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interesting......Maybe this is a coincedence, or maybe it's not.

Rev 18:23 .... for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

What is sorcery? and how could all the nations be decieved by it? The definition of sorcery is "Use of supernatural power over others through the assistance of spirits;"

And what are sorcerers commonly depicted as casting their spells with? A wand of course!

a wand serves as a focusing tool that enhances a wizard's capabilities to perform magic. While performing magic without wands is possible, wands are required in most spells. Wands come in many varieties, being made of different woods. Harry potter gives us a good example Harry Potter's wand is made from holly, with a phoenix tail feather core supplied by Fawkes. A good old wand made of holly wood.

HOLLYWOOD the place where you find all the stars. You could maybe even call it the wand of the stars.

Rev 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

In the city of Angles... lost angels even good old L.A.

Holly also symbolizes holiness, consecration, material gain, physical revenge, beauty, and immortality, as well as peace, goodwill and health. It can be used ritually to aid and help with a person’s ability to cope with death, and to ease their sleep with peaceful dreams. So while we have the sorceries cast out into the world greatly amplified in power, easing us to sleep, making your spiritual death nice and peaceful.

What does a medium do? medium. "A person thought to have the power to communicate with the spirits of the dead or with agents of another world or dimension. Also called psychic." What is the plural of medium? Media of course! How does hollywood come into the lives of the people in the western world? Though the media!!! TV, Film, Music etc Turn on you TV and there will of course be just the right channel to suck you in.

Channel "The medium through which a spirit guide purportedly communicates with the physical world."
 
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interesting......Maybe this is a coincedence, or maybe it's not.


And what are sorcerers commonly depicted as casting their spells with? A wand of course!

a wand serves as a focusing tool that enhances a wizard's capabilities to perform magic. While performing magic without wands is possible, wands are required in most spells. Wands come in many varieties, being made of different woods. Harry potter gives us a good example Harry Potter's wand is made from holly, with a phoenix tail feather core supplied by Fawkes. A good old wand made of holly wood.

HOLLYWOOD the place where you find all the stars. You could maybe even call it the wand of the stars.

There are a lot clever word meanings used in the book, so it could be a reference to hollywood, but you would have to factor in the phoenix feather somehow because that was the magical part. Actually there is a lot of discussion forums about the potter books. One had this to say about the wand in the connection of materials used.
The point, in my opinion, is that the wands are evenly matched (twin phoenix core) yet apposite in composition (yew/death v. holly/life), just like their owners.
It makes sense to me the whole construct of the book is good vs. evil. And what if Dumbledore comes back to life in the next one? Will Christians be watching closely to see if he is a type of Christ?
As SDA's we already have prominent leaders who will say that Joseph (Jacob's son) is a type of Christ. He certainly would not be the first type of Christ in a literary work. On top of that if evil wins in the end in these books, she is really going to cut down on her future sells. Though she is a billionaire so she could afford it.
 
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I did not miss your point I addressed your opening thesis. But it is true if you had just posted that hollywood is not the a great moral example I would agree as would likely most people who are part of Hollywood.

You may remember from English classes the importance of the beginning of statements. As you could tell by the section of your quoted material that is what I was responding too. I did not find the criticism of Hollywood to be of enough significance to reply as there is nothing new or original in deriding Hollywood.
 
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I did not miss your point I addressed your opening thesis. But it is true if you had just posted that hollywood is not the a great moral example I would agree as would likely most people who are part of Hollywood.

You may remember from English classes the importance of the beginning of statements. As you could tell by the section of your quoted material that is what I was responding too. I did not find the criticism of Hollywood to be of enough significance to reply as there is nothing new or original in deriding Hollywood.

Yes, his post on hollywood is not original. But not everyone on this forum knows everything. And in my opinion it adds some value to a slow forum like this than the cynical posts I've seen you made here and there.
 
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Yes, his post on hollywood is not original. But not everyone on this forum knows everything. And in my opinion it adds some value to a slow forum like this than the cynical posts I've seen you made here and there.

You would think that my response then would be welcomed as bringing converstation to a slow forum.

I guess to some only certain conversation is acceptable.
 
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