"Christians aren't allowed to think. They're supposed to blindly follow wherever they're led."
How sad that you have been led to believe that.
"How sad that you have been led to believe that."
I think it's sad you believe a children's book is the root of all evil.
And I have been led to believe that by reading all the posts on this thread condemning a book of pure fiction.
I've read the first book. I enjoyed it. I thought it was a bit juvenile, but I also noticed from reading parts of the other books in the series, that the author intended the books to grow with the children reading them.
Both my nieces have either read the books or have had them read to them. My brother and his wife send them both to private Christian schools. They are both active in their church along with the girls. There is NOTHING in their behavior indicative of being negatively influenced by the HP books. In fact, they are bright, well-mannered and generous to a fault. There home is littered with arts and crafts of a religious nature (toothpick crosses and whatnot). My br. and his wife are BOTH HIGHLY EDUCATED people who would NEVER subject their children to anything that might confuse them.
If children are rotten these days, blame the fact that two parents are usually never around, because they're too busy working so they can afford the new SUV with the headrest DVD players. It is materialism and the love of "stuff" that is harming our children and our culture. I see THAT everyday. What I DON'T see are children boiling eye of newt and tongue of liberals to concoct a new potion with which to turn old Atari games into Grand Theft Auto.