Yes or No and would you please back up beliefs with scriptures, not just based on what society thinks.
Thanks
2007-09-23 14:45:47 · 21 answers · asked by lablover2 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bible forbids any kind of fortune telling or wizardry, so no, I don't think it's ok for children to read the Harry Potter books. Even though they are fiction, they glorify something that God frowns on.
Christians have to be willing to take a stand against ANYTHING that God's Word forbids.
God bless!
2007-09-23 14:57:41 · answer #1 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
DEFINITELY no
harry potter is a man/boy full of witch craft. so even without a scripture you should be thinking it is wrong. i am sorry i do not have a scripture and i know there are but i can make it up with some questions. now answer honestly and openly.
1. are you a christian and if so would you not let yourself fall into sin but let your children and how would you feel if you got to heaven and your child didn't because he/she became a harry potter attic?
2. i know it says in the bible things like don't pay attention of demonic things such as witches wizards etc and there in the books?
3. read mark 4 :1-8 now where does harry potter sit and if your children read it were will they grow? i know it is suppose to be a parable of the word. now take the grain as your children and the areas as things like this and the grow as in how it will infect them.
2007-09-23 22:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by clarkey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i am a christian who reads the Harry Potter books and owns all the movies. what's the difference between those and anything else?! it's all about imagination. the kids i know, know that it's not real. it's a wonderful story with a deeper meaning for those who know Christ.
~Harry Potter is not in the bible. I know of no verses to back up my opinion. I don't believe it is satanic. I think it's fun and imaginative. Better than video games and all that other junk some kids are into.
blessings.
2007-09-23 21:54:12 · answer #3 · answered by danielle:) 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not putting scripture here, because I honestly don't base what I or my children read on what the bible says, and yet...I'm a saved christian. Yes, I think it's ok. I've read them myself and they are some of my favorite books. I see absolutely no reason why well-informed children who know about the difference between fantasy and real-life should not be able to read whatever they so desire as long as it falls in their age range of recommended reading.
2007-09-23 21:53:34 · answer #4 · answered by katesolo 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't have children. I know some Christian women that wouldn't let their children read the books, and seemed very irked that I thought too much was made of them.
However, not being a parent, I respect the right of each parent to choose for their own families what they believe is right.
2007-09-23 21:51:50 · answer #5 · answered by Esther 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO.
1 Sam 15:(23)
2 Chr 33:6
Gal 5:20
Rev 21:8
2007-09-23 22:24:57 · answer #6 · answered by robert p 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with Ronbo and Oregon Flower. My kids are just 4 and 7 and won't be reading or watching HP anytime soon. When they are much older- old enough to see it for what it really is, they can decide if they want to or not, but for now, they don't need any of that "fiction" in their heads.
2007-09-23 22:10:39 · answer #7 · answered by blessed1 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know of no Scripture which definitively answers your question.
My children became Christians when they were young and they had no desire to read those books.
I did take them to see the first movie or two, after that they were in college and could see them if they wanted no matter what.
When I took my children to see the first movie, we talked afterwords about what was right and what was wrong with the movie.
Pastor Art
2007-09-23 21:57:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, as long as they don't practice what it teaches.I would be more concerned about the media than a harry potter book.
2007-09-23 21:52:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
As long as the child can tell truth from fiction, then why not? The second half of the series is a little intense, so make sure your child can handle it.
2007-09-23 23:12:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋