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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 literature" <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.
:I have refrained from editing the article itself precisely because I knew that my views would be disputed by some legitimately conservative Christians, but I do note that these concerns are raised in the Harry Potter entry, and it's hard to imagine that the Harry Potter series would exist but for LOTR, since they so greatly enhanced the literary status of the occult fantasy genre, so I am not merely "off my rocker" here. --<font color=navy>[[User:JesusSaves|JesusSaves]] 08:11, 11 March 2007 (EDT)</font>