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The Lord Jesus was a child once. An obedient child and one who loved His fathers house. I think we should ask ourselves this before we let children read these books; Would Jesus have read Harry Potter? Would he think it was a good thing that practises and beliefs which were declared in the Holy Scripture to be hated in the eyes of the Lord should be presented as helpful and to be desired? Would he think that it was harmless and "just fantasy"?

The sad thing here Winston is that many of these parents believe they are Christian. IMHO they may go to church ,but they are not Christians,a follower of Jesus would never give that poison to his child.Scripture asks when our child asks for bread,do we give him a stone? How much more does your heavenly Father love you?These "Christian " parents give their kids stones.

I have to ask.. did you read the books or see the movie?

I normally agree with most of your views. But we must agree to disagree on this one. Our family are all Christians. We do more than just go to Church on Sundays. We don't do the things we do to gain entry into heaven. We do it because it is demanded of us.

But we also feel that this movie and the books are so innocent, that to say they aren't is dangerous. One day your child will grow up and see it. I truly believe at that time they will look back on the rest of your teachings and think you were an extremist radical person who could not "reason" with the wonderful gift of "thought" that the good Lord gave you. They will see how harmless it was, and wonder if every thing else you told them was wrong.

I happen to believe we would never have had a man walk on the moon, had people listened to radical nay sayers. An imagination is a gift from God. Some Art is so beautiful that you know intuitively it was "inspired" talent.

Some ministers have the ability to reach the hearts of thousands,.. some only a person or two. I would wager they are equal in the eyes of the Lord if their hearts are true.

I know in my heart the difference between good and evil.

And in closing,.. if you ever watched the Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, or Snow White, Cinderella, Casper the Ghost, or a multitude of any other innocuous films, then you have already watched things just as "good" or "bad" as "Harry Potter".

The Christians who are panicking about this movie,.are actuallly sending a lot of people in to see it, so they can judge for themselves. We got the audio book after reading all the fuss here. Then we loved it,..saw the movie with our grandchildren,..and would tell anyone we know that it is a bunch of hogwash to worry about it. IOHO (in our humble opinion)

We have written to newspapers to say that this whole fuss is just ridiculous. It hampers any attempts at getting rid of the TRULY filthy crud that hits the airwaves. It discredits the opinions of Christians as a whole. It kills the voice we should have in a UNITED effort to get rid of the things that ARE harmful.

Again.. just our opinion, along with a TON of other Christians who we've spoken to about this movie. I happen to feel your in the minority on this one.

And btw,.. I do think the Lord has a sense of humor. God also had a wonderful imagination. How else could you explain creation??