HARRY
POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE...
But, first a poem by Mike Ramey, journalist from Indianapolis.
That Little Punk Is Gonna Make Me Click!
To The Tune Of: "Down The Chimney Came Old St. Nick" Cruised through the
toy store, 'bout flipped my lid,
He's a pre-teen, with a wizard's skill;
CHORUS Gold,
Gold, Gold--the merchants know, ______
Several years later, depends on your count; CHORUS Gold,
Gold, Gold--the merchants know,
______
Pardon me folks, but lest we forget, ______
Well, Wasn't that YOU praying for America's health, CHORUS Gold, Gold,
Gold--the merchants know, By Mike
Ramey ________________________ If an
Episcopalian can figure this out... John Andrew Murray, headmaster at St. Timothy's-Hale, an Episcopal school in Raleigh, N.C., and writer/director of the video "Think About It: Understanding the Impact of TV-Movie Violence," recounted that the first three Harry Potter books "created a stir in public schools across America. Some Christian parents have complained that J.K. Rowling's tales of young witches and wizards are terrifying to young children and inappropriate for classroom use. They've been rewarded for their concern with ridicule in newspapers and editorial cartoons. "Complicating the matter," Murray noted, "is the fact that several Christian leaders and conservative magazines have praised the series' ability to captivate even the most reluctant young readers." Murray predicted: "With the growing popularity of youth-oriented TV shows on witchcraft -- 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch;' 'Charmed;' 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' -- a generation of children is becoming desensitized to the occult. But with Hollywood's help, Harry Potter will likely surpass all these influences, potentially reaping some grave spiritual consequences." An early sign: "The throngs that line up to meet Rowling [to autograph their books] are often teeming with children clad in wizard cloaks and sporting [Harry-like] lightning-bolt scars tattooed -- temporarily -- to their foreheads," Murray wrote. Murray also was quoted in USA Today as noting that the Harry Potter books, evidencing "no higher authority," push young readers into a morally confused world. And it can be a gory world, Murray wrote, "including a professor whose leg is mangled by a three-headed dog; a mysterious figure who is caught drinking blood from a unicorn carcass; ... and Nearly Headless Nick -- a ghost whose head is barely attached." "Harry frequently -- and unapologetically -- lies, breaks rules and disobeys authority figures," Murray also noted.
This
book is very seductive on children, and those in the UK should beware of it. From: --------------
Dear Pastor Steve, This "children's" book has been on the New Yuck best seller list for about a month and this week hit number one. Here are my thoughts on this hideous situation. The USA version is called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Changing the word from "philosopher" to "sorcerer" was the publisher's idea. Obviously because they know what will sell. I call this an invitation for children to become enamoured with the occult. I got through to chapter 3 and couldn't take anymore of the witches, sorcery and all that garbage. God doesn't want kids reading this. What it is doing is normalizing witchcraft and the whole occult idea to convert children. I said that yesterday when I put the book down. Now, this morning when I do a search for a review of it, the first thing I read backs up my theory 100% percent. Check out the first review on the UK Amazon site: _________@aol.com from United States , 13 June, 1999 This CHILD wants to become a sorcerer from reading the book. Hogwarts is the sorcery school and this kid wants to go there. I rest my case. Any time this child can get his/her hands on a book about spells or the first time someone wants him to go to a meeting he will. He will most likely seek out this kind of information on his own. This book isn't number one because children buy it. Children don't buy books!!! Adults buy this mind warping propaganda to indoctrinate our children into the occult. I am sure that old NICK is in on this because the same people who buy this garbage would not let a kid have a Marilyn Manson CD in the house. No! That is blatant, out in the open, satan-powered garbage. You know how the evil one works. He makes it look all nice and harmless on the outside. Sure it's a fun story ... and nice reading... IF you are so ignorant that you don't realize that the occult is real. Very real. Very evil, very manipulative and real. And it is being spewed forth in giant tidal waves onto our society from every direction. Why am I so sure. Because before I became a Christian, I was reading spell books and involved, and believe me it's real, and it is not a pretty sight.
Letter from reader:Steve, There is a television show on PBS that runs allong the same lines as Philosopher's Stone (or maybee worse). The name of the show is Puzzle Place. It openly teaches witchcraft and earth worship. You would have to see the show for yourself to believe it. It is probably still on TV although I haven't looked for it in quite some time. The really furstrating thing about this progarm is that PBS is partly supported by tax dollars. Godspeed Steve H____________ 18-08-2000 UK - Evangelical Christians are threatening to picket the ancient British cathedral where scenes from the first "Harry Potter" movie will be filmed. Some fundamentalist Christians oppose the filming, saying that the Christian cathedral is a holy place that should not be profaned by a movie about magic and sorcery. Some evangelical Christians have also protested the hyper-popular Potter book series, which has set sales records around the world. "As adults, we should be protecting children and standing up to say that witchcraft is wrong," Paula Clare told the Times of London yesterday. Clare and her husband, Derek, who run a Christian Internet company, are organizing protests against the use of the cathedral, and have written to Warner Bros. asking the company to find a new location for its film. The Very Rev. Nick Bury, dean of the cathedral, told the British paper he disagreed with the Clares, and deemed the Potter books, by author J.K. Rowling, "splendid. They emphasize that truth is better than lies, good overcomes evil and the use of gifts should be responsible. They are extraordinarily wholesome books, and children should be encouraged to read them." LINKS:
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