[Pastor William Nathaniel Sampson]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

I don't ask for worship. And who are you to say that god speaks to you anymore than he speaks to me? What's to say god hasn't spoken to me and told me that love is the message?

Because God does not speak to the wicked and vain.

Job 35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, Neither will the Almighty regard it.

Proverbs 1:24-28 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

The bible is a book written to take advantage of people.

Thank goodness you aren't.

You are just here to lead them to hell.

You say that it is written by prophets who delivered the word of god. What's to say that those prophets didn't fabricate it all just to gain power? What's to say that I'm not a prophet?

I would say you are a blasphemous false prophet. The Bible is quite clear on what should be done there.

Deuteronomy 13:1-5If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

[FindLoveNotReligion]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

Vanity is defined as being excessively proud of ones own appearance or achievements.
To call me vain doesn't make any sense because I haven't claimed to have made any achievements of my own. Just that which my god has bestowed upon me. Hard to be vain when one takes no claim to any achievements.

I'm not asking anyone to follow me. I'm no leader. My god is who I follow and who I am asking others to consider. I'm not asking any of you to abandon your faith. Just consider a loving god. If nothing else it will embolden your faith if you continue on your path if you so choose.

How many people accused those who are in the bible to be false prophets? To automatically assume I am a false prophet assumes that god no longer speaks.
A prophet is described as one who is a regarded or inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of god. And I believe that I am an inspired proclaimer of god.

[Meek and Humble]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

Vanity is defined as being excessively proud of ones own appearance or achievements.
To call me vain doesn't make any sense because I haven't claimed to have made any achievements of my own. Just that which my god has bestowed upon me. Hard to be vain when one takes no claim to any achievements.

I'm not asking anyone to follow me. I'm no leader. My god is who I follow and who I am asking others to consider. I'm not asking any of you to abandon your faith. Just consider a loving god. If nothing else it will embolden your faith if you continue on your path if you so choose.

How many people accused those who are in the bible to be false prophets? To automatically assume I am a false prophet assumes that god no longer speaks.
A prophet is described as one who is a regarded or inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of god. And I believe that I am an inspired proclaimer of god.

Nonsense. I just spoke to God and he said you are lying.

[Bogdana Alkeav]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

Vanity is defined as being excessively proud of ones own appearance or achievements.
To call me vain doesn't make any sense because I haven't claimed to have made any achievements of my own. Just that which my god has bestowed upon me. Hard to be vain when one takes no claim to any achievements.

I'm not asking anyone to follow me. I'm no leader. My god is who I follow and who I am asking others to consider. I'm not asking any of you to abandon your faith. Just consider a loving god. If nothing else it will embolden your faith if you continue on your path if you so choose.

How many people accused those who are in the bible to be false prophets? To automatically assume I am a false prophet assumes that god no longer speaks.
A prophet is described as one who is a regarded or inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of god. And I believe that I am an inspired proclaimer of god.

Detailed list of causes of Hearing voices

The list below shows some of the causes of Hearing voices mentioned in various sources:

• Falling asleep - some people hear their name called.
• Psychiatric disorders - Hearing voices
• Psychological disorders - Hearing voices
• Psychosis
• Psychotic depression
• Schizophrenia
• See also hallucinations
• more causes...»

Read more at http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/he...ktrack=kcplink

Also, here: http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/help-...earing-voices/

[FindLoveNotReligion]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

Detailed list of causes of Hearing voices

The list below shows some of the causes of Hearing voices mentioned in various sources:

• Falling asleep - some people hear their name called.
• Psychiatric disorders - Hearing voices
• Psychological disorders - Hearing voices
• Psychosis
• Psychotic depression
• Schizophrenia
• See also hallucinations
• more causes...»

Read more at http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/he...ktrack=kcplink

Also, here: http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/help-...earing-voices/

I think you're taking me a little too literal here. I don't honestly hear a voice in the room as if some ghastly figure was speaking to me. God speaks in ways other than audible sound.

[Bogdana Alkeav]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

I think you're taking me a little too literal here. I don't honestly hear a voice in the room as if some ghastly figure was speaking to me. God speaks in ways other than audible sound.

You're just one of the millions of people throughout time who has claimed that God speaks to them "without audible sound". Somehow, all of these people report God saying totally different messages. So excuse me if I don't believe you

[Maestus]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

To add to this point, it promotes Dumbledore to be better than Gandalf... which is clearly not true.

[Meek and Humble]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

To add to this point, it promotes Dumbledore to be better than Gandalf... which is clearly not true.

Indeed. They are equally evil.

[I-Hate-Juice]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

No need for me to back up with Scripture, there are plenty here already.

My reason to ban Harry Pothead.

1. It´s sh*t.

YiC
Paavali

[GetYourActTogether]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

so you are all acting this way over a book that is a work of F-I-C-T-I-O-N. get a life cats

Not sure which book you are referring to here.

[Zechariah Smyth]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

Not sure which book you are referring to here.

Did you read the thread, or at least the thread title? The Harry Potter books, of course.



Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

[Bobby-Joe]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

Did you read the thread, or at least the thread title? The Harry Potter books, of course.



Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

Sheesh, Harry Potter is such nonsense about people casting spells, dealing with demons, talking snakes and some guy surviving his own death, then spreads death destruction to anyone not in his chosen group. You got to wonder were the woman who wrote it got to such nonsense.

[/Bomonga/]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

I've read all seven Harry Potter books and seen (as of this day, April Sixth Two Thousand Eleven) have seen all of the movies. Entertaining fantasy (not real), and not completely devoid of values. Children should not read it only because they cannot distinguish fantasy and reality. (haha, joke)

[Bobby-Joe]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

I've read all seven Harry Potter books and seen (as of this day, April Sixth Two Thousand Eleven) have seen all of the movies. Entertaining fantasy (not real), and not completely devoid of values. Children should not read it only because they cannot distinguish fantasy and reality. (haha, joke)

Really guy, do you think it is healthy for some child to read some silly story about some guy persecuted by the authorities because he is trying to spread the message of some dead sorcerer he saw is some vision? I think trash with a stupid plot line like that is more like child-abuse to be honest.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: 12 reasons Harry Potter should be banned

I've read all seven Harry Potter books and seen (as of this day, April Sixth Two Thousand Eleven) have seen all of the movies. Entertaining fantasy (not real), and not completely devoid of values. Children should not read it only because they cannot distinguish fantasy and reality. (haha, joke)

How about wandering over to our "introductions" thread and bragging about how many times you've read the Holy Bible!