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Old 12-27-05, 08:24 AM
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IIRC, that potion was made of Fire Flower. So its really not magic, its like a medicine. Same as using aspirin to cure pain. That's not magic, that's just what it does.

There might be some other magic, but its still early in the morning.
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Originally Posted by joshd2012
IIRC, that potion was made of Fire Flower. So its really not magic, its like a medicine. Same as using aspirin to cure pain. That's not magic, that's just what it does.

There might be some other magic, but its still early in the morning.
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A drop that will cure a mortal wound. A Lion is dead all night but suddenly come back to life b/c of a contract issue. No magic there or is that considered supernatural? Isn't that bad too unless Jesus does it?

I am sure there are other things but I forgot to talk to my wife about it last night.


Not trying to pick a fight but just trying to get a good explanation why one is wrong and the other is okay. I am not a Potter fan at all but it seems there is a lot of hair-splitting going on.
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Originally Posted by brianluvdvd
Not trying to pick a fight but just trying to get a good explanation why one is wrong and the other is okay. I am not a Potter fan at all but it seems there is a lot of hair-splitting going on.
They are all devine intervention. Jesus can make water turn into wine, but its not "magic" because it was a gift given from a god. Or something.

I'm pretty much the definition of anti-religion, so people splitting hairs about this is no different - to me - then splitting hairs about all the contradictions in the Bible. I just accept it as what they do.
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Originally Posted by joshd2012
They are all devine intervention... but its not "magic" because it was a gift given from a god.
God = Santa



Just kidding.
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Aslan is NOT an incarnation of Jesus, but rather Hannukah Harry. There, I said it.
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Originally Posted by snoogins
To most Christians, magic is witchcraft
Than why are most Christians singing the praises of Narnia?
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Than why are most Christians singing the praises of Narnia?
Because most Christians dont' have any problem with Harry Potter either.
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Yeah, let's not confuse the insane minority with the more sensible majority.
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Originally Posted by joshd2012
IIRC, that potion was made of Fire Flower. So its really not magic, its like a medicine. Same as using aspirin to cure pain. That's not magic, that's just what it does.

There might be some other magic, but its still early in the morning.
Here's another clear cut use of magic (not medicine):

Spoiler:

The arrows were magic. If you remember, Santa said something like "you'll not easily miss" with these implying they were magic. And, IIRC, one of those arrows when used turned into a flaming bird and swept a line down the battlefield...


So there is a clear cut use of magic. And here's the difference that the Christians who are against Harry Potter need to get: Magic in the movies would be fictional/fantasy. Magic in the real world would be witchcraft. Ironically, those against HP claim that they are afraid it will blur people's perception of reality vs. fantasy when in fact they are the ones having trouble reconciling reality vs. fantasy.

They made the same arguments against Dungeons and Dragons in the 80's. It, like HP, was going to turn everyone into witches and warlocks.
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Originally Posted by awmurray
Here's another clear cut use of magic (not medicine):

Spoiler:

The arrows were magic. If you remember, Santa said something like "you'll not easily miss" with these implying they were magic. And, IIRC, one of those arrows when used turned into a flaming bird and swept a line down the battlefield...


So there is a clear cut use of magic. And here's the difference that the Christians who are against Harry Potter need to get: Magic in the movies would be fictional/fantasy. Magic in the real world would be witchcraft. Ironically, those against HP claim that they are afraid it will blur people's perception of reality vs. fantasy when in fact they are the ones having trouble reconciling reality vs. fantasy.

They made the same arguments against Dungeons and Dragons in the 80's. It, like HP, was going to turn everyone into witches and warlocks.
Spoiler:
You could say that Santa (also known as Saint Nicolas) could have "blessed" the arrows in the same way a priest could bless water to make it holy and have some additional powers.


That is just splitting hairs again, but like I said, you either accept that deeply religion folks split hairs all the time or just ignore them all together. They will always have some explanation as to why it differs from the "magic" in HP.

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