Book Plunge: Pokemon and Harry Potter, A Fatal Attraction

[Sparko]

MLPFIM is more eviller than Pokemon. Clearly satanic and corrupting our youth and even our Christian adults like Nick.

[Zymologist]

I think we should stay away from Harry Potter on the basis that it's just crappy fiction.

[One Bad Pig]

I think we should stay away from Harry Potter on the basis that it's just crappy fiction.

Eh, it was okay. I've read much worse.

[Apologiaphoenix]

In sadder news, I have read that Phil Arms got in trouble with his church for taking money from the coffers to fulfill a prescription drug addiction. Something tragic. Apparently, he wasn't very repentant about it either.

[NorrinRadd]

ftfy

He also voices Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist.

That's a cool series.

[NorrinRadd]

Why is Phil Arms up in arms?

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He's obviously an uninformed goof.

Personally, as a fan of sci-fi and superheroes, I think those genres have more potential to harm Christian worldviews. Wormhole prophets, Vorlons and Shadows, "I have sent them you, my only son" (to Kal-el).

I remember fundy furor over all the "subtle eastern mysticism" promoted by Star Wars when it first debuted.

[Rushing Jaws]

Perhaps he's talking about evolution stones?

Or about these ? http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Infinity_Stones

[KingsGambit]

My opinion on Harry Potter is not going to be popular on this message board so I tend to keep it to myself, but suffice it to say that it's something that I'm not comfortable with as a Christian. But then I'm the guy who refuses to play DnD on the basis that "gods" are characters in the game, so I'm used to being in the minority.

I ended up being okay with LoTR on the basis that it portrays magic as something to be avoided, for the record.

[Catholicity]

My opinion on Harry Potter is not going to be popular on this message board so I tend to keep it to myself, but suffice it to say that it's something that I'm not comfortable with as a Christian. But then I'm the guy who refuses to play DnD on the basis that "gods" are characters in the game, so I'm used to being in the minority.

I ended up being okay with LoTR on the basis that it portrays magic as something to be avoided, for the record.

Uh....LoTR had a lot of magic in it. Good and bad FYI

[rogue06]

My opinion on Harry Potter is not going to be popular on this message board so I tend to keep it to myself, but suffice it to say that it's something that I'm not comfortable with as a Christian. But then I'm the guy who refuses to play DnD on the basis that "gods" are characters in the game, so I'm used to being in the minority.

I ended up being okay with LoTR on the basis that it portrays magic as something to be avoided, for the record.

When I was a DM when playing D&D I referred to the "gods" as "powers" who had followers rather than worshipers.

Did you read the Narnia stories?

[One Bad Pig]

Uh....LoTR had a lot of magic in it. Good and bad FYI

Eh, I wouldn't say it has a lot; magic use is fairly clearly out of the norm in the world. It's difficult to come away from LoTR with the idea that magic is a good thing. Even most of the "good" magic tends to either be corrupted or corrupt others.

[KingsGambit]

When I was a DM when playing D&D I referred to the "gods" as "powers" who had followers rather than worshipers.

Did you read the Narnia stories?

Yeah, it's been awhile. I don't remember the specifics of how magic worked in that universe well enough to comment on that aspect just to be honest.