Every time a new Harry Potter book or movie comes out, someone writes about how the stories are destroying our souls and our civilization.
Here's the next installment.
Watching 6- and 7-year-old children walk out of the press screening for the new "Harry Potter" movie (as well as the many reviewers and others with witchcraft symbols on their clothes and S&M dresses) is always an opportunity to reflect on the malignant corruption of our culture. Aside from the fact that these children are exposed to ugly creatures, fantastic violence and worthless incantations, this movie has some dialogue that sounds like it comes out of Stuart Smalley's Daily Affirmations on "Saturday Night Live." Namely, when professor Dumbledore sits Harry down and tells him, "You are not a bad person. Every person has light and darkness. You have a choice."
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Contrary to Dumbledore's idiotic aphorisms, there are bad people.
The Wall Street Journal blamed the narcissism of our age on poor Mister Rogers, who was one of the leading proponents of the no-one-is-bad mentality. I liked Mister Rogers, and I think they may be taking him out of context. But, all this psychological mumbo jumbo about how "you are really a good person" has caused a whole generation to be spoiled beyond comprehension.
He thinks Mister Rogers is being taken out of context, but he's got Harry Potter pegged. OK....
Witchcraft means rebellion against God's authority in the Bible. These books and movies teach rebellion against authority. When they add to this rebellious attitude the stupid aphorism that "you're really a good person," then one must seriously ask: What are these narcissistic children supposed to think? Those children who are susceptible to this mindless PC drivel may think their rebellion is part of their goodness and that they're right to break the rules because breaking the rules is fun. In that way, they become part of the growing crowd of rebellious young people who are incapable of constructing and perpetuating a viable civilization.
And while we're at it, Here is a piece explaining that the Harry Potter stories aren't evil. At the bottom are links to other articles about the phenomenon.
1 comment:
Harumph. When I rebelled against the religion of my mother, I didn't fall into witchcraft, but kicked ALL religion/faith to the curb, I was pretty much an Atheist. Slowly became agnostic and then found out I'm really A Gnostic. heh.
It came from inside me and I happened to find something that pretty much matched.
I could go on and on, but 2 things:
1. ALL children are narcissistic.
2. It's "you are really a good person," but also "you have to make those choices that are good"--Personal responsibility. It has nothing to do with religion.
(can't seem to post this comment, sorry if it gets up there multiple times)
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