Quite right. The thing is people only tend to look at the negatives. Now if you've read lord of the rings, all that whole series there's tons of interesting stuff in that. Anybody who does think that book is for what ever reason evil I would seriously suggest reading it. Especially the silmarilian because there's so much hardship sadness and joy in all of that. I've never actually read a series of books with so much depth to them and especially with fantacy books nothing that could pull the heart strings so much. Take the story of Turin Turambar for example. Great evil was done in that story but there was also good in it as well. If people would only read said books for example instead of judging them without actually looking.
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: 10 September 2009 18:14 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] My Thoughts: Re: the Jehovah's witnesses viewpointon gaming Hi, That's just another example of how diverse opinions can be between Christian groups, and why we should be careful not to paint everyone with the same brush. I've read that J.K. Rowling is suppose to be a Christian, but yet some Christians revile her for writing Harry Potter. There doesn't seam to be any rational or logical reasoning behind such a diverse opinion like that other than the fact some people are more liberal, open minded, and others see everything in shades of black and white. Weather or not the Harry Potter books, games, movies, and toys is actually evil, Satanic, whatever is completely subjective. That's why I think such decisions have to be personal, and someone should base his/her opinion on facts and good research rather than on assumptions. The fact of the matter is there are plenty of good moral lessons found in each of the Harry Potter books worth teaching our children. In the Deathly Hallows Harry rescues Drako from certain death even though Drako really didn't deserve being rescued. However, because Harry was good, a caring person at heart, he put his own safety on the line to save an enemy. That shows good moral character, and is worth passing on to our kids. never mind if the books have magic, people use spells, etc good values are good values no matter in what medium is used to pass them on weather it is a game, book, or movie. Darren Harris wrote: > And yet the author of LOTR himself was a christian and interweeved a > lot of his beliefs into the whole story. So I don't quite get that > one. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
