It seems to me that both include forms of witchcraft and magic. If JK Rowling were a confessed Christian like JRR Tolkien, would that make the books ok?
2007-05-29 08:21:39 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Rowling writes in real incantations and forms of real magic in her books; the LotR series does not.
2007-05-29 08:44:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a Christian and I love Harry Potter. Not a big Lord of the Rings fan though. It is all just fantasy.
God bless,
Stanbo
2007-05-29 15:27:25 · answer #2 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting, too, because they both contain a Christ figure as their central focus (not sure if the Christ figure is going to be Snape or Harry himself in HP).
shaolt: You don't see the parallels to Christianity in a story where a hero takes the troubles of the entire world and conquers them by his own sacrifice?
2007-05-29 15:26:31 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They enjoy C. S. Lewis even more, even though the Narnia books include all sorts of mythical creatures. But Lewis was an educated Christian and so he knew what fundamentalists today do not, namely that in order to really understand the Bible, you need to be able to appreciate the mythical.
2007-05-29 15:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by jamesfrankmcgrath 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hear it is, they hate harry potter cuss a christian did not make it. They love LOR cus a christian peson made it. IT IS FUNNY>
I bet if a christian made porno, the whole church would watch it to gether. But they would not watch porno with out a child of God creating it......
I do not like any of them, they all deal in withch craft. But as to why, the christians are still slave to the world.
2007-05-29 15:31:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Harry potter is written by someone who glorifies evil and the Lord of the Rings was written by a christian who was good friends with C.S.Lewis (Lion Witch and Wardrobe).
2007-05-29 15:35:53 · answer #6 · answered by carmel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I didn't really see the parallels of Christianity in Lord of the Rings.... Good vs. evil? Well c'mon thats just about every story.
2007-05-29 15:26:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Read Deuteronomy 18:10-12. Get some basis for your accusations.
2007-05-29 15:29:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, for one thing there are underlying messages that are different. Harry Potter tells children not to trust their parents -- there is no such message in Lord of the Rings. Just to point out one item.
2007-05-29 15:30:07 · answer #9 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I read the question and was going to say "because Tolkien was a Christian".... but you beat me to it.
Voldemort seems a better "satan figure" than Sauron, anyway, but that's logic for you.
2007-05-29 15:25:07 · answer #10 · answered by Aeryn Whitley 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋