Dont read this post unless you are ready to hear the truth, because you will BE ACCOUNTABLE, and I am accountable also and God help me to cleave to the Lord Jesus because I am telling you God IS going to have a people who desire nothing but to live for Him and follow the Lamb whithersoever He goes. The media-moguls who bring you Harry Potter may not, and probably arent TRYING to turn you from God, but since THEY are not SEEKING God, they certainly cannot lead you to greater heights in God. Invariably they are LOST and going to lead you astray.
God created man with a hunger and a desire for spiritual, or if you will, supernatural things. God of course is an infinite, supernatual being, and as mortal begins we can only fathom very little about Him. God has told us in His Word what is pleasing and displeasing, to Him according to His Will.
The heathen unbelivers do not care about pleasing the heart of God but rather seek every invention to revile the Word of Truth and lash out against God's soverign rulership over man, yet the heathen still have this desire and drawing to the supernatural, for indeed, they have immortal souls and WITHOUT God they are under the gudiance of Lucifer.
How, as a Christian who desires to grow in the stature of Jesus Christ and lead a holy life, obtaining ever-greater light and truth do I discern what are the things of God and the things of the world, flesh and the devil? I look to His Word and through prayer I am led of the Holy Spirit to God's Will and He gives me discernment to walk in the paths of rightousness.
I see clearly that the Word says witchcraft is an abomination to God. You have heard by many there is no such thing as witches, etc - I suggest you read the account of King Saul who defying God's command enlisted the aid of a woman with a "familiar spirit" to bring up Samuel the prophet from the grave, she succeeded and it was revealed to Saul that he would DIE the very next day in battle, all these things came to pass. Harry Potter is not of God, but God has allowed it, if for nothing else, to see who will choose light rather than darkness. Christian, if you know the Word, then you know the difference between Light and darkness. Does Harry Potter bear the Fruits of the Spirit, or the fruit of evil?
When, Jesus the Word in Flesh came up from the river Jordan after begin baptised, the Holy Spirit in the form of a Dove lit upon Him. The princlple of the Spirit lighting on the Word is a major truth. What spirit, pray tell accompanies the words of Harry Potter? Those spirits I do not want in my home, I want the Peace of God to abide in my home so I utterly reject the things that God abhors. Entertainment? Yes, unfortunatley the Christian World is being swept-up in the whirlwind of Hollywood's demonic "entertainment" industry...America is literally paying godless Hollywood to help usher the people into Lucfier's waiting arms & the "broad way" to Hell is paved with the souls of the lost.
No one is saying that Christians CANNOT have fun, enjoy themselves, etc - but be Spirit-led and BY PRAYER let God show you how to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, separate yoursevles from deception and darkness. Seek God, ask forgiveness from your selfish-pleasure seeking ways and let the Blood of Jesus cleanse and refresh your souls. Make time to read and study the Bible and let the waters of the Word make you into a holy temple for His Glory.