Guest guest Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Beverly, There are two types of witches and magic - black and white. Black magic and black witches are evil. White witches and magic are good. The HP books are a story of good triumphing over evil. It is rollicking good fun, too, and well worth reading. I've known fundamentalists who loved the books and saw nothing wrong with them and enjoyed them as much as anyone, and they got the moral the story, too. They fire the imagination. I don't see anything evil about the books, though the evil witches in the book are really, really bad characters. H. I've had lots of people tell me the books are about the struggle between good and evil, but if they are all witchy types, then aren't they all evil? Beverly Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 some of the muggles ( non witches ) are pretty evil too !.....actually i think that one of the reasons that the harry potter books are so popular is that any kind of person can relate to them because there are no religious, political, racial, ethnic, sex or age factors or any other types of barriers involved.....peace, mary > > Beverly, > > There are two types of witches and magic - black and white. Black magic > and black witches are evil. White witches and magic are good. The HP > books are a story of good triumphing over evil. It is rollicking good > fun, too, and well worth reading. I've known fundamentalists who loved > the books and saw nothing wrong with them and enjoyed them as much as > anyone, and they got the moral the story, too. They fire the > imagination. I don't see anything evil about the books, though the evil > witches in the book are really, really bad characters. > > H. > > I've had lots of people tell me the books are about the struggle between > good and evil, but if they are all witchy types, then aren't they all evil? > Beverly > Texas > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Could just look at it as anything good comes from God, and I believe that is what he said. And anything bad comes from Satan. So there is good and evil and that is it. At the times when " witches " were warned against, people were following Satan to try to get benefits, though he is not loyal and they fail anyway. Good peope who had some medicinal skills or folk medicine might have been seen, especially in early America and were killed because of the good they did. They didn't claim to be witches. While HP does have good witches (they don't usually call them warlocks) only use their " magic " for good or defense.  I would prefer to relate it to the power of God or in the vein of " magic " to " the force " of Star Wars which is a force for good.   The purpose is not to deceive or to harm but to be an interesting book that kids will ind exciting and adventurous and good with good   morals. It does that very well. And many many adults enjoy them too because they are not boring and are still good and leave us with good feelings and feelings of love and caring for others. So that is good to me, no matter what they call it, which is really fiction since it is not true but only displays good vs evil and good wins out after much adversity.  What is everyone sprouting? Melody, I didn't have apple cider vinegar so I put red wine vinegar and later put some apple cider in it along with the soap and nothing is bothering it. Maybe I should wash my hair with soap and wine vinegar and leave off the mousse. I put it in a glass rather than a jar but I put a goodly amount there. It is a white plastic funnel.  Carolyn Wilkerson  ________________________________ To: sproutpeople Sent: Monday, July 2, 2012 1:40 PM Subject: Re: Harry Potter  some of the muggles ( non witches ) are pretty evil too !.....actually i think that one of the reasons that the harry potter books are so popular is that any kind of person can relate to them because there are no religious, political, racial, ethnic, sex or age factors or any other types of barriers involved.....peace, mary > > Beverly, > > There are two types of witches and magic - black and white. Black magic > and black witches are evil. White witches and magic are good. The HP > books are a story of good triumphing over evil. It is rollicking good > fun, too, and well worth reading. I've known fundamentalists who loved > the books and saw nothing wrong with them and enjoyed them as much as > anyone, and they got the moral the story, too. They fire the > imagination. I don't see anything evil about the books, though the evil > witches in the book are really, really bad characters. > > H. > > I've had lots of people tell me the books are about the struggle between > good and evil, but if they are all witchy types, then aren't they all evil? > Beverly > Texas > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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