[Jen Shroder]

I believe in demons but the idea these books encourage children to participate in spiritual darkness is beyond ludicrous.

Then why do Wiccans rejoice over the books?

And I think these chapter titles are contrived, there are a lot of Biblical phrases turned upside down:

The writing on the Wall

The Dark Mark

The Half-Blood Prince

The Lightning-Struck Tower

Flight of the Prince

The White Tomb

After the Burial

Horcruxes

The Lion and the Serpent

The Ministry of Magic

The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black

The Hearing

The Lost Prophecy

At the very least these are taking Biblical precepts and trivializing/diminishing them. Planting seeds that I wouldn't want anywhere near my children. I'm already grieving that I allowed my kids in public school thinking I could debrief them...I can't believe one of my own sons originally thought Obama wasn't a bad choice. Thank goodness he also learned in public school that our votes don't count for much and didn't bother. I never thought that would be a plus.

[mlizzy]

When three official Church exorcists come out strongly against the Harry Potter series (as I've posted on this thread), it would stand to reason that practicing Catholics (and other Christians too) would open their hearts and discern their words. Could it be that Satan has already convinced them [the avid pro-Potters] that they know what's best for their children, over and above a priest who deals with the devil one-on-one?

I found this interesting from Fr. Euteneuer's book, Exorcism and the Church Militant.

At the final count we estimated that there were several hundred distinct demons that exited her [middle-aged exorcee] body through the four sessions of prayer and deliverance we conducted with her. Because these were not deeply-rooted demons, the process to expel them was very simple: silent prayer before the exposed Ecuharist and then a command to each unclean spirit to leave her one after another. Each was commanded to tell its name as it came to the Light and say, "Hail Mary, full of grace," as its sign of departure. The list of names was unbelievable: Abortion, Anti-Christ, Belial, Betrayal, Birth Control, Black Cats (this one hissed and put up its claws), Blasphemy, Fortune Telling, Horoscope, "Innocence" (this one spoke with a deceptively sweet, innocent voice), Illness, Pride (this one sat upright as if indignant and said, "I don't have to leave..."), Racism, Rape, Slave, Snake, Suicide and many, many others ...

Fr. Euteneuer has said that those who do not listen to the warnings regarding the Harry Potter series (and others) do so at their own peril. More from Fr. Euteneuer:

The Alien movies featured a vicious, rapacious little creature that emerges out of the stomachs of people looking like a fetus transformed into a fang-toothed ravaging demon. Some believe that this movie represents the epitome of demonic glorification of abortion. Be that as it may, the devil's spawn are not hand to recognize. It's just too bad that most of our faith-deprived society thinks that they are only harmless "entertainment."