I received an interesting story by email today:
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A while ago, my child and I were sitting down by our fireplace. I had my laptop open and was reading Google News. A headline read "Dumbledore Comes Out," and this caught the eye of my son. He loves the Harry Potter series and we were first in line for several of the books.
He asked what Dumbledore was doing. Kind of dismayed I found myself having to tell him about JK Rowling, her "outing" of the character, and that "gay" meant he "liked" other men, instead of women. His smile turned into a frown and he seemed very disappointed.
What he said next took me by surprise, but I was relieved, "That's not normal" he said. Being a good Christian, my son has always been able to tell right from wrong without being told first.
Since then his interest in HP is gone. He knew it was against God and threw away his whole collection away without us asking him to.
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(I cut it short for space) Amazing how kids know between right/wrong, isn't it?
2007-11-04 04:24:56 · 8 answers · asked by IK 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm proud of your son too.
EDIT: Oh, he's not YOUR son. Still proud of him, though. :-D
2007-11-04 04:30:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Fear of people unlike the majority is common in children.
Does that mean it's a good thing?
My friends little girl (5 years old) is now afraid of dark-skinned people, and she thinks it's not normal (we live in a predominately white area). Even if your email is true all that it says is that people fear those that are not like the rest of us.
We already knew that is what most religion is based off of.
2007-11-04 04:38:49 · answer #2 · answered by skeptic 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hope your son does not get caught up in moral issues, that don't really count a lot, to a good and very moral God, who is interested in how much people contribute to making this world a better place, over any thing else.
2007-11-04 04:34:43 · answer #3 · answered by astrogoodwin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, if you can't believe a chain e-mail that suddenly appears over the Internet without any verifiable sources, what can you believe?
Maybe the imaginary kid in this e-mail will grow up and help that poor Nigerian businessman who needs to smuggle $43 million out of his country.
2007-11-04 04:33:33 · answer #4 · answered by Tut Uncommon 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
How sad that the child is already so judgmental that he'll hold the sexual preferences against a fictional character in a fictional world. I wonder how compassionate he will be toward actual people living in this world?
2007-11-04 04:37:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
How have you brainwashed your kid so fast?
I'd like to just point out that this isn't even your kid, its an emailed story. Who's to say it wasn't made up by some theistic fool?
What's interesting is that you think its worthy of being repeated. You expose your own backwardness and ignorance.
2007-11-04 04:29:15 · answer #6 · answered by Leviathan 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Uhm i don't think Dumbledore is gay because I read the books and it's just not true.
2007-11-04 04:31:24 · answer #7 · answered by Kate 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
You believe every email you get?
2007-11-04 04:32:45 · answer #8 · answered by battleship potemkin AM 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋