[southern rock]

"The main characters show love, courage, loyalty and sacrifice,"

Big deal!! You can be a Hindu, Buddhist, or whatever and still show all of those traits. Doesn't mean you're saved.

[Exigence]

Big deal!! You can be a Hindu, Buddhist, or whatever and still show all of those traits. Doesn't mean you're saved.

Once again, you missed the point. The HP books weren't written to convert anyone to Christianity -- as is true of most fiction. They do, however, incidently, show "courage, loyalty, and sacrifice."

Let's not confuse the purpose of fiction with the purpose of scripture. Each has its place.

[Miss Marple]

I do not generally enter into theological discussions, but I do feel I must point out that the purpose of the Harry Potter books is not to save souls. Ms. Rowling is telling a story. Just as it was not the purpose of James Fenimore Cooper to save souls in writing The Last of the Mohicans, neither was that Ms. Rowling's aim.

Now whether her story was written primarily to tell a good tale, illustrate the difference between good and evil, or make big bucks, I do not know. I do feel that for consistency if one condemns the Potter books on theological grounds, one must also condemn The Chronicles of Narnia and Grimm's Fairy Tales.

[Harry Zee]

But then a Hindu, Buddhist, or whatever probably doesn't care if he is saved.