[PetroniusMaximus]

“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.”

Thank you.

Now if there was a very popular childrens series about a couple of crack-addicted, teenage, male-prostitutes - and this series described the kids life and habits in detail but also included a bunch of “life lessons” - would you want your kids to read this?

Remember, it’s all just fiction.

So, would you?

[TexasAg1996]

Now if there was a very popular childrens series about a couple of crack-addicted, teenage, male-prostitutes - and this series described the kids life and habits in detail but also included a bunch of “life lessons” - would you want your kids to read this?

Kids can become crack addicts and prostitutes (whether a particular story is fiction or not). Kids can't pick up a stick, say Protego!, and create an invisible shield.

Anticipating your next argument, you can cite statistics showing the exponential rise in Wiccan believers since Harry Potter came out, right?

[null and void]

The Bible has many stories of murder, rape, and torture. People being fed to lions, put in fierily furnaces, robbed and left for dead by their own brothers, etc. It also includes a bunch of “life lessons” - would you want your kids to read this?

[SuziQ]

Now if there was a very popular childrens series about a couple of crack-addicted, teenage, male-prostitutes - and this series described the kids life and habits in detail but also included a bunch of “life lessons” - would you want your kids to read this?

Nope, because those wouldn't be interesting stories.