Re:Any opinions of Harry Potter? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

the Lorien wanderer · 04-08-2001, 10:52 PM

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Dangerous ground.

You're treading dangerous ground so I suggest everyone be highly tactful and accurate when relating events. A lot of people are oversensitive about their religion.
But I haven't thrown in my two penny bit yet. The Christians have had a long history of good as well as evil. The mistake the western world made was assuming that all non Christians were barbarians, or heathen. That's more or less the excuse for colonization, spl of Africa.
As for Islam, it is a tolerant and humane religion. The few that you refer to are fanatics. And they're present in every religion. The church in England that burnt HP books is a good example. You cannot generaliza the netire people of a religion. Because, beyond a point, your religion doesn't make you who you are. You make yourself who you are.

What if - what if this is as good as it gets?</p>

04-08-2001, 10:52 PM	#16
the Lorien wanderer Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 276	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 295</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Dangerous ground. You're treading dangerous ground so I suggest everyone be highly tactful and accurate when relating events. A lot of people are oversensitive about their religion. But I haven't thrown in my two penny bit yet. The Christians have had a long history of good as well as evil. The mistake the western world made was assuming that all non Christians were barbarians, or heathen. That's more or less the excuse for colonization, spl of Africa. As for Islam, it is a tolerant and humane religion. The few that you refer to are fanatics. And they're present in every religion. The church in England that burnt HP books is a good example. You cannot generaliza the netire people of a religion. Because, beyond a point, your religion doesn't make you who you are. You make yourself who you are. What if - what if this is as good as it gets?</p>