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It's startling to see how many folks seem to have such passionate views on the pro-Harry side of the aisle.

If it was just Harry Potter, I don't think you'd see a "passionate" reaction. But it's everything. We must beware of Smurfs, Teletubbies, Barney and Britney Spears. They are all integral to a huge plot that is going to destroy us. Meanwhile, as OWK pointed out, we have missed our chance to say anything of import. Tinky Winky has occupied the place of prominence in our discourse.

Let me add this. As a Christian, one will be doing some sort of filtering of the culture at all times. But this is to be done internally as an individual, communally as a body of believers, and in the home as a family. It's not necessarily a subject for press releases, crusades and campaigns that only serve as platforms for people who want to be in front of the camera or behind a microphone. If you don't know "magic" is something to be considered carefully as a Christian, then you've already lost. And no amount of chicken-little articles will change that.

If it was just Harry Potter, I don't think you'd see a "passionate" reaction. But it's everything. We must beware of Smurfs, Teletubbies, Barney and Britney Spears.

Ever notice how Papa Smurf wore red and some of the Smurfs didn't have jobs but all were treated equally? Sounds like a design to teach our kids communism to me.....

I seriously knew someone who believed that.

As a Christian, one will be doing some sort of filtering of the culture at all times. But this is to be done internally as an individual, communally as a body of believers, and in the home as a family.

Most definitely agreed.

It's not necessarily a subject for press releases, crusades and campaigns that only serve as platforms for people who want to be in front of the camera or behind a microphone.

Far as I know, O'Brien doesn't want to "be in front of the camera." Seems the source of the article is Family Life Center International, which is an on-line Christ-centered community.

If you don't know "magic" is something to be considered carefully as a Christian, then you've already lost. And no amount of chicken-little articles will change that.

Here we disagree. I think there are too many Christians out there who need to be taught *more* about the hazards within our secular culture. Knowing that "magic" is something to be considered carefully as a Christian isn't enough. What's important is the kind of action one takes in response to what one knows. And not knowing does not mean one has "lost," because one can always learn.

IMHO, O'Brien's intent is foremost to educate Christians who are ignorant about the subject of "magic." Secondly, if he is able to bring a few non-Christians to an understanding of his views, all the better.