My sister loves Twilight.. I saw the move and thought it was rather boring. That said, I've always wondered why Adventists are so anti certain books/movies, like harry potter and anything to do with magic. I've never seen or read harry potter, because i personally think its boring, but I don't think "satanic" is how I would describe it. I see them simply as fictional tales, no different to any other unrealistic made up story.

HEY COULSTY

ALL though the old and new testaments it talks
about how GOD'S people are to have nothing to do with
witches or wizards or witchcraft


maybe that is the reason we are not to read or watch
HARRY POTTER or any other things dealing with this
issue


dgrimm60

So how come dgrimm walt disney movies were always OK to watch. I think its almost like drinking coke. We are always told not to drink coke because of the caffeine, but yet pepsi, mountian dew, dr pepper, jolt and others are OK, yet they have more caffeine than coke. So what gives dgrimm?

pk

HEY PKRAUSE

I did not know we were talking about
Walt Disney movies but we have to be careful.
there are some Disney movies that are good and
some are that are not worth watching. I guess
we have to be selective there.... just because
it is in cartoon does not make it right and
worth watching

and I would compare some Disney movies to diet coke
we think we are doing better but we are still fooling
ourself's.....

dgrimm60

I have been surprised at the adults that are gaga over Harry Potter.

Any fiction makes a reader live in a fake world while they are reading/seeing it. We tell our kids about the wicked witch of Hansel and Grettel and other wicked characters. What about Star Wars etc.

We should feed our impressionable kids with true stories and direction in how to understand tales and parables and fiction.

HEY ELLEN


YES I agree with you on this point


dgrimm60

I don't really know much about the Twilight series, but Harry Potter and the Star Wars movies are all about good versus evil. Ultimately Harry Potter has to sacrifice himself for the good of all--so that evil will not prevail; he miraculously recovers and good triumphs over evil. In the Star Wars saga there is much the same sort of story. Good versus evil; boy goes from being to good to evil--in the end, he changes his heart out of love and returns to being good again--while another good had to be willing to sacrifice himself so that good would prevail.

As for parables...well, didn't Jesus use parables? Didn't He also use a "fictional" place when He spoke of Lazarus and the rich man?

I agree that we do need to educate our children in how to understand tales, parables and fiction; but I disagree that we need only allow them non-fiction reading materials.