tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post8957239246504086076..comments2023-09-12T10:10:57.773-04:00Comments on thinking-out-loud: What Does This Mean for Us?Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-1631686805906948352008-04-05T11:58:00.000-04:002008-04-05T11:58:00.000-04:00Dear Byamabe,Thanks for putting the recording up, ...Dear Byamabe,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for putting the recording up, and for posting its location. I appreciate your letting me know.Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-91705526943400373262008-04-03T11:32:00.000-04:002008-04-03T11:32:00.000-04:00Dr. Stuckwisch, I just posted your Sunday night ap...Dr. Stuckwisch, I just posted your Sunday night appearance on Issues, Etc. at http://wittenbergmedia.org.Brian Yamabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04535848221157850349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-30567370476000940262007-10-24T09:51:00.000-04:002007-10-24T09:51:00.000-04:00Well said Rev. I thought of it as a publicity stu...Well said Rev. I thought of it as a publicity stunt simply because Dumbledore being gay is irrelevant to the story. <BR/>Your comment on his withstanding temptation is very interesting.<BR/><BR/>i enjoyed the book immensely but this does leave a sour taste in my mouth. It is unfortunate since it will certainly add fuel to the fire of many Xns who want to ban the book.Bill33https://www.blogger.com/profile/06411543373509983308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-43952495566353185522007-10-22T20:45:00.000-04:002007-10-22T20:45:00.000-04:00I agree with you, Mike. I'm obviously disappointed...I agree with you, Mike. I'm obviously disappointed that J.K. Rowling made the remark that she did. Chiefly because it condones what is contrary to the Word of God, but also because it distracts from the positive contributions of her books. It does goes to show how thoroughly she has gotten to know her characters; as was also evident in her comments on why she chose to have Fred killed instead of George. Yet, however she may have envisioned Dumbledore in her imagination, there is nothing in the storyline that depends on him being gay or otherwise. That is why I have said that it is a throwaway, ultimately irrelevent remark. By contrast, Rowling's public acknowledgment of her Christian faith and its significance for the story has gotten very little attention.<BR/><BR/>It did occur to me that if Dumbledore faced the particular temptation and proclivity to sin that Rowling has indicated, then he evidently disciplined himself to live chastely with that cross and affliction. For there is nothing in the books to suggest otherwise. If his youthful friendship with Grindewald did involve a homosexual attraction, it seems all the more significant that their relationship was one that Dumbledore looked back upon with shame and regret (though not for that reason, which does not surface in the books in any case).<BR/><BR/>It certainly is clear from the books that Rowling is an advocate of tolerance for others. I don't believe that tolerance is all bad, either, though civil tolerance and love for the neighbor should not include the condoning of sin. As for "questioning authority," it is a shame that she has phrased it that way. It seems to me that what she has in mind is not a blanket rejection of authority, but a refusal to follow blindly the powers that be without any critical appraisal of their lead.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments.Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-53644380069977385112007-10-22T10:11:00.000-04:002007-10-22T10:11:00.000-04:00I wish that J.K. Rowling hadn't obscured your wond...I wish that J.K. Rowling hadn't obscured your wonderful point by announcing that Prof Dumbledore is gay over the weekend.<BR/><BR/>Ms. Rowling also said that she regarded her Potter books as a “prolonged argument for tolerance” and urged her fans to “question authority.”Mike Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202275259518132834noreply@blogger.com