Where did everyone find these books?

[Kathy Li]

Ah, the old mistaken fantasy = devil-worship prejudice. My sympathies. OTOH, you're 17, so it won't be too many years before you can go your own way, pay for your own internet access, and buy or borrow whatever books you want. Good luck. And maybe you'll find the words to help her understand. The only (weak) arguments I can think of are that one of DD's influences are the C.S. Lewis Narnia books, and that the Song in DW is modelled in part after Paradise Lost. Not much help, huh?

[Rad]

Well, thank you for your concern. I'll see what I can do, but I'm betting it will be futile...did you see my story yet?

~Rad

[Kathy Li]

Yup. That's how I knew you were 17. And no spell works if you think it won't, going in. :-)

[Fox]

[Quill]

Rad--if it will help at all, you might mention casually that the Narnia books include not only magic practitioners but at least one good--as opposed to outright evil--magician. And that CS Lewis is one of the 20th century's most respected Christian theologians.


-- Dex Lives No, I'm not the author. I just think you should read it.--

I was just searching for something to read and i like fantasy and i saw these so i thought I'd give them a try. Now I'm hooked. lol

~*^ Faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you cannot see ^*~

[Birdhead]

But when you're mentioning CS, just don't comment on the Screwtape Letters...
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[Quill]

? Why not?

-- Dex Lives No, I'm not the author. I just think you should read it.--

[jen26]

I happen to know for a fact that C.S. Lewis is a Christian priest, so you're mom really shouldn't object.

"Deceit shall have its reward." - Timeline

[Rad]

She knows all about C.S. Lewis and stuff. In fact, she really likes the movie of the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe...

~Rad
O'Reiley:If the good Lord...
Fawlty:Is mentioned once more I will bring you closer to him!
-Fawlty Towers, The Builders (not exact quote)

"You were meant to live large
C'mon take charge
Let's go light the world up
Let's not wait until the end
To be the things we wished we'd been
You were meant to live life
C'mon let's fly
You're a Super Trouper spotlight
We're going to jump on the count of three
Here it comes now
1 2 3 Jump!"
-Superchic[k], Super Trouper

*Dai'Stiho*

[Birdhead]

Quill: letters from devil one to assistant devil? Whatever the themes, not quite parentally-approved fare. (Except for my mother, who reccommended them for a school project.) (Bearing in mind last time I skimmed them was when I was ten, for said schoool projet. I REALLY have to read them properly.)
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Tuibird in Aotearoa
Conservationist, Scientist, and proud of both!
Chocolate lover extraordinaire...
Ahahahaha, ahahahahaha, ahahahaha...
My mission: Bringing Maori to the world!
Spelling Freak and Typo Queen

[Quill]

Er...Lewis was a theologian and a scholar, but was in no way ordained.

Birdhead: it's true, some folks do miss the point of Screwtape, at least at first.

-- Dex Lives No, I'm not the author. I just think you should read it.--

[FireWitch]

Glad my parents don't care about wizardry and such...

Actually...my mom's really into that stuff

STORY:
I used to go to the harry potter message boards (before the got all stupid), and somehow I got on the emailing list of some super anti-harry potter church...I got all these emails telling me that I was going to...well...you know...and my mom got mad and wrote all these letters about how is he was truly christian, this minister would support tollerence of all types of readers...it was actually rather interesting...

My mom's really cool about this stuff, of course, that might be because Judaism (especially reconstructionist) is alot more...liberal...than some forms of Christianity...

(Disclaimer: No offence ment to anyone christian or any anti-harry potter people. just stating my opinion. I totally respect everyone's religions. They're all super cool!)

Hillary Wan Kenobi
The first-ever Jedi Ewok

Loyal reader of Harry Potter and Young Wizards books

[jen26]

Cool; your mom's Jewish? I guess that's where you learned the i-don't-want-to-insult-anyone attitude! Well, I totally agree with you about a Jewish parent being more laid back about Harry Potter and stuff. I guess it's because they're not so into everything being the work of the devil and they're not obsessed with converting people.

My opinion: Read what you want and have fun!

"Deceit shall have its reward." - Timeline

[FireWitch]

I'm Jewish, too....my whole family is...are you? sounds like it from your attitude towards conversion *shudders*....hate that word.....so tired of people trying to convert me....drives me crazy.....i'm VERY happy with my religion....

Hillary Wan Kenobi
The first-ever Jedi Ewok

Loyal reader of Harry Potter and Young Wizards books