Posted on 05/10/2010 9:58:40 AM PDT by mlizzy
Satanic shivers ping ...
I read the books, and experienced no events or nightmares. But they bored me! I read them so that I’d know what they were about. I can hardly remember them.
Let the Potter apologists descend with all their Oprah-esque idiocy...
Reading the above, the main thing that jumped out at me is the author’s internal issues, not any threat from the books.
as I recall Christ is victorious over death and evil ...if so why worry about Harry Potter?
Jesus is strong in you!
My apologies... I didn’t see the “caucus” indicator. Please strike my previous comment.
As a Christian, I must say that I find the Potter series to be rather benign. Kids are exposed to MUCH darker stuff. In fact, none of the children that I have known have used the Potter series as justification to explore witchcraft. It doesn’t really lend itself to that. They contain no “practical” magic whatsoever that kids would try and mimic.
On the contrary, the stories are replete with common Christian themes; love, sacrifice, good, evil, etc. It is very hard to escape these. In fact, Ms. Rowling’s more secular reviewers have lamented that she couldn’t break free of these themes and be more “artistic”. Perhaps this is one of the ways in which God fights back.
Another positive from the books is the mention of Christmas. Even if it is only in the secular, holiday sense, the mere mention of it should be counted as somewhat of a victory considering the author is from PC, Muslim England.
Just as with anything else, the Potter books can misused, and parents of children who do read them should provide proper spiritual balance. Satan seeks to seduce with wonder and beauty. He does not show what he truly is like.
If Pagan Magic actually worked, more people would be using it.
It is nothing more than innefecual diversion that squanders resources, time, and spirituality away from people.
Why is he called the deceiver? Also ruler of this world until Christ comes.
I was going to say something about the "nausea" probably being caused by poor writing, and vapid story lines.
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