When good Barbies go bad…
I swear I’ve seen this Eddie Izzard show about 50 times. The man’s a hoot, no doubt about it. I always get disappointed seeing comics on talk shows, because they plagiarize themselves and rehash material from old shows.
I found this Harry Potter link today. What a crock. I’ve been re-reading the series and am almost through with them. A friend of mine sent me a “Harry Potter is Eeeeeeeeeeevil” email a few months ago and I spent a long time crafting her this reply:
“If we are to ban Harry Potter, we must also ban The Wizard of Oz. And Cinderella. And anything to do with King Arthur, for Merlin is a key figure. And Snow White. And the Christian parables contained in the Chronicles of Narnia series. Hansel and Gretel. We must ban Siegfried and Roy. Heck, let’s ban card tricks. Let’s tear down Stonehenge and forbid astrology. Do we hunt Madame Cleo down like a dog?
“Thou Shalt Not Kill” is one of the Ten Commandments. Let’s also ban any movie or book where someone kills another. We must be consistent.
Furthermore, stating that witchcraft is Satanism is an enormous misconception. The Wicca religion has nothing at all to do with Satan. They don’t even believe in Satan. They do believe in different gods from the Christian God, but so do Buddhists, Hindus, and practitioners of the Native American faith – are they Satanists as well?
Lastly, the passages in the Bible referring specifically to witches and witchcraft are grossly misinterpreted. Consider Exodus 22:18 in the KJV: “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” – In the original Hebrew, the word m’khashepah meant someone who uses curses *to harm others*.
There is a great discussion of this, Galatians 5:19-20 and Deuteronomy 18:10-11 at http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_bibl.htm. According to the strictest translation of the Bible, Groundhog Day is prohibited, as it involves augury by observing the signs of nature. In the same vein, my wrist hurts when a change of the weather is coming. God made me this way, so how can predicting the weather with my wrist be against His will?
I HIGHLY recommend www.religioustolerance.org for reading about several different religions. It is unbiased and fair to all faiths, and provides some good substance to think about.
One last point to think about: it is not for Man to judge others. That job is God’s alone. Putting ourselves in a position to presume to know the mind of God is putting ourselves in His place. Like you said, professing to have powers equal to His is against His will.”
…to no avail. I’m 99% positive that this person hasn’t read the books, but has condemned them based on the opinions of others. To me, that’s sad. I try to research every angle of an issue before I make up my mind about it, which is why I love to play Devil’s Advocate (and probably why I’m too damned trusting and compassionate, too).