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I'm not sure why so many on Free Republic back this series.

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Just stay with the Word of God as your authority and your guide. Harry Potter, Wizard of Oz, Twilight, Star Wars stuff etc - It is all demonic, evil stuff that the Lord Jesus Christ forbids, commands us to seperate from, denounce, come out from.

Though every person on your favorite supposed conservative websites be in disagreement, even when they all say they are Christian but do contrary to the Word of God — Stay faithful to Christ and His Word.

Think of Noah and all who mocked his faithfulness to God while he built the ark. They all were destroyed eventually by the Lord. Same with Lot. Same with many others. Same with the Lord Jesus Himself - none there for Him during His last hours - there was betrayal, loneliness etc - would not even stay up and pray with Him - they fell asleep.

Rest in the FACT that once Christ Jesus comes into our hearts, lives, bodies after we ask Him in - rest in the fact that He will never leave us, nothing, nobody can remove His presence from us - and we are secure positionally in Him, with Him, knowing no matter how horrible, evil it all gets around us that we are secure with Him, in Him.

>>Just stay with the Word of God as your authority and your guide. Harry Potter, Wizard of Oz, Twilight, Star Wars stuff etc - It is all demonic, evil stuff that the Lord Jesus Christ forbids, commands us to seperate from, denounce, come out from.<<

WOW, just wow.

Good advice is found in the Scriptures:

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians4:6-7).
The Bible tells us that God cares about what happens to us, and so we should give all of our worries to Him (1 Peter 5:7).

Parents have the responsibility to not only teach their children about the virtues that please God, but also about what they are up against. (Ephesians 6:12).

Jesus doesn’t want us to live in a bubble. He wants us to be warriors of our Faith. Hiding from literature is not going to cut it.

Thanks Esther Ruth!

Millions of people have spent time and money encouraging, escorting their kids to, and/or enjoying the Harry Potter series with their children. So they don't want to read articles calling for their discernment in this regard; hence, the commentary.

I found Fr. Casimir Puskorius' homily caring and courageous, and I wish our priest would have done the same. He encouraged the reading of Potter and did so during a meeting about Confirmation at our church. We thought that a little odd, and continued to search out the series on our own.

I liked O'Brien's book. He's covered this topic for some time now.