Evil Harry Potter

[angel12]

Read the books.

Be nice. He said he watched the series on TV.

 

[twf]

Oh yes, the Occult stuff was really on the nose in season 13…

 

[JulianN]

Oh silly me.

 

[vz71]

Be nice. He said he watched the series on TV.

Then perhaps they should stick to what they know and avoid mention of the books.

 

[twf]

I think you missed the sarcasm. There is no such tv series. Hence the implication that this person was condemning HP without knowing anything about it.

 

[lonegreywolf20]

Whole lot of judging in that last paragraph.

How do you know that children cannot process it in a discernable way, how do you know the adults cannot either? Because we don’t agree with you? Quite an assumption and you know what they say about assumptions.

My children through me are learning how to tell fact from fiction, right from wrong, etc… If parents aren’t teaching them those basic things, then that is the fault of the parents.

 

[whatistrue]

Okay, here is the selling of ideas that otherwise would never enter the mind of an unsuspecting young child:

This is not entirely true - virtually every child at some point in their development wonders “What if I am really as different as I feel and have abilities that most people don’t?” And very often that takes the form of some type of magic or possibly psychic ability.

 

[LilyM]

tgGodsway:

Okay, here is the selling of ideas that otherwise would never enter the mind of an unsuspecting young child:

This is not entirely true - virtually every child at some point in their development wonders “What if I am really as different as I feel and have abilities that most people don’t?” And very often that takes the form of some type of magic or possibly psychic ability.

Exactly. Why else would superhero comics be so popular? Or for that matter stories of the Saints and their miracles?

Most human beings like stories about people who are out of the ordinary in some way.

 

[GKMotley]

I was about to ask.

 

[Pattylt]

Absolutely! I’m 67 yo and HP was years into my future. I loved playing pretend…I was an only child and learned to self entertain pretty early. I had an invisible friend. I could make myself invisible. I could read minds…all in my play world. I knew I didn’t really have these abilities but it was fun to play what if! I’m still amazed at how little credit adults give children for discerning reality and understanding much more than they’re given credit for.

 

[GKMotley]

I could fly.

 

[Pattylt]

So could my son! With his blankie tied around his neck and his red cowboy boots in his underware. I’m sure the neighbors thought we were loonies letting him fly around the neighborhood like this but no way was I stopping him. He was getting great exercise and having the time of his life!

Nothing is sadder than stifling the imaginations of children.

 

[GKMotley]

My cowboy boots were red, also. It wasn’t a blankie, it was a large kerchief. I still have that.

I was fully dressed. Flying was an out-door activity, to be sure, and I had an innate and excessive sense of dignity, from an early age. .

Can’t fly anymore. Walking is a big enough challenge.

 

[Pattylt]

I keep wondering if my invisible friend will return!

 

[GKMotley]

I have heard they sometimes do. In the twilight.

 

[StephieNorthCo]

Give it time. By the time you get into your 70s, they have returned pretty consistently.

 

[TheHolyTrinity]

There is so much talk here about being superhero’s so here is a special song for you all.

 

[Frankie65]

Lots of us will agree but we’re not posting regularly on here

 

[Sarcelle]

I had an imaginary friend when I was a preschooler.

I had a toy telephone that I would dial and I swear someone would pick up on the other side.

I would spend hours talking to her. It was a girl my age and sometimes she would visit and we would play.

 

[tgGodsway]

virtually every child at some point in their development wonders “What if I am really as different as I feel and have abilities that most people don’t?” And very often that takes the form of some type of magic or possibly psychic ability.

This is exactly why I apply a Christian world view to spiritual philosophies. Adam lost his ability to spiritually converse with God when he sinned in the garden. But this did not mean he stopped being spiritual. Man still has abilities through the help of demons to converse with spiritual entities in high places in the expanse of heaven. But none of it is of God.