Colleen Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 [url="http://yahoo.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2004-04-21-shadowmancer_x.htm?csp=1"]Christian "Harry Potter" Arrives In U.S. [/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 The Narnia chronicles were more than enough Christian Based fantasy for a lifetime... I'll check this out for sure though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 im gonna check that out im always looking for more reading novels especially religious ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkan_hanil Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 This looks cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted April 24, 2004 Author Share Posted April 24, 2004 [quote name='crusader1234' date='Apr 23 2004, 11:04 PM'] The Narnia chronicles were more than enough Christian Based fantasy for a lifetime... [/quote] Oh, definitely. I'm interested in what sort of effect that this is going to have. Expecially with a movie already in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Wasn't Harry Potter (as much as I hate it) kind of Christian. I mean it wasn't overt but good trimpuhed over evil, light over dark. I think JP2 siad something about it last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theoketos Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Less maybe and more proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAZEr Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 I don't care if it's not successful, I just hope the books don't stink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2722077.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2722077.stm[/url] About the Vatican and Harry Potter, but I thought there was an other one. Maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 [quote]Wasn't Harry Potter (as much as I hate it) kind of Christian. I mean it wasn't overt but good trimpuhed over evil, light over dark. I think JP2 siad something about it last summer.[/quote] You don't like Harry Potter? [i]Note to self: put Iacobus on trial for not liking Harry Potter.[/i] Harry Potter is filled with Christian parallels. It teaches about the strength of friendship, the objectivity of truth (Pr. Dumbledore always says to call Voldemort [read: evil allegory] by his true name...thus, recognize evil as evil), the love of parents, the power of love, and the way evil tries to disguise itself as good (see book four, Alastair Moody, the good guy, and his evil look-alike, who tries to take his place). It is filled with what I would call proto-Christian themes. As for the magic, I think it is simply meant as the medium to get this message across. There has to be some medium and magic as a literary device has never been considered evil in the eyes of most religious people, from the case of Merlin to Gandalf and to Aslan ("there is an even more ancient magic..."). With that said, I don't think they should be read by small children and those who cannot separate truth from fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 I read Sci-Fi (a bit) and one of my fav books, I got hooked on it by an angostic so say what you will, is the Gopsel told in a violent, immoral, human way. The book is Imajica. I warn if you plan to read it, sins are rampent with sexual acts and killing not to mention langauge. But if you look at these books you see that many have underlying Christian stories or themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Has anyone read the [url="http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/"]His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman?[/url] What did you think? Anti-CoN? I heard they are become movies as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 (edited) Interestingly, (I'm just making this up as I go along and Havent given it much thought), Voldemort in French translates into Flight of Death. If Voldemort is satan, then theres the interesting parallel that Harry also triumphs over death. Like mentined above, magic is used in books for entertainment purposes. Sure, kids probably tested all their closets and wardrobes after reading the Narnia books, and to a certain degree some people fantasized about actually being a hobbit... but the idea of magic in a book doesnt send forward the message to practice witchcraft. The books' magic deals with Christian symbols (the kids even celebrate christmas although they make no mention of church) and plays on words "Fleur Delacour = Flower of the heart", a lot more than it deals with the actual pagan traditions and ways of practising witchcraft. Note: Hmm... since we are on the topic of witchcraft... maybe we should hvae Iacobus' avatar burnt at the stake for not liking HP. Edited April 25, 2004 by crusader1234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 [quote]Interestingly, (I'm just making this up as I go along and Havent given it much thought), Voldemort in French translates into Flight of Death.[/quote] I had heard a theory partly using French that Gilderoy Lockhart probably referred to how he was "golden" only in appearance and how he had a locked heart, but I had never heard that about Voldemort... That [i]is[/i] interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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