian in form or function as is Lewis', but the fact remains nonetheless.

The second major error in the essay in in the author's attempt to find a parallel between each of the characters in Tolkien's mythology and in the Christian reality as set forth in Holy Scripture. Of course there is no such complete set of parallels, because Tolkien did not intend it that way! Tolkien is on record as saying that he "detested allegory" as a form of writing. The Silmarillion, Lord of the Rings, and The Hobbit are not meant as allegory, and to take them as such is to dangerously miss the meaning intended by their author. Where Mr. Wright's otherwise excellent essay falls down is at the point where he calls Tolkien's work an "impoverished" Christianity, simply because he was looking for strict Biblical parallels in a truly excellent story that was only meant to convey Christian themes, not to follow in lockstep the events and orders in the Bible.

Tolkien made no bones about weaving non-Judeo-Christian mythologies from various other cultures into his work. I think, however, that he would be shocked at the thought that people would think his work pagan, or at the least "un-Christian" because it contains "magical" imagery or because it does not closely follow the spiritual hierarchy of God's Word. It was never meant to! There was never meant to be a Christ-figure in the book (although some have tried to view Gandalf, Aragorn or even Frodo as such), but Tolkien certainly did make a point of showcasing the Christian theme of redemption through sacrifice. He never tried to recreate the Holy Trinity or God's evil adversaries exactly, but he surely did let readers know that there is a very real struggle in middle-earth (and in our world) between the holy forces of good and the forces of darkness.

In closing, I would encourage Mr. White to re-read and re-examine the work of JRR Tolkien. But this time, not looking so much for what "-isms" and "-ologies" may or may not be seen in his work, and not trying to find parallels and symbols that were never intended by the author. Instead, take it for what it is; a beautiful work by a man of God, and a piece of writing that vividly and poignantly expresses the tension and long struggle between the darkness and sorrow that Christians face here on earth, and the bright hope we possess in the knowledge of the Return of our King, Christ Jesus.

MODERN ANGEL
Subject: K-Pax
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001
From: Adam Hsu

Prot is a modern kind of angel who give Homo sapiens a relieve from his pain, one that sometimes seems not easy to be relieved from (like wife and daughter were raped and killed, a painful experience that nobody can take it). In this movie, Robert Porter's pain is hatred, which, in the other extreme, is love. That means, only love can cure it. Prot (or Porter) can describe the planet K-Pax so well, the only possibility is that it must be true that he is the alien (or angel), or so the author wants you to believe. In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether it is a trueth or not, it is the human's great and beautiful capability on "imagination" that counts. The author's imagination is equal to those who used to write the Bible ( I mean, who can be more imaginable than authors who said that "in the beginning, the God creates the heaven and earth? that means these Bible's authors created the God, and Gene Brewer created the Prot.)

I gives this movie a 9-10 rating.
Adam Hsu

REVIEW OF SPY GAME
Subject: Spy Game
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001
From: Ray

I enjoyed Ilayna's review, having seen the film the night before I read it. What immediately came to me while reading it was the story of the prodigal son, who had also "left the ranch". Every day, the father's great love for his son compelled him to sit beside the road on which his son had departed in the hope of catching a glimpse of his familiar form. God's heart is like that. He loves us, yearns for us to return. But, unlike the earthly father, God engages in active pursuit of us, using all the means at his disposal to bring us back into the fold.

I don't agree with the reviewer, however, that God bends the rules for us, as Nathan did to save Tom. The Bible says "Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin". This is a deep, mystical truth that we can't fully understand. God does not wink and say, "Aw, shucks, let's just forget about that and let the little critters off." He couldn't do that, because the truth of it is written into every atom of our universe, which has a moral as well as a physical nature. What God does is satisfy the law by sending his very own dearly loved son, Jesus, to shed his blood for the sins of all mankind -- a whole lot pricier than the $282,000 (Nathan's life's savings), some clever subterfuge, and several well-placed phone calls which achieved Tom's freedom.

Is "Spy Game" an illustration of grace? Absolutely! Nathan' s love for Tom motivates him to orchestrate the escape of the younger agent, even after he (Tom) has broken Nathan's rule that "If you go off the ranch, I am not going after you." Grace always has its roots in love, and God's grace toward us is rooted in his great love for us.

TOLKIEN
Subject: Tolkien Lord_of_Rings
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001
From: Greg Willis

I just finished reading your well-written and knowledeable essay on Tolkien's mythology. There were a couple of things that caused me to stratch my head a bit. Because I don't claim to know too much about the subject, I wanted to write to perhaps gain some clarity. First, Wright entertains the concept that Tolkien may have a degree of Christianity within him, partly due to the influence of C.S. Lewis. It was my understanding from reading various biographical information about Lewis that it was actually Tolkien who had the greater spiritual influence on Lewis! In Lewis' autobiography, Surprised By Joy, he credits Tolkien (in part) for his conversion to Christianity.

Second, the idea of Tolkien's Christianity being modern and pragmatic must take into account the "spirit of the times" of Tolkien's upbringing. Tolkien was a fanatical anti-modernist in his disdain of machinery - he was still riding horse and buggy in the 1930s. I have always interpretted Gandalf's speech in The Return of the Kings (for example) as more of a personal critique of the direction of modern humanity in Tolkien's view, rather than a shallow form of Christianity. I sense Tolkien's yearning for a more "natural" (and supernatural) man here. Tolkien does seem want to live in an earlier age of simplicity, friendship and spiritual awareness. He see modern man as distracted and preoccupied in it's own self-sufficiency.

While I completely agree with you that there is nothing overtly Christian in Tolkien's mythology, there are many hints of a deeply spiritual and Christ-loving author. Just the overall idea of the world being saved in a such a ridiculous and shocking way (by a clueless hobbit) shows an understanding of the wondor of Incarnation and Redemption. In addition, Tolkien (and Lewis) believed that one of the strongest ways to relate to God (to be like God) was to create. By creating such an elaborate world and giving it stories and myths, Tolkien was doing something in the nature of God, and he believed this was transferrable to humans. Furthermore, he believed that Truth was revealed best in stories and myths - that is, there are Truths that are are best understood within the context of the story, rather than being explained in linear fashion. This can be clearly seen in Jesus' parables.

Anway, I've started to ramble. Any response would be highly appreciated. I've got a lot to learn...
In His Love, Greg

THE BEST MOVIE YET!
Subject: Prince_of_Egypt
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001
From: Samantha

i thought the movie was great i like how they played micrials by m.c and w.h.----
Samantha
E-mail me if u agree kinler9@aol.com

WHAT!?
Subject: Lord_of_Rings
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001
From: Colin

Oh dear...
The essay somehow avoided mentioning that the put-up story is an old convention in English Literature, reaching, at least, back to Defoe. Indeed, most early novels (Defoe, Swift, Richardson) the author is presented as an 'editor', gathering sheets and letters together and presenting them to the public. Tolkein, as many other authors have done in the 20th century, simply employs this now rather academic joke.

Indeed, the whole mythology, made so much of by the author of this essay, could also be an extended, elaborate academic joke. Simply an extended application of a whole mixed heap of mythology, not to a grand and revolutionary opera, such as Wagner had done, but to a novel. Could it be so difficult to view the books, the excessiveness of detail, the appendices, as one grand, large and quite happy joke?

One last point, the author writes the following: " for Tolkein, our spiritual past does not primarily lie (sic) in Christian models"
&
"If Tolkein's Christianity informs his work, then, (sic) it is an impoverished Christianity. It is a Modernist Christianity etc.

I do know that HollywoodJesus works out of the Reformed persuasion, but painting a devout Catholic such as Tolkein in such terms is disturbing, especially one who was in many ways a Traditional Catholic ( demuring about liturgical changes and whatnot).

It seems the author of the essay takes the whole thing much too seriously, unable to see the books as one fat arbitrary laugh of an academic who would otherwise have been teaching unwilling freshmen Anglo-Saxon ( studying the language was required in the English degree at Oxford until quite recently).
Colin

THANKS...
Subject: superman
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001
From: es

it appears you discuss some of the things i've suggested to friends for years only to have them balk at my "paranoia" and "crack-smoking insanity"

... you ever watch ultraman, much the same as the superman situation, in many ways especially more blatant and obvious, but nothing could be too obvious for my sci-fi geek anti-christian pals... but then i fully understand the want to keep ones head in the sand too, we're all guilty, but then some are just having more fun with it than others, perhaps more than one should... thanks...

WE AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT SUPPORT SUCH WITCHCRAFT
Subject: Harry Potter
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001
From: matthew

I am an 18 year old born again christian living in NZ. While reading some of the thoughts by christians it promted me to write in. Harry Potter in blatant witchcraft and sould not be supported by any christians. Here are a few snippets from an email I received from Jim Schofield of godisnowhere.org Ministry. The full email can be found as an attachment.

POTTER-CRAFT: REAL OR FANTASY?

Potter defenders claim that Rowling's books have nothing to do with real-life occult or witchcraft. Not only is this patently untrue, but Rowling admits that she has done extensive research into real-life witchcraft, pagan religions and other aspects of the occult, stating several times in interviews that roughly one third of the witchcraft in her books is real.

The title of the book refers to an object revered in real occult circles as the Philosopher's Stone. If there's any doubt as to whether it is the same thing, note that in Canada and some parts of Europe, the book itself is instead named The Philosopher's Stone. This object, in the book, is said to grant its creator and wielder unlimited wealth and power and immortality -- things Satan typically offers in tempting us to corruption. The real-life version does the same thing. In the book, it was created by a man named Nicholas Flamel. (Side note: Nicholas is a name often associated with Satan in folk lore, but this could easily be coincidence.) The book says that Flamel "turned 665 last year." Odd that the author doesn't want to say what his age is this year. The book lists his wife as Perenelle. What's frightening is that Flamel actually existed. His wife was named Perenelle. Modern witches and other occultists believe he was probably the only person in history to succeed in making a real Philosopher's Stone! He was born... 666 years before the publication of Rowling's book.

Most of the other adult wizards in the stories are named after real-life figures in the history of witchcraft and the occult. Prof. Minerva McGonagall is named for a pagan deity, godess of agriculture and weaving. Prof.Sibyll Trelawney is named for the pagan fortuneteller of that name in ancient Greece. Professor Vablatsky is clearly named after and inspired by turn-of-the-century major occult figure Madame Bavlatsky. Even Harry's friend, Hermione, is named for a figure in Greek pagan mythology. Rowling also refers to people with similarly pagan names like "Circe" and "Morgana" and "Cliodna," the last of whom is a banshee worshipped as a pagan goddess of beauty in Ireland and Scotland. Rowling also refers to books within the story which, unknown to most Potter readers, are actually real! These include Arthur Edward Waite's Standard Book of Spells (for those who don't know, Waite designed the most famous Tarot cards which most people think of), Eliphas Levi's A History of Magic, and even one book by Adalbert Waffling called Magical Theory. The real-life "mad" Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburt wrote this book and was a mystic who claimed he could see the future and read thoughts. He sold amulets made from his own hair, skin and nail clippings, and even set up an altar for the purpose of his own worship. He invoked demons through mystical prayers. He was convicted of sorcery in 745 A.D. and condemned to imprisonment for the rest of his life. This is one of the real people who Rowling uses as a source of knowledge and enlightenment in the Potter books for her fictional students to learn from.

NO INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED?

Some Potter defenders claim that Rowling portrays magic but doesn't really show how to do it, per se. This is only a halfway adequate defense. While she rarely teaches specifically how to practice witchcraft, she often does demonstrate some of the details of real magic and occult practices. In one book, Harry visits a magic store and sees a "Hand of Glory," which was cut off a murderer while still being hanged, then pickled and so on; specific directions are given for how this talisman is made. Another student with his father shows interest in buying it. The shop owner replies, "Ah, the Hand of Glory. Insert a candle and it gives light only to the holder. Best friend of thieves and plunderers. Your son has fine taste, sir!" Rowling also often refers to astrology and describes Harry and other students getting their charts done by Prof. Sibyll Trelawney, who also teaches in detail how to scry using a crystal ball, mirror and other means, explaining how to achieve an altered state of consciousness with similar instructions to what one will find in a real-life book on the subject. Similar instructions are given regarding reading of tea leaves and other such means of divination. POTTER ETHICS Also troublesome are the ethical values portrayed in the story. Harry consistently lies, cheats, steals, and generally disobeys the rules any chance he can get. Worse, he is not only rarely punished but usually rewarded by the professors and other adults in the stories.

Most of the time, the "voice of reason" is Harry's friend, Hermione, who keeps warning him not to break the rules and defy authority. Just like all other characters who believe in following the rules, she is portrayed in a negative light, although only at first because she is soon changed by her friendship with Harry and coming up with her own schemes to get into trouble and lie about it afterward.

CHILDREN DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, DO THEY?

According to an Aug. 4, 2000 article that appeared in the British publication This Is London, the Pagan Federation has had to appoint a new youth officer to deal with a "flood of inquiries following the success of the Harry Potter books." Children are known to send in messages such as:

"I like Ron, Hermione, and Harry a lot. Professor Dumbledore is great too... I would love to be a witch or a wizard." -- 14 years old

"I like what they learned there [at Hogwarts] and I want to be a witch." -- 10 years old

"I thought the story really made you feel like you could be a witch or a wizard." -- 11 years old

"This book is amazing and contains magic spells I wish I can do in the real world." -- 12 years old

"I think Harry Potter books are absolutely fine! I like how they can use witchcraft for fun/good purposes." -- 11 years old

"I wish Hogwarts were real because then I could go and learn magic instead of quadratic equations." -- 13 years old

The Harry Potter books aren't just about "fantasy magic" ala Lord of the Rings or the Chronicles of Narnia. They are about real witchcraft and occult, portrayed as happening in the real and modern world. The ethics and morals portrayed in the books Even Rowling admits this. As Christians, should we support the indoctrination of children via these manuals of pagan.
Jim Schofield
godisnowhere.org Ministry

Response: Harry Potter is real witchcraft? Talking hats and flying broom sticks? I don't think this is real witchcraft. The so-called article from you mention is totally bogus. A lie. Constructed by liars. Hmm, who is the father of lies? But, thanks for you thoughts. -David

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