Must we always bash Harry. There are Wiccans but I highly doubt they can use Wingardium Leviosa to make feathers float. Attempting magic is bad and true Wiccan groups lead to Satan. But I doubt they have working spells to make stuff float or unlock locks, etc. It seems like Wiccans are more New Age stuff than Harry Potter spells(though I may be wrong). And people who love the books(me for instance) probably won't be changed by a few posts saying that it is bad.
BTW- Just wondering... Where does the Bible say to not read stuff like Harry Potter? magic isn't nearly as important as the Ten Commandments but there's nothing said about reading about them. Many stories have it(you know; taking God's name in vain, killing, jealousy, working on Sunday, stealing). Are not these much worse than magic? Should all mystery novels, spy novels, most cartoons, etc. not be read either?
P.S.- I wasn't asking it rhetorically. I really would like to know whether it says to not read Harry Potter type stuff. And please don't yell at me ;).
And also what makes Harry Potter special? She(Rowling) is just following traditional folklore. Our own precious fairy tales have kids trying to be burnt alive, toes being cut off to fit a shoe, black magic causing a person to transform to a dragon and another to lay in eternal sleep, etc.
Read Deuteronomy Chapter 18: 9-14
9 "When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you. 13 You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. 14 For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the Lord your God has not appointed such for you.
Very true. Yes, I'm a conservative Christian (although some of you may doubt that a cradle Episcopalian from a long line of Episcopalians can be conservative or consider themselves Christian), but I do happen to have two friends who are Wiccan High Priestesses. They most certainly do not worship Satan. To say that is to say that the ancient Romans, Greeks, Norse or Celts worshipped Satan. Wiccans are pagans in the same way that the ancients were. They believe in multiple gods, but not in Satan. Of course I think they're misguided, but they're certainly not evil people.
And people who love the books(me for instance) probably won't be changed by a few posts saying that it is bad.
Me neither. I love the HP books, just as I loved the Narnia books. And, for the record, my mother (grew up as a Lutheran but who now attends a conservative Episcopal church) is absolutely hooked on time travel books. Does that make her a Satan worshipper too? I hope someone will let me know soon so I can fill her in next time we talk.