A lot of people out there criticize the Harry Potter books & say they are evil & corruptive. Have you read them all? I have & found them very entertaining with lessons to be learned. Some of the values that kids could learn from these books are the importance of:
Friendship, loyalty, love and support of family, the need for education, caring about others to the extent of willing to die for them, racism is not a good thing (pure-blood wizards condemning those that were not pureblood but half blood or human) good versus evil – sometimes in life evil wins but you keep on fighting it, Satan (or the bad guy) lies & if you follow him & make a mistake he has no forgiveness in his heart & you die. God forgives. The main reason that Harry wins is Love. How can this be a bad thing?
Times change & the older ways of getting things across to the youth are not the same & don’t always work. New things should be tried. Since “God works in mysterious ways”, this could be a new approach
2007-07-27 03:36:30 · 21 answers · asked by lilith663 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
for a new age don’t you think? I think that people should be more open minded regarding new ideas. You may still end up not agreeing but at least you viewed all options before deciding on what is best for you. A closed mind is wasting the mind God gave you.
2007-07-27 03:36:52 · update #1
I've read them all. In fact, the newest is sitting on my bed at the moment waiting to be read (I only just got it yesterday). I've also seen all the movies and I own the first 4. I'll buy the 5th the day it comes out on DVD.
For at least a decade, the entertainment industry was missing something before Harry Potter came out. They seem to have forgotten the grand adventure and became mired in crap.
And then JKR released Harry Potter and suddenly the adventure was back again. I missed it.
Religious people need to stop freaking out. Its no more corruptive than any other form of entertainment. Because thats all it isn. Just entertainment.
Every generation, the Christians find something to freak out about and go way overboard about it. Last generation it was rock n' roll. The generation before that it was swing. The generation before that it was jazz and the flapper.
Honestly, people need to start growing up and just accept it for what it is. Entertainment.
2007-07-27 03:52:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't think Harry Potter is terrible. Raised Christian, understand the perspective of it, the main reason why people are uncomfortable is 'witch craft'. It's all fantasy though, we know that.
I think back to when I was a kid, reading "The Chronicles of Narnia". Those books are full of magic, both good and bad. They say, well the Witch was bad, so it's different. They all had magic!!!
Harry Potter has some very interesting meanings. Love being one of the main ones and isn't God supposed to be love? Harry even tries to help Voldemort, so he doesn't end up like he is. He tries to save him with remorse. (Christian themes here??) Sure, in Harry Potter sometimes what's right and wrong is relative, like Harry doing some of the 'unforgivable curse' against the death eaters, but in reality? It's true. Sometimes there is a greater good.
I really wasn't sure until I had listened to (got the audio books) all the books.
As one can go and compare CS Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia with Christian meanings, so can one with JK Rowling and Harry Potter. Of course, I don't think the Chronicles of Narnia were meant to be Christian books, as much as they were fantasy books to help people escape and yet deal with the cold realities of war times. Harry Potter books are fantasy that help those escape and yet deal with the cold realities of both a world with little peace and much racism and cultural diversity. There is much to be learned about respecting other cultures from Harry Potter, just think centaurs, muggles and house elves versus wizards.
Harry Potter is essentially about respecting others, love, doing what is right and good, dealing with abuse at home (think the Dursleys and Harry's escape from the cupboard under the stairs). Witch craft is merely a back drop. It's not the answer and reading the books, you can see that deeper meaning. A child will imagine, but will know that witch craft isn't the answer. As a child, I imagined going to Narnia and having that magic, but never believed in it like I believe in my own two hands. Potter like in Narnia, crawling into a wardrobe and dreaming up a magical world isn't the answer.
It's not full of corruption or evil at all!
2007-07-27 03:52:45 · answer #2 · answered by qwertatious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you to a point, and I am also a reader of the Potter series, and currently in the process of reading Deathly Hallows. The danger in it is the same as the danger of anything that presents sinful acts in a positive light: the more accepting we become of the presentation of the thing, the less dangerous we perceive it to be. The Potter stories are entertaining, but for a young person to be exposed to the very dangerous world of the spiritual realm in such a light-hearted fashion, especially in this day and age where parents take a much less active role in their children's upbringing, is a very dangerous business. There is a spiritual realm, and there is a spiritual war raging, and there are casualties. If you're a parent actively involved in your child's life (and really active, not just going through the motions), then by all means let your child read them, read them yourself, and make it a point of discussion. If not, I submit that neither you, nor your child, is mature enough to handle the material.
2007-07-27 03:46:07 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Harry Potter isn't evil, or incorrect. it quite is a singular, a narrative, not extra evil than Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. regrettably, you probably won't be able to alter this buddy's opinion. If she chooses to spew her mom's deluded, ignorant rhetoric, so be it. i comprehend it quite is stressful, so do no longer dangle out along with her if it bothers you. in case you particularly need to confront the problem, next time she starts off asserting how they are against the Bible, ask "How? How are they against the Bible?" Or ask if she's even examine the Bible. it is likewise "against the Bible" to positioned on poly-cotton mixture outfits, or get your ears pierced, or consume milk and meat interior the comparable meal. The Bible would not say a rattling factor approximately Harry Potter. human beings like this would desire to get a grip. Harry Potter encourages infants to examine, and teaches approximately tolerance, perseverance, and the ability of sturdy. It says that love is the main useful factor of all!
2016-10-09 10:41:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I object to is the concept of putting kids into harms way and showing them to be violent, even in a good manner.
Reminds me of that Palestinine Mickey Mouse club with the little toddlers in fatigues with plastic AK-47s and EVEYRONE got into an uproar over that.
Technically I see no difference between that and sending pubescent boys and girls out with magic wands to fight and die.
And don't give me the good and evil bit, Palestainians have their own views on Good and Evil, it validates that show.
On the positive side Potter books do show that education is valuable, learning skills is valuable and how hard working these kids are. So that's a positive thing.
2007-07-27 03:45:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Fairy tales for youth have been around since tribes sat around campfires. The Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen put many of them in book form. They had magic, good and evil, morals and lessons to be learned, and everyone enjoyed them. Harry Potter is just a modern fairy tale, only a few closed minded stick in the muds would call it anything but a fairy tale. I never read the books but my husband and kids have and I have seen parts of the movie.. its all about adventure and its all in fun. There will always be someone to complain about something it seems to be the national pastime lately!
2007-07-27 03:44:00 · answer #6 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Never read Harry Potter and do not plan to. But if it gives a new generation of kids and parents the idea to imagine, then sometimes if you imagine hard enough things come true.
2007-07-27 03:41:13 · answer #7 · answered by Part-time Antagonist 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Do they criticize, Rapunzel's witch...nooooo, do they criticize sleeping Beauty, there were three fairies and a witch in it. How about The Wizard Of Oz....I think there are people in this world that just have to b!#@? if you know what I'm talking about......They need to talk to their children and make sure there children know the difference between fantasy and reality...my little girl likes to dress up like a fairy princess but she knows it is only make believe and my boys use to play super heroes and us my hair clips and my towels to make their super hero capes......Some times people just get their panties in a bunch (something my granddad use to say)
2007-07-27 03:49:50 · answer #8 · answered by pam h 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hear is my opinion about Harry Potter books. They are just that books. I have not read any of them. And NO it has nothing to with opposing them, if anything I am just not interested in them. But they do NOT corrupt the youth of today. Only close-minded, dimwitted religious people make such false claims.
They assume that the bible and only the bible should be allowed as reading material.
2007-07-27 03:42:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
hows harry potter a bad thing? it actually gets kids to read which a lot dont do. also do you really think a kid will read that deeply into a book they read for fun? usually people in primary and secondary school kids try to get out of learning and studying things. i actually know. i'm still in secondary school and no i'm not 13.
2007-07-27 06:47:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋