FIGURES. Year ago Formerly Scary Gary Duct Tape will be Money after 1/1/2000 North took on "Dungeons and Dragons" as a tool for Satanists. This "brother" doesn't even have the intellectual horsepower of Dearest Brer Duct Tape.

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In making our case against allowing Harry Potter books and related merchandise to have a place in our homes and lives, we are not suggesting that parents should attempt to shield children from all knowledge that witchcraft, sorcery, and the occult actually exist. That would be fruitless in society today. The approach we support is to educate them, first in the immutable truth of Scripture and then in that context, to explain what the world around us believes and why. To be ignorant of Satan’s devices goes directly contrary to the Bible, and while there certainly are practices and events that we should not share with our kids until a suitable age, we as parents and grandparents need to hone and develop communication with them that is limitless within the guidelines of Christian values.

The publishing industry rarely sees a phenomenon like Harry Potter. And there seem to be few detractors speaking their minds (and Bibles) as we are. A poll at CNN.com recorded almost nineteen hundred votes asking if Harry Potter was a bad influence on children. A landslide of ninety-five percent said "no." The results were not surprising considering the desensitization and ignorance about the occult by the general population. We know that our discussion on Harry Potter won’t make us any friends among the millions of parents who have bought into the Harry Potter excitement. However, with all accolades from a spiritually blinded world aside, Harry Potter is a tremendous advertisement and endorsement for the occult. As much as these two authors have researched, ministered about, and discussed the role of the entertainment media and its effects on kids and families, we believe that the Harry Potter book series is perhaps one of the most potent tools to ever impact children’s lives for Satan.

© 2000, Eric Barger & David Benoit

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2001

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Interesting. Because you would think that with 95% of the people opposed to this ASSHOLE's Position, someone would tell him to stop wasting people's time with CRACKPOT IDEAS from the 1800s.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2001

Ah, our good friend Eric Barger, eh cpr? I shared a few emails with him, he was convinced he was right, and wasn't making much money on his y2k water filter, lol....

-- Anonymous, January 14, 2001

It would seem that "...the guidelines of Christian values...", at least in Barger's Take On Life, would include attempting to dupe people into buying something based on unfounded fear.

I think Barger should educate himself on the differences between "witchcraft" and "Satanism" before he goes off on a "crusade". It really pisses me off that these holier-than-thou hypocrites spout off about the "evils" of witchcraft, when a five-minute web search would give them the truth.

Oops ..... we can't have any of THAT.

-- Anonymous, January 14, 2001

OTOH did you read her last book? Talk about blech.

Frank

-- Anonymous, January 16, 2001

Haven't read any of them, Frank. Will wait 'til they get to the Bargain Bin at B&N.....

.....maybe :-)

-- Anonymous, January 16, 2001

Patricia,

They are actually (the first two) pretty good stories. The writing isn't picture-perfect, but worth a trip to your local library.

Coming from a cheapo,

Frank

-- Anonymous, January 17, 2001