Just went to see Narnia - But feel like i just got out of church
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.
There might be some other magic, but its still early in the morning.
12-27-05, 09:49 AM
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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.
There might be some other magic, but its still early in the morning.
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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.
12-27-05, 11:07 AM
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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.
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.
12-28-05, 09:11 AM
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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.
There might be some other magic, but its still early in the morning.
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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.
12-28-05, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by awmurray
Here's another clear cut use of magic (not medicine):
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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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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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.
