so what it deals with sorcery, do you really think those spells are real? my mom is a christian fundie and she will not allow my younger sisters to watch this, but she let's them watch vampire movies and witchy movies. what is the difference? i have often asked her, and now i'm asking you. do you not realize these movies deal with imagination and are not real?
2006-10-10 10:43:43 · 19 answers · asked by tandypants 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hey, I am a Christian, and I cannot tell you how much I LOVE Harry Potter! I am totally obsessed. I agree with you 100%, these books do not promote witchcraft. If anything, they make kids, teens, and adults want to READ! That is something that has not happened in many moons! This has nothing to do with witchcraft religions, like "Wicca". Anyone who says that is misinformed and ignorant. HP is not "Satanic" in any way.
Most of the Christians that are against it and want to BAN it have admitted to never reading the books. Figures. Parents are closing their kids off to things like good fiction, and most of the time the kids want to read it. Let them read! If you have a problem with it don't ruin it for everyone else! If they are brought up correctly in their faith, no novel or movie should sway their faith.
And anyone who has aproblem with HP can kiss my Chocolate Frogs and I can hit 'em with a whoppin' Avada Kedavra!
2006-10-10 12:34:03 · answer #1 · answered by Norah 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
examining or viewing Harry Potter with the element to handle it as a fictional movie is totally fantastic. a reliable case has been made that J. ok. Rowling has written Christian fantasy contained in certainly one of those C. S. I ought to show although that it is in the authority of mum and dad to go with for his or her toddlers in spite of if or not their toddlers ought to examine the books or view the action pictures. the main substantial element of the Harry Potter series that has advantage is the incontrovertible fact that actuality will continuously triumph over evil; good will continuously prevail! God bless'
2016-11-27 19:55:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorcery isn't real, neither is magic. We have countless scientific experiments that prove this again and again.
It just shows how superstitious christians can be.
Think about how many christians who took their children to see "the passion of the christ". The blood and violence in this film was repulsive yet that's "ok" because it's "christian", yet their kids can't watch a movie about a kid who flies on a broomstick??
...gimmie a break.
2006-10-10 11:00:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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And therein lies the question.
But if you consider all the bruhaha over things like "The Da Vinci Code", are you really surprised?
IMHO if their faith is so weak that reading a couple of books or seeing a movie about something different is going to shake that faith or make them "turn", then it says more about the strength of their faith in the first place.
2006-10-10 10:51:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well,
I enjoy the Harry Potter series. I read them to my children when they were quite young. And we look forward to the next book. When we go to the library, my daughter likes to pick out one of the books on CD and listens to it at night.
We do talk about the book and what happens in it. Our church even had a class in which we talked about Harry Potter and studied relevant scripture. To me, it is important to adress signficant cultural events of the modern world both at home and at church.
You may laugh, but in some ways, I think reading Harry Potter to my children has helped us form a closer relationship. Especially now when I have to get on them so often to do their homework or pick up their rooms or to do their chores.
I sense you and your mom are struggling right now. God puts a lot of responsibility on children (even adult children) when it commands in Ephesians 6, verses 1-3, "Children obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor thy father and mother." Because we don't always understand our parents (I know I don't even today and I'm grown, married, with my own children) and we don't always agree with their decisions. But you can still honor your mom even if you don't agree with her by showing her respect, trying not to undermine her efforts with your younger sister.
It's hard to be a mom and have to make decisions when we don't always know the right thing. Some of us don't have a husband around to help out, we have money worries, and so we get grouchy or short. I'm glad you've tried to talk to your mom about this and I'm sorry she hasn't responded to your questions.
Hang in their, because your mom (God willing) will be around a long, long time. And you can laugh a bit when you start making your own decisions. You'll shake your head more often than not as you find yourself doing things the way your mom did and you'll cringe at the thought that you are like her. But you can also do things different with your own sons and daughter when it comes to reading material and other decisions.
I hope you feel your mom's love even though you don't agree with her. And I hope you know that God's love is with you even when you don't feel close to him or you are confused. My prayers will go out to you, your younger sister, and your mom.
God bless,
Laura
2006-10-10 16:34:24 · answer #5 · answered by Laura D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They think children will be enticed into witchcraft after reading or watching Harry Potter. I don't think their main problem is the books and movies themselves, they just think it will encourage the kids to get into paganism. This tract by Jack Chick illustrates their viewpoint.... http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5012/5012_01.asp
2006-10-10 10:52:46 · answer #6 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
many people have been fed the anti witch doctrine of the church for so long that they cannot see past what they have been told..
magic is actually a very small part of the harry potter books and movies. there is just enough to make it interresting to see what might happen next. it is actually a story of school aged kids just trying to get through life. and dealing with all of the BS that happens in any normal school.
2006-10-10 10:48:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Your mom should trash all those movies. Christians have no business feeding their minds and entertaining their children with witchcraft paganism and harry potter. She is presenting a double standard. Yes, there are real spells....and real witches... and real power. But, real christians have greater power. They have the great One within them. They worship the creator instead of the creation. That's the problem with witchcraft.
2006-10-10 10:49:32 · answer #8 · answered by rejoiceinthelord 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
I just don't approve of the craze of it all. A little magic in children's stories is hardly a bad thing in anyway, but to tell a child that his/her like will ONLY get better if you take away their current life and replace it with something completely fanciful is teaching them to just ignore reality.
Look at any Roald Dahl story. Lots of magic in those stories, but every one of them is set in a REAL WORLD setting. The obvious implication in Dahl's work is to find the magic already in the world.
"If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it."
2006-10-10 10:48:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
i love the harry potter books and movies. i dont understand either. they are fiction. its freakin entertainment. its not meant to convert anyone to "the darkside". yeesh.
2006-10-10 10:49:51 · answer #10 · answered by moonshine 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋