> First of all, say those who object to the books,
> wizardry here is not always
> identified with wickedness.
Neither is it identified with wickedness in all the descriptions of
Merlin the Wizard in all the King Arthur stories...
But I don't hear Xtians decrying that well-known myth, and I suspect
that more than a few have shown their kiddies "The Sword In The
Stone"...
> This portrayal of magic as a kind
> of salvation seems to send all the wrong signals
> to kids who may be looking to escape their own boring
> lives - and looking to escapist religions to do so.
One could say that ALL religions are in fact 'escapist' in
nature...none more so than Xtianity...
> On the related question of whether these books
> prepare kids to slide into false religions,
"False", according to whose yardstick?
There are those of other faiths who would claim Xtianity is a 'false
religion'...
June
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