Anitra answers “? How do you feel about reading magic...”

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? How do you feel about reading magic books? I used to read those books, but I realize I did not want those spirits and images in my heart. What are your thoughts about it. You don't want to open the door to evil in your world. You will thank me later.

Anitra This is no darker than a fairy story. It's definitely not Satanism, evil spirits etc. You'd have to be of an unusually sensitive disposition to be dis…moreThis is no darker than a fairy story. It's definitely not Satanism, evil spirits etc. You'd have to be of an unusually sensitive disposition to be disturbed by anything in this book. And no, I don't think I will thank you for trying to advise me what is "safe" for me to read. I think I'm old enough and have sufficient IQ to make those judgements for myself. As it happens, I thought this book was tedious nonsense anyway, but I don't believe I'm going to be "corrupted" by reading any work of fiction, as I can distinguish between that and reality. What are your opinions of non-fiction? Should people not read about real life atrocities such as The Holocaust? That was indisputably and incomprehensibly evil, but don't modern generations need to know the truth about what happened, so we can (hopefully) avoid repeating it? Do you think reading about factual evil also "opens the door" to bad things, and should be avoided, or do you think we can learn positive lessons from it?(less)

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