Harry Potter Books teach Witchcraft to Children

Chuckmorse.com ^ | Nov. 2, 2001 | Chuck Morse

[Rocko]

I've got a little black cat who has cursed my family into cleaning his box.

[marxwas a loser]

YAWN, it's all been said before

[Bikers4Bush]

Uhm, yeah. I was just being sarcastic but now you're scaring me because you sound like the Osama & the merry Taliban.

[irish_lad]

You've gotta get a life man. Harry Potter is a wonderful story written about FANTASY. Get it, FANTASY???? It's not real life, there are no such things as witches and warlocks, and it does not conjour evil in the world.

FANTASY, Chuckie! Now take a valium and call me in the morning.

[Poohbah]

Hmm. A few days ago, he was calling for the mass extermination of Muslims. Today, he wants to act exactly as they do.

I get it--he doesn't like competition.

[The Green Goblin]

[mag]

and a remnant is all the Lord Jesus said there would be too! Count me among the wise who know better than to sit in the seat of the scornful!

[mag]

already told my kids if they buy them for the grndkids I will burn them.

[Poohbah]

You seem to be the sort of "Christian" who, when he goes to his eternal reward, tells G-d "Excuse me, you're sitting in my seat!"

[Jarhead_22]

How did I ever make it through my Dungeons & Dragons playing adolescence without summoning Asmodeus or at least running an ogre (or a friend) through with a sword?

It's fiction. If your children don't understand the difference between fiction and reality, they shouldn't be reading anything.

[.38sw]

So, are you saying that you believe that the Harry Potter books will train these kids to become witches? I sincerely don't think so. As I pointed out in my earlier post, I read a many of those types of FANTASY books as a child, and i do not believe a bit of it to those day! So I guess that makes me a devil-worshipper, a Wiccan, a moral relativist and all of those other evil things. Hm. I didn't know that about myself. Also, I did not call anyone a nut-cake or a tin-foil-hatter for believing that stuff.

[mykdsmom]

I read the first Harry Potter book, only because I picked it up for .50 in a garage sale. I wanted to see what all the hype was about.

Personally I found it an entertaining piece of PURE FANTASY. I wanted to see if it was appropriate to read to my son almost 7 years old. IMO he's a bit too young for it yet, but I will save it for a couple of years from now.

Almost every Disney movie is filled with magic and witches and we are all ok after watching them. What about most fairy tales? For the most part they are stories filled with fantasy and violence.

My son has expressed an interest in seeing the movie when it comes out and I don't have a problem with that. Harry Potter is harmless as far as I'm concerned.

MKM

[Bikers4Bush]

Yes, and I'm failry certain that this is the part where you're going to make a reference to something and tell me that I really don't.

[AppyPappy]

So, are you saying that you believe that the Harry Potter books will train these kids to become witches?

Read what I said. Not what you think I said.

[Tennessee_Bob]

I have a black cat, but he has a little bit of white/grey fur on his chest, so it spoils all the big spells.

[OWK]