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Harry Potter vs The Bible...What's the Difference?

Exodus 4:1-5And Moses answered and said, But,hail, locusts, darkness and killing of
behold, they will not believe me, nor hearkeninnocent children.Say unto Aaron, Stretch
unto my voice: for they will say, The Lordforth thine hand with thy rod over the
hath not appeared unto thee.And the Lord saidstreams, over the rivers, and over the ponds,
unto him, What is that in thine hand? And heand cause frogs to come up upon the land of
said, A rod.And he said, Cast it on theEgypt. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand
ground. And he cast it on the ground, and itover the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came
became a serpent; and Moses fled from beforeup, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 And the
it.And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forthmagicians did so with their enchantments, and
thine hand, and take it by the tail. And hebrought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.Ex.
put forth his hand, and caught it, and it8:5-6Frogs are a nice touch, and add eye of
became a rod in his hand:That they maynewt to the mix and we are back with Harry.I
believe that the Lord God of their fathers,suppose we would have to get a good mental
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and thepicture of this "stretching forth" of hands
God of Jacob, hath appeared...Exodus 7:over the rivers etc to get the same picture
7-16And Moses was fourscore years old, andof Harry Potter doing much the same, with his
Aaron fourscore and three years old, whenwand, in his exploits, but what is the
they spake unto Pharaoh.And the Lord spakedifference? In practical fact, none or
unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,Whencertainly not much.The Wizards of Egypt, like
Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying Shew aa bad movie script, duplicate the trick
miracle for you: then thou shalt say untorather than undo it. Come on boys, wake up
Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it beforeuse the force for the good of Egypt! Of
Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.Andcourse, it would seem that duplicating an act
Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, andthat has already occurred is much easier, in
they did so as the Lord had commanded: andsome way, than undoing it. We never really
Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, andhear just how the water turned blood,
before his servants, and it became aeventually turned back to pure drinkable
serpent.Then Pharaoh also called the wise menwater again. I guess it just cleared up.One
and the sorcerers: now the magicians ofof the more questionable results of animal
Egypt, they also did in like manner withdisease, hail, fire and destruction of animal
their enchantments.For they cast down everyfeed by locusts etc, is that all the cattle
man his rod, and they became serpents: butand all the beasts and horses die at least
Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.And hethree times from what I can tell. They are
hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkenedeither diseased, beaten into pulp or starved
not unto them: as the Lord had said.And theby the Wizardry of Moses through Aaron. The
Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's hear isWizards of Egypt simply can't compete. They
hardened, he refuseth to let the peoplefinally wake up and don't kill more animals
go.Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo,at least, but can't get the dead ones back
he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalteither...but wait...maybe they do!Behold, the
stand by the river's brink against he come;hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is
and the rod which was turned to a serpentin the field, upon the horses, upon the
shalt thou take in thine hand.And thou shaltasses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and
say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrewsupon the sheep: there shall be a very
hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my peoplegrievous murrain. 4 And the LORD shall sever
go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:between the cattle of Israel and the cattle
and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest notof Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all
hear."With the debut Harry Potter and thethat is the children's of Israel. 5 And the
Half Blood Prince, and the condemnation ofLORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow
such by the new Pope, perhaps we can ask athe LORD shall do this thing in the land. 6
simple question that any child would ask ifAnd the LORD did that thing on the morrow,
they are raised on the many fantastic storiesand all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the
of the Bible. What's the difference betweencattle of the children of Israel died not
the Wizardry of Harry Potter and that ofoneExodus 9:3-6It does appear all the horses
Moses, Elijah, Jesus, the Apostles and Paul?died as well along with the cattle.
It's a short answer for a kid... none.As withBut....."And he made ready his chariot, and
hearing voices in the head, if it is in thetook his people with him: 7 And he took six
Bible, it is the voice of God. If it is fromhundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots
a religious person, it may be the voice ofof Egypt, and captains over every one of
God or it may be the voice of a mentalthem. 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of
condition that needs to be addressed. If itPharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after
is from a nonbeliever, it is the voice ofthe children of Israel: and the children of
Satan or definitely mental illness.But it isIsrael went out with an high hand. 9 But the
a legitimate question and one that any modernEgyptians pursued after them, all the horses
child or teen has every right to ask adultand chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen,
fundamentalists and evangelically smittenand his army, and overtook them encamping by
Christians.From the account of Moses turningthe sea"Exodus 14:6-9Miracle of miracles, or
his staff into a serpent, to Aaron matchingperhaps wizardry of wizardry...the Egyptian
the tricks of Egyptian Sorcerers, we havehorses are resurrected for perhaps the second
what appears to be for all intent andtime at least and maybe the third, and strike
purposes a war between the Wizards. Of courseout to attack the Israelites, but die in the
Moses wins and his serpent/staff eats upWizardry of Moses who parts the Red Sea with
their serpent/staffs. Next we go on to Moseshis serpent/rod and drowns the lot of
turning the waters of Egypt into "blood" tothem.....again. I could be wrong, but I don't
be matched by the Wizards of Egypt. Obviouslythink left over dogs or goats from the
Moses left a little for them to play with asprevious plagues could pull a chariot.In all
well but for the life of me the best trickthe events of the Exodus, what is the
would have seemed to be the Wizards turningdifference between Harry Potter and Moses?
Moses "blood" BACK into water! Guess theyNothing...What's the difference...* Exodus
weren't thinking!From here we, of course go14: Moses parts the Red Sea -with a serpent
on to, frogs, gnats, flies, diseases, boils,staff.



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