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Harry Potter Books teach Witchcraft to Children
Chuckmorse.com ^ | Nov. 2, 2001 | Chuck Morse

Posted on 11/02/2001 9:55:30 AM PST by Chuckmorse

Harry Potter Books teach Witchcraft to Children

The Harry Potter books are pure unadulterated witchcraft.
While they may be exiting and attractively packaged, the Harry Potter adventure series are, nonetheless, introducing millions of children to the practices and rituals of Wicca.
Equally insidious is the subtle indoctrination, through the Harry Potter series, of paganistic Wicca belief, philosophy, and values.
The books, marketed to impressionable children, pose a long-term threat to Judeo-Christian faith and culture.

The Harry Potter books are virtual manuals for occult practices and beliefs.
Under the guise of innocent fun, children are imitating the words, mannerisms and dress of witches.
In the first book of the series, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” the orphaned Harry Potter is taken to “Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry” where he learns how to use witchcraft equipment, work with demon spirits, and use words such as “Azkaban,” “Circe,” “Draco,” “Erised,” “Hermes,” and “Slytherin.”
These are Wicca names for devils and demons.

The arch villain “Voldemort,” is described as “He who must not be named,” the same description Wicca uses for their seventh of seven satanic princes, who represents Christianity.
Harry sports a purple thunderbolt on his forehead, the Wicca symbol for Satan also used by the New Age practicing Nazi SS.
Many Harry Potter devotees, mainly children, are sporting thunderbolt stickers as a way of identifying with Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard who assumes amazing powers.

Harry Potter travels between the magical world and the world of muggles, which is the mundane world of those of us who reject witchcraft.
Harry’s cruel aunt and uncle, portrayed villainously, reject witchcraft.
This view typifies the “New Age” and Wicca outlook, not to mention the aristocratic minded political left, which is that they possess an almost magical knowledge which makes them superior to those who are “less enlightened” and which entitles them to use the levers of power to enforce their ideas for the good of the “less fortunate.”

Judeo-Christian values teach that the individual can overcome evil, both in his own life and in the world, by developing character through hard work, integrity, and courage.
The New Age idea, promoted in Harry Potter, believes that some sort of external and amoral magic is required.
Judeo-Christian faith teaches that G-D created man in his image, not that man would strive to embody godlike powers himself.
Such strivings by man to embrace supernatural powers is no mere childsplay, but underlies every utopian movement in history that has sought to “transform,” to use another Wicca term found in Harry Potter, man into a new being.
This is the philosophy that animated both Nazism and Communism and that animates the satanic Islamic extremism of today.

American public schools are apparently planning to use Harry Potter, which means that public schools will be explicitly endorsing and furthering Wicca, in violation of federal law which bans religion from public schools.
The Bible was banned from public schools in the 1960’s.

Berit Kjos, author of “Brave New Schools,” comments that Harry Potter fits the agenda of the education change-agents as they implement the UNESCO “lifelong learning” program through “Goals 2000.”
“Lifelong learning” states that:

“Everyone - in homes, schools, and workplace – must be mentally prepared to participate in the consensus process.
In the name of unity and community, people of all ages must help form new values, challenge contrary beliefs, report non-compliant friends and relatives, and oppose all other obstacles to compromise, common ground and mental health.”

Harry Potter contributes to this “unity” by advocating the “new values” of the occult.
The muggles, those who maintain “contrary beliefs,” are viewed as “obstacles to compromise, common ground and mental health.”
The young student is taught to “report non-compliant friends and relatives” much as the occult New Age Nazis did to implement their “new values.”
Likewise, the Soviets knew how to handle those who were “obstacles to compromise, common ground and mental health.”

Beret Kjos offers many practical strategies to counter the Harry Potter influence:

KNOW THE TRUE GOD. When children know God, they will recognize the seductive counterfeits.

SHUN OTHER GODS. It’s tempting to believe the beckoning voices that display enticing counterfeits of all God’s wonderful promises.
The power is within you, they say. Don’t listen to the lies.

REMEMBER HISTORY'S LESSONS. The witchcraft and wizardry in Harry Potter books may be fantasy, but they familiarize children with a very real and increasingly popular religion – one that few really understand.
Far removed from the terrors of tribal witchcraft and shamanism, Americans are oblivious to the bondages that normally follow occult favors.
But historical and archeological records have traced the earth-centered myths, practices, and consequences through the millennia.
The human cruelties involved in pagan worship included torture, mutilation and human sacrifice.
Many of these practices continued in parts of the world until the 20th century, when the spread of Christianity with its emphasis on love and the value of life, made most of these cruelties intolerable.
But now the world turns, once again, from God’s truth to the world’s gods and rituals.

SHARE GOD'S LOVE WITH EVERYONE. God's way to multicultural understanding and global unity is essential today.
He cares for people in every culture, longs to set them free, and wants to love them through us.
Harry Potter may conquer evil forces with witchcraft, but in the real spiritual world, no pagan power can counter the frightening consequences of dealing with demons. Only God can.

DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR FAITH.

REMEMBER THAT GOD IS FAR GREATER!

PRAY. Only God can slow the massive international movement toward conformity to pagan beliefs and values.
In a nation that has traded truth and reality for politically correct tolerance and unity, Christians are called to remain faithful, prayerful and hopeful in Christ, who offers genuine love and unity.

WEAR GOD’S ARMOR--a set of strategic truths that exposes and counters every deception.
Don’t forget that our real enemy is the spiritual hierarchy of occult forces, not globalist educators or well-meaning teachers.
Only God's power and protection will enable our children to resist and triumph.

Chuck Morse www.1stbooks.com/bookview/7510


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To: homeschool mama
If you have to explain Monty Python it sort of loses its effect so on this one, you'll just have to miss the point.
241 posted on 11/02/2001 11:25:12 AM PST by Arkinsaw
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To: AppyPappy
"If you aren't one of us, you are stupid".

Nice try at using tu quoque. Notice you're doing the same thing here to discredit someone else that you say he does to discredit detractors of Harry Potter. If it's an invalid form of argument, then it's invalid for everyone. This is also possible: "Because you are stupid, you are not one of us." I've seen a far greater use of reasoned analysis in the "defenders" of the Harry Potter books than I've seen in their detractors.
242 posted on 11/02/2001 11:25:49 AM PST by aruanan
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To: Belial
Who cares? There's no such thing as witchcraft, and most kids know that.

Ha. This coming from a person whose screen name means 'personification of wickedness and ungodliness'.... and btw, is one of the names for satan.

243 posted on 11/02/2001 11:26:00 AM PST by incindiary
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To: Rocko
Roald Dahl she's not.

Hear hear. I grew up on Dahl. That's good stuff.

244 posted on 11/02/2001 11:26:18 AM PST by maxwell
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To: Phantom Lord
"I bet Buffy the Vampire Slayer gets your britches in a wad, too."
"Hey, its Friday! Tonight I get to watch Sabrina, The Teenage Witch!"

Both Buffy and Sabrina do somethin' to my britches. :)

245 posted on 11/02/2001 11:26:26 AM PST by TheBigB
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To: CatoRenasci
Monkey Wards catalog

If you allow your children to read that peice of trash you are a horrible parent and should be prevented from breeding. Don't you know that the pictures of women in their bras and panties are going to cause your children to become pornographers rivaling Larry Flynt when they grow up! They might even become rapists like Clinton!

246 posted on 11/02/2001 11:26:39 AM PST by Phantom Lord
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To: Chuckmorse
Are you kidding? I think it'd be GREAT if kids could learn some witchcraft. The real deal. Then they could just wave their little magic wands, or wiggle their little noses (or whatever the trigger mechanism might be) to clean their rooms, mow the lawn, get the homework done etc.

Sorry, I fail to see a downside. And no, I didn't bother to read past the first couple of sentences in your out-of-touch, Amish-like rant. I *did*, however, load this entire thread OldStyle so that I could read all the funny replies I'm anticipating will be posted.

So, thanks for that at least.

247 posted on 11/02/2001 11:26:46 AM PST by Hank Rearden
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To: JoeMomma
However they just about demonize those that do, [same post] However, to say that Harry Potter is a pagan recruitment tool, the terms "fruitcake", "nut", and "screwball" are quite applicable.

Uhhhhh......

suggest book bans (in a free country!),

I have yet to hear of a book ban involving Potter. As a matter of fact, you can find Potter EVERYWHERE.

Last time I checked the Bible, God pretty much leaves it up to us as to whether or not we read Harry Potter as long as we keep it in perspective -- a harmless fantasy.

I believe you better check again. The Bible says we are to avoid witchcraft. Potter may be harmless to adults but the marketing machine is aimed at children. It may not TEACH witchcraft but it makes it more acceptable to children rather like the "Heather Has Two Mommies" book makes homosexuality more acceptable to kids. Since I believe witchcraft is bad, I resent that marketing push just as I resent the Environmental push at kids.

248 posted on 11/02/2001 11:27:06 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: Chuckmorse
So then why do kids at Hogwart's get Christmas holidays, eh?
249 posted on 11/02/2001 11:27:38 AM PST by Grig
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To: RationalThinker
BTW...isn't "heathen jew" an oxymoron?

Amnon Shur

SIDROTH.ORG

250 posted on 11/02/2001 11:28:59 AM PST by marxwas a loser
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Comment #251 Removed by Moderator

Instead of wasting our energy on namecalling and posting clever pictures, why don't we try to find out the 'truth' regarding J.K. Rowling (her background, what she has done before harry potter) and the many, far too many coincidences regarding the author's choice of spell words and images. Not one of you has addressed this yet, even though there are over 220 posts so far!
252 posted on 11/02/2001 11:29:32 AM PST by Captainpaintball
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To: incindiary; Belial
Belial "...is one of the names for satan."

"incindiary" could be seen to have 'infernal' associations also, you humorless git!

253 posted on 11/02/2001 11:29:56 AM PST by headsonpikes
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To: aruanan
I guess if calling people "fruitcakes" and "nuts" is considered "reasoned", you might be right.
254 posted on 11/02/2001 11:30:03 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: mykdsmom
Ever hear any of the "Harry Potter is EVIL!" callers on Agar?
256 posted on 11/02/2001 11:30:59 AM PST by Phantom Lord
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To: Captainpaintball
gee while we are at...perhaps someone could address the fact that Harry Potter spelled backwards is Rettop Yrrah.

This is an old Armaic saying that means "He who walks with Satan, limps with Satan."

257 posted on 11/02/2001 11:31:47 AM PST by francisandbeans
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To: aruanan
Is this that "reasoned analysis" you were referring to?
258 posted on 11/02/2001 11:31:58 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: francisandbeans
I joined Free Republic during the Election Fiasco last year & I was pretty frustrated about what was happening so I joined FreeRepublic & started Raising Hell about what I was seeing in the state of Florida. Now your taking pot shots at me & don't know anything about me other than the Fiction that you unfairly label me with. I am a good person, but quite frankly I don't care what you think about me. As for you & the other Extreme people here on this subject, I would have to label ya'll as Religious Fanatics Just like that fruitcake Osama Bin Laden. Also you remember that you (Mr. So called Christian) was the one that started & resorted to name calling Mr. Pork & Beans.
259 posted on 11/02/2001 11:32:18 AM PST by HELLRAISER II
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To: marxwas a loser
BTW...isn't "heathen jew" an oxymoron?

Don't know. Jesus was one. You tell me.
260 posted on 11/02/2001 11:33:02 AM PST by Arkinsaw
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