> Spiritually uplifting musings for Tooly,
> or anyone :
>
> By a blogger(not me) :
>
http://newgreatbooks.blogspot.com/2008/07/spiritually-uplifting-story-learning-to...
> Tuesday, July 29, 2008
> A Spiritually Uplifting Story: Learning to Trust in Something More
>
> The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling is one of the most successful in
> modern
> times. With over 121.5 million copies in print, it is almost impossible to
> find
> someone who has not read the books. If you do, they probably have some
> argument
> about how they are "above" the books; they were written for young adults
> anyways. But what do you do when you are not allowed to read the books for
> religious or moral reasons? Is there really something bad contained within
> the
> books that would make them forbidden on some families reading lists? The
> recent
> book by author Donald James Parker brings up this intriguing question:
> Reforming
> the Potter's Clay.
>
> Introducing us to the Morales family, Parker carries us through the
> process of
> spiritual and moral discovery as EJ and Pedro read the tale of Harry
> Potter and
> the Sorcerers Stone. As they do, they begin to question the simple logic
> of good
> and evil that has been presented to them.
>
> "Ok, gang, let's review. What bad things did we find in this book?" Sal
> asked.
>
> "Dudley, the Malfoys, Voldemort, Uncle Vernon, and Professor Quirrell," EJ
> said.
>
> "And Professor Snape and vomit-flavored beans," Pedro added.
>
> "Wait. Those are bad guys. except for the beans. Any interesting book is
> going
> to have bad and good guys."
>
> "Right," EJ said. "So Harry and his friends are the good guys. They were
> fighting against evil. The magic they used was for good and not to hurt
> good
> people."
>
> .
