Ignore what God calls abomination?
Buy them the books or the movies, because they'll pretend anyway?
Allow them to delight in what God plainly calls abomination?
Can't agree with you on this one, HO. I see it as extremely carnal reasoning...
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Some people can read a book merely for literary content alone without being sucked into the 'spirit' of the book.
I know people who have done that with the Bible as well as HP books.
I know people who have taken meth without getting addicted.
Carnal reasoning.
We won't go wrong by looking to the Word.
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Well everyone has their opinion. I'm not comfortable with the HP books and I think there is a reason why they were placed with all the new age occult/witchcraft stuff. Some of the other books placed in that display were actually dealing with and teaching spells that people can use (for real) and apparently the people/person making that window display felt there was a connection between the HP books and all the other junk.
I watched the first HP movie part of the way through and again just didn't feel comfortable with the way things were being presented and how it might affect the thinking of children living in the world we live in today.
I went shopping at a bookstore for my daughter this past Christmas, as did LadyRev. I was shocked at the amount of books for children having to do with witchcraft, and the descriptions of the books made me put them back down.
I'm not blinding myself to possibilities of anything, and certainly there are children, with the help of their parents, who are getting caught up in witchcraft as a result of HP books. I'm not one of those parents, and my daughter isn't one of those kids.
That said, I still refuse to buy her certain books to read if my Holy Ghost isn't comfortable with it.
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I went shopping at a bookstore for my daughter this past Christmas, as did LadyRev. I was shocked at the amount of books for children having to do with witchcraft, and the descriptions of the books made me put them back down.
I'm not blinding myself to possibilities of anything, and certainly there are children, with the help of their parents, who are getting caught up in witchcraft as a result of HP books. I'm not one of those parents, and my daughter isn't one of those kids.
That said, I still refuse to buy her certain books to read if my Holy Ghost isn't comfortable with it.
But HO, you are one of those parents who cares what the scripture clearly calls out as sin and evil and abomination. I know you are.
And also, if it is in the Word, it really doesn't matter if you are not uncomfortable with it or not.
__________________ For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! (Gal 5:13-15/ NKJV)
Ignore what God calls abomination?
Buy them the books or the movies, because they'll pretend anyway?
Allow them to delight in what God plainly calls abomination?
Can't agree with you on this one, HO. I see it as extremely carnal reasoning...
I think you are misunderstanding me.
I'm not making blanket statements, but speaking of how it is for my daughter.....
She doesn't pretend anything. She merely reads and watches for the literary content alone. She's almost 14 and is well aware that casting spells isn't something a Christian does, nor does she delight in such things.
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Remember, witchcraft is closely connected with passing our children through the fire. Search it out.
__________________ For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! (Gal 5:13-15/ NKJV)
I'm not making blanket statements, but speaking of how it is for my daughter.....
She doesn't pretend anything. She merely reads and watches for the literary content alone. She's almost 14 and is well aware that casting spells isn't something a Christian does, nor does she delight in such things.
Perhaps you misunderstand the meaning of delight, as I am using it. I'm referencing taking pleasure in something God calls out as sin or abomination. It's scripture...
Is watching that Brokeback movie wrong if we watch it for something other than it's homosexuality? What about watching porn? Is it okay if we watch it as a study in human sexuality, rather than for cheap thrills?
__________________ For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! (Gal 5:13-15/ NKJV)
Just throwing out a little excerpt from the Green Lantern from Wikipedia...
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Following the rebirth of Superman and the destruction of his hometown of Coast City in the early 90's, Hal Jordan seemingly went insane and destroyed the Green Lantern Corps and the Central Power Battery. Now calling himself Parallax, Hal Jordan would devastate the DC Universe off and on for the next several years. However, after Earth's sun was threatened by a Sun-Eater, Jordan sacrificed his life expending the last of his vast power to reignite the dying star. Jordan subsequently returned from beyond the grave as the Spectre, the divine Spirit of God's Vengeance, whom Jordan attempted to transform into a Spirit of Redemption, which ended in failure.
In Green Lantern: Rebirth it is revealed that Jordan was under the influence of a creature known as Parallax when he turned renegade. Parallax was a creature of pure fear that had been imprisoned in the central power battery by the Guardians of the Universe in the distant past. Imprisonment had rendered the creature dormant and it was eventually forgotten, becoming known merely as the "yellow impurity" in the power rings. Sinestro was able to wake Parallax and encourage it to seek out Hal Jordan as a host. Although Parallax had been trying to corrupt Jordan (via his ring) for some time it wasn't until after the destruction of Coast City that it was able to succeed. It took advantage of Jordan's weakened emotional state to lure him to Oa and cause him to attack anyone who stood in his way. When Jordan finally entered the central battery and absorbed all the power he unwittingly freed the Parallax entity and allowed it to graft onto his soul.
Thankfully, "GL" really has nothing to do with the Green Lantern.
And I'll remove the fist avatar if it offends you.
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But HO, you are one of those parents who cares what the scripture clearly calls out as sin and evil and abomination. I know you are.
And also, if it is in the Word, it really doesn't matter if you are not uncomfortable with it or not.
There are lots of things in the Bible we read about that are sin. There are also things we read about in scripture that aren't sinful in the Bible under the right circumstances but would be in today's world.
My daughter and I can watch a movie for the entertainment without being sucked up into the specifics.
On the other hand, I'm sure that when you read the story of David and Goliath to GL Jr., you didn't hand him a slingshot and encourage him to find the nearest giant, right?
My kids eat what I set before them. If they grumble, manna will not fall. They will also be punished for grumbling!
I don't encourage my children to walk on water, even if they have faith to do so. They aren't allowed to walk in the ocean with the belief it will part and they will walk on dry ground.
They are allowed to pray for people, but telling someone to 'rise up and walk' isn't allowed.
The point I'm trying to make is that I teach principles of what we believe, whether it's from the Bible or a movie. My kids understand that and aren't sucked into the abominations of this world, even if they see it.
My kids think it's silly that other children believe they can cast spells. They also think it would be silly if they were to see someone stretching out a rod over the ocean in the hopes it would part. God had a purpose for that thousands of years ago. While I know it's possible that He can do it again, it's not probable.
Didn't mean to ramble, but this dial up has me saying what I can while I can....LOL!
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