[Audyssey] Harry Potter, games, and the like - Re: psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Charles Rivard
When I hear someone saying that these are evil and unGodly, the first 
question I ask is, Have you read the books or played the game or watch 
others playing it?  If the answer is something like, No.  And I won't. 
Our Pastor said, blah, blah, blah, my immediate response is, In that case, 
because you are getting all of your information from one source, and you 
have no personal experience from which to form an opinion, you are 
uninformed on the subject, and your opinion is totally skewed.


Although I may value someone else's opinion and judgment, the opinion and 
judgment are theirs, not mine.


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From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com

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Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions



Hi Josh,

Misconstrued is the least of it. In many cases the people who say
Harry Potter or Dungeons and dragons are evil have never read the book
or played the game to know firsthand what it is about and only form
their opinion based on the word of mouth. They are frequently
misinformed but have no problems telling you and everyone else how
evil, Satanic, or ungodly this or that is when they don't have
anything like firsthand knowledge of what they are talking about.
Those that do tend to base their opinions on a specific verse in
Deuteronomy that forbids them from practicing witchcraft, astrology,
spiritualism, and a number of other occult subjects. In any case it is
up to the person's own moral and ethical inclinations to play or not
play such things.

Cheers!


On 4/30/15, Josh K joshknnd1...@gmail.com wrote:

yep religious zealots say harry potter and such are evil simply because
their beliefs are a bit misconstrued that's all. Just pay them no mind
that's what I do.

follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982


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Re: [Audyssey] Harry Potter, games, and the like - Re: psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles,

I am in total agreement with you. I can recall plenty of times asking
a number of people just that, did they read such and such a book or
play such and such a game, with the usual response they won't because
it is ungodly, evil, etc. Like you I find myself responding by telling
them they are misinformed and that all they are doing is repeating a
roomer not a fact. They are forming an opinion based on a biase, and
usually someone else's biased opinion at that.


Cheers!


On 4/30/15, Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com wrote:
 When I hear someone saying that these are evil and unGodly, the first
 question I ask is, Have you read the books or played the game or watch
 others playing it?  If the answer is something like, No.  And I won't.
 Our Pastor said, blah, blah, blah, my immediate response is, In that case,

 because you are getting all of your information from one source, and you
 have no personal experience from which to form an opinion, you are
 uninformed on the subject, and your opinion is totally skewed.

 Although I may value someone else's opinion and judgment, the opinion and
 judgment are theirs, not mine.

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 Be positive!  When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished,

 you! really! are! finished!

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