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Lyra Greenleaf · 06-06-2003, 06:24 PM

So Theoric Windcaller, when you ask if you're offending anyone is it because of your positive LOTR comments or your negative HP ones? Personally I would dispute that HP is anti-Christianity/occult. There have been stories of witches and wizards for centuries, because people are fascinated by magic. Is David Blane occult?

If you don't accept HP as true, which I assume is the case for most people here, then why have a problem with it? If we limited people to writing about the truth there would be NO fantasy genre and we would have very different lives. (No BDs... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] ) It's completely possible to write about a world with no Christianity and still be wholeheartedly Christian. Or else the RPG rooms would be poulated with devils... [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] . Or if JKR is NOT Christian then that's her choice. There should no longer be conversions with the sword.

But, by the way, you didn't offend me. I simply disagree with you which is a different issue... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

06-06-2003, 06:24 PM	#30
Lyra Greenleaf The Diaphanous Dryad Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: R toL: 531, past the wild path Posts: 1,152	So Theoric Windcaller, when you ask if you're offending anyone is it because of your positive LOTR comments or your negative HP ones? Personally I would dispute that HP is anti-Christianity/occult. There have been stories of witches and wizards for centuries, because people are fascinated by magic. Is David Blane occult? If you don't accept HP as true, which I assume is the case for most people here, then why have a problem with it? If we limited people to writing about the truth there would be NO fantasy genre and we would have very different lives. (No BDs... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] ) It's completely possible to write about a world with no Christianity and still be wholeheartedly Christian. Or else the RPG rooms would be poulated with devils... [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] . Or if JKR is NOT Christian then that's her choice. There should no longer be conversions with the sword. But, by the way, you didn't offend me. I simply disagree with you which is a different issue... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ “Sylphs of the forest,” I whispered. “Spirits of oak, beech and ash. Dryads of Rowan and hazel, hear us. You who have guided and guarded our every footstep, you who have sheltered our growth, we honour you." the Forbidden Link