Archive for July 2007
‘I don’t want to believe in a fairy tale!’
Posted by: dana on: July 31, 2007
- In: Bible| faith
- 6 Comments
Ever heard of The God Squad? A priest and a rabbi — Msgr. Thomas Hartman and Rabbi Marc Gellman — pair up give advice on all things religious. This letter recently appeared in their column. Their response follows in blue:
You once said that not everything in the Bible is true, that certain things are more [...]
An open letter to anti-Harry Potter Christians
Posted by: dana on: July 24, 2007
- In: Bible| Books| Harry Potter| Pop culture| faith
- 2 Comments
After scoping out the anti-Harry Potter site I wrote about earlier, my husband felt compelled to e-mail the authors. I asked if I could repost it here as an open letter to anyone of the same mindset.
Greetings,
I, like you, am a devout Christian who’s believed, since early childhood, in Jesus Christ, God and the Holy [...]
A few more Potter perspectives
Posted by: dana on: July 24, 2007
A little dose of sanity after yesterday’s blog.
Judy Blume’s thoughts on the Harry Potter controversy
Thank goodness some Christians get it
Lengthy, but at least check out the bullet points toward the end. Some tools I will definitely utilize when talking to my kids about Harry Potter.
Harry Potter is evil?
Posted by: dana on: July 23, 2007
- In: Bible| Books| Harry Potter| Pop culture
- 10 Comments
Are you kidding me?
The Abomination of Harry Potter
Here’s my favorite excerpt, but the whole thing is well worth a glance. The green text is a Time magazine article on which the author is commenting. The author’s comments are in caps.:
“Children buy her [Rowling's] books with their own money. They wear out flashlights reading them after [...]
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