Cooleboetie
a lot of good christens said to me, that i must not read lord of the rings, cause of all the witchcraft and wizardry in it. and the darkmonsters and that stuff. and you put it under the christenbooks meaby that was not a right chose.
*chokes on her drink* They may have meant well, but they must not have read the books, anything non-Middle Earth by Tolkien, or realized that all of those works can be found, at least in audio form, in any self-respecting Christian bookstore. In some of his non-LotR stuff, Tolkien himself lays out all the parallels he intentionally wrote into the stories. Oh, and I have a daily devotional book called
Walking with Frodo showing how we can use him as an example of someone trying to follow the right path and how he (eventually) succeeded.
Now to cover your friends' side of the story.
Look, witchcraft and wizardry exist. Sorcery is used on a daily basis. However, from the view of the Church (most Christian sects), wizardry is not something to be used by Christians since we depend on the power of the Holy Spirit to guide us through day-to-day life. Therefore, we must admonish those who use it and stay as far away from it as possible.
That's where they're coming from and I personally think it's a load of bullshit. Read anything you want to. Then decide
for yourself if you think it's right or not.
