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Enter Evil…and we’re not even talkin’ Voldy!

by Danielle Tumminio on August 30, 2009

Danielle Tumminio’s guest-posting continues! Danielle is a contributor to Hog’s Head Conversations: Essays on Harry Potter. Her book, God and Harry at Yale will be available from Zossima Press later this year.

Hello, Harry Potter enthusiasts! Before we talk about evil (dum dum dum), I’m going to engage in the deadly sin of pride (can you name the other 6?) and say that God and Harry at Yale is now in to Zossima Press! Woohoo!

Okay, pride indulged. Now onto evil. Evil is a big thorn in the theologian’s side because it + God’s existence = logically impossible. Let me explain: Christians believe that God is all-knowing (omniscient), all-powerful (omnipotent) and all-good (omnibenevolent). If God is all these things, then evil shouldn’t exist: if God is all-knowing and all-powerful, then God should know evil is going to occur and then take steps to stop it. If God is all-good, then God would want to.

And yet, evil exists.
Hmm…..

So what’s a theologian to do? [click to continue…]

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Poll Results and New Poll (Shades of Good)

by korg20000bc on February 5, 2008

By Matthew

Results:

What upcoming movie are you most looking forward to?

 

  • The Half-Blood Prince (49%)
  • Prince Caspian (15%)
  • The Hobbit (12%)
  • The Dark Knight (10%)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (6%)
  • X-Files 2 (2%)
  • The Screwtape Letters (2%)
  • Avatar (Last Airbender- M. Night Shaymalan) (2%)
  • Avatar (James Cameron director) (1%)
  • Halo (Directed by Peter Jackson) (1%)
  • Iron Man (0%)

Total Votes: 164

 

No surprises there considering this is a Harry Potter blog.

Now the new poll.

 

Who do you think is the Most Good character in the Harry Potter series?

 

At times we have discussed evil here on SoG and shades of evil and so I thought it might be interesting to examine Goodness.

 

I have been thinking that this area of examining the books excludes, to some degree, Rowling’s opinions as “Good” to one person will mean something completely different to what you or I percieve as good. Rowling’s opinions will not = canon in this circumstance.

 

So fire away!

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