Re: Harry Potter–A Worthwhile series??

[coriolan_cmc2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 33741

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "kimballs6" <kevinkimball at h...> wrote:
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> 
> MS. ROWLING'S WORLD VIEW:
> 
> Sometimes breaking rules is honorable, 
> sometimes it must be punished.  Sometimes a lie is bad, 
> sometimes it is good.  

In real life and in literature ranging from the highest to the 
crummiest level, lies are also sometimes bad and are sometimes good. 
To give just one counter-example from LOTR, Frodo lies to Faramir 
about the true nature of his mission and his relationship with 
Smeagol in The Two Towers. And he was obviously prudent in doing so.  

And the "good guys" in Scripture at times tell lies, which prove to 
be beneficial. For example, Jacob lies to father Issac to obtain his 
blessing over his brother Esau, and so becomes the third & last of 
the great Judeo-patriarchs. So much for the clearly delineated "truth 
good/lies bad" of the Judeo-Christian World View.

    - CMC