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Lots more, and thank God there's no prohibition on original research here! --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 00:04, 29 March 2007 (EDT)

Lots more, and thank God there's no prohibition on original research here! --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 00:04, 29 March 2007 (EDT)

==What About The Bible??==

==What About The Bible??Is the magic justified??==

Why does this article not mention the absolute prohibtion against magic in the Bible?  This book, along with Harry Potter, just lures kids in to thinking magic is fun and can be used for good without realizing that its use is an abomination to God, punishable by death.  Not that I expect anyone will pick up this book and start casting spells, but it's the first step towards accepting magic as not inherently evil.

Why does this article not mention the absolute prohibtion against magic in the Bible?  This book, along with Harry Potter, just lures kids in to thinking magic is fun and can be used for good without realizing that its use is an abomination to God, punishable by death.  Not that I expect anyone will pick up this book and start casting spells, but it's the first step towards accepting magic as not inherently evil.

As my son used to say when we worried about his seeing guns and violence on TV, "It's OK, Dad, it's just a movie. It's not real." [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 07:06, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

As my son used to say when we worried about his seeing guns and violence on TV, "It's OK, Dad, it's just a movie. It's not real." [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 07:06, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

:Okay, I get it.  You like the LOTR and feel the need to dismiss me.  I am not a fanboy of the series myself, though, and my points reflect legitimate concerns of many Christians.  True there is magic in many works of literature (though citing the magic used in works by pagans like Ovid or by "witches in Macbeth" is irrelevant since they were evil, the concern us magic being displayed in a positive light and presented as "Christian fiction" <i>just as you noted these books are</i>). I would object to my kids reading any work of supposedly "Christian literature" that depicted wizards and magic as consistent with God's plan for us, because the Bible expressly says that they are not.  See my Biblical citations above.

:Okay, I get it.  You like the LOTR and feel the need to dismiss me.  I am not a fanboy of the series myself, though, and my points reflect legitimate concerns of many Christians.  True there is magic in many works of literature (though citing the magic used in works by pagans like Ovid or by "witches in Macbeth" is irrelevant since they were evil, the concern us magic being displayed in a positive light and presented as "Christian fiction" <i>just as you noted these books are</i>). I would object to my kids reading any work of supposedly "Christian literature" that depicted wizards and magic as consistent with God's plan for us, because the Bible expressly says that they are not.  See my Biblical citations above.