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You and I are on the same page. It is incomprehensible to me, that these supposed Christians, are so zealous, that it makes them fear exposure to something, which they misinterpret, and then expound on THEIR opions, as though it were GOD's commandments. Cherrypicked scriptures, blashemously used as refutation, is a larger SIN , than is reading a bookof fiction, that has wizards as a component.The Salem witch trials were an outgrowth of this same hysteria.

If the people, who pontificate against the HP books, lived their lives according to what they are preaching here, I might believe in their sinerity. I hghly doubt that this is true. : - )

It is incomprehensible to me, that these supposed Christians, are so zealous, that it makes them fear exposure to something, which they misinterpret, and then expound on THEIR opions, as though it were GOD's

Could be it is God's

Deuteronomy 18:14
For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so [to do].
Jeremiah 29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that [be] in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
Jeremiah 27:9
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
27:10For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Revelation 22:15 For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

You seem to spend an aweful lot of time defending HP..makes me wonder why???

"that it makes them fear exposure to something...."

In fact, most Christians I know who are NOT reading HP have not taken that position out of fear, but out of their understanding of scripture that we are to avoid, not joke about, and not enjoy those things that God calls evil. God calls witchcraft evil. HP might be a cute kid who rides a broom, but just because we haven't seen anyone riding a broom, doesn't mean that witches aren't real. Furthermore, there are scenes in the HP books that are just plain dark and gruesome, and from what I understand, getting darker and more gruesome If those scenes were in any other book, but a book about a cute little freckled faced boy who rides a broom that the world has gone mad over, I think more parents would object. Right now, anyone who objects is ridiculed.

My 10 and 12 year olds have NEVER read gory stuff. We don't watch gory stuff. We're not going to start with HP.

Scared.....no. We also won't be scared of what other people will think of us because we're not jumping on the HP bandwagon. :)