And just so we can put this all in perspective...
There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD.
Deut 18:10&11
Thanks for bumping the thread!
And just so we can put this all in perspective ...
These books are fiction, so there is none of the activity you speak of actually happening. There is nothing in Deuteronomy that mentions that reading fiction on these topics is an abomination.
I’ll keep that in mind if I ever have a desire to actually try and to magic, rather than just reading children’s books about it, or watching “I Dream Of Jeanie”.
I am as conservative a Christian as they come - and I thoroughly enjoy Harry Potter. This is FICTION - and there are no exhortation or how to’s for witchcraft. No one doubts Tolkein’s Christianity, yet he wrote of wizards in his fantasy world.
Take the setting away, and there are actually some strongly Christian undertones to the story (intended or not)
My children understand that witchcraft is an abomination, and I have not found one of them trying to cast a spell after reading Harry Potter.
I think more Christians should read the book before they condemn it. I initially read the book to see if it would be OK for my children to read, and found myself enjoying it immensely. I have not missed a book since.
Well, since I don’t do any of those things, nor do I know any fans of the Harry Potter books who do, then we’re all good!