He has a lightning-shaped scar on his head, the occult symbol for Satan. There are also many references to actual occult figures in the books or so they say. Does this increase the fascination of young people for the occult (which means hidden), because the young are curious, sometimes foolishly so?
2007-11-20 21:59:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, just asking. Mighty.m... your point is taken, since Tolken and CS Lewis books are Christian-friendly. There was no wicca in their books however, just a little magic..
2007-11-20 22:21:57 · update #1
i have read all of harry potter...own the movies...and will see the others as they come out....
as a child i loved the wizard of oz....there were witches and a talking scare crow... a lion who couldn't scare even toto and a man made out of tin! who talked and lamented he didn't have a heart..... the movie led to the book...and let me tell you! frank baum wrote wonderful BOOKS...lot of them about Oz...and i loved each and everyone of them...
as i grew older i discovered cs lewis...The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe....was incredible...and i grew to love Naria more with each new book....
then of course there was The Hobbit...my brother..older and in college introduced me to that while i was still in high school...followed rather quickly by the trilogy of course! and once again.... i was transported to magical lands... with wizards...and elves... and dwarves....all fighting against the evil that would cover the land in a second darkness.....
i stayed away from harry potter... i really didn't think there could be a story as finely written as any of the above named authors... and being basically snobish...i refused to read it... not because of religious or because i thought it would hurt me to read it...but because i grew up with the wizard of oz...the wardrobe......and gandalf....
my daughter in law left the fourth book in the series at my home when she came to visit.....my husband became ill..and i needed something to read while waiting HOURS in the doctor's office....one day i picked up The Goblet of Fire...and discovered ...it is wonderful! it is the struggle between good and evil, much as any of the other stories i had mentioned... i bought the other books..by then there were 5...and i had only a short wait for the 6th...a MUCH longer wait for the seventh...and i read them with as much relish as i had read the books about Oz...Narnia...and Middle Earth...
it had house elves and goblins...witches and wizards...a very good character who goes against a very evil one... it teaches the same lessons Baum, Lewis and Tolkein taught... honesty...strength of character...courage..hope... and faith never die... and will live on, long after all else is forgotten...love of liberty and freedom from the evil that threatens to envelop us at every turn can only be defeated with a pure heart... and that a soul...is a precious thing..not to be wasted on earthly pleasures...
in the end... as always....good triumphs over evil....
whether it is Glenda, Aslan, Gandalf or Dumbledore guiding the characters... it is always done with love and the lesson learned... the message given... is always... do the right thing.... even if it means hardship and pain ... do the right thing...
how can that be bad for our children?
2007-11-22 02:00:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read all the books and I think that they are wonderful, I see no references that are negative in any way.
Young people have always dabbled into the occult and it has nothing to do with Harry Potter.
God Bless!
2007-11-21 06:19:05 · answer #2 · answered by Jaye16 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not this AGAIN??
Look. When's the last time your kid read a book? When's the last time you saw ANY kid reading a book? These are long books, and encourage free thinking in children. You are looking far too much into things that should be taken at surface value.
2007-11-21 06:08:42 · answer #3 · answered by angafeabeta 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol,
NO!!!!
let's all have a topic about Harry Potter (which is retarded beyond compare to me) being a gateway to sorcerory, while completely ignoring 'Dungeons and Dragons', the works of CS Lewis, and the writings of JRR Tolkien, who were throwing this kind of stuff around way before him.
2007-11-21 06:08:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh dear. Kids like to use their imagination, would you prefer if they imagined angels? Kids don't understand what is 'evil' until the adults who are obsessed with 'religion' tell them that thier thoughts are evil. If there is a god, its my understanding that he gave us the ability of free will and free thought. Didn't he give us this gift of life to do with as we please? If he exists then that makes him my judge and jury for my time on earth. I believe that it is a sin to teach your children your own beliefs as far as god is concerned. That teaches them to believe in FALSE gods, its your god they learn about, not thier own. I have my own beliefs and i don't attend church to show it. Going to church has become more of a social reason than a personnel. If i moved into a town, and i was the only person not to attend church, would that make God unhappy, or the townspeople?? Allow your children thier imagination, thats why they were given it.
2007-11-21 06:17:58 · answer #5 · answered by jukette 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is getting really tired.
Reading Harry Potter books will not imperil your soul
Reading Ann Rice will not imperil your soul
Watching the Exorcist will not imperil your soul
Playing Dungeons & Dragons will not imperil your soul
Disagreeing with the Pope will not imperil your soul
Talking to someone from another faith will not imperil your soul
Reading sci-fi & fantasy will not imperil your soul
The only one who can imperil your soul is yourself.
Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other sins are just inevented nonsense. Hurting yourself is not sinful, just stupid.
2007-11-21 08:39:47 · answer #6 · answered by skywise012000 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's just a piece of fiction nothing more... And by the way, like Tolkien and Lewis, this author was also Christian!
2007-11-21 23:00:46 · answer #7 · answered by Rev. Kaldea 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
noooooo
it is a book
B O O K
that is all
infact that isnt all
it is a book that has encouraged this generation to read more
that is a miracle lol
2007-11-21 06:04:47 · answer #8 · answered by ☮ Pangel ☮ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I have found that many wiccans (witches) think that the Harry Potter books and films provide an adequate introduction to witchcraft - albeit somewhat superficial, aberrant and over dramatised.
2007-11-21 06:10:49 · answer #9 · answered by cheir 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I thought Harry Potter was stupid before it was even cool to think that Harry Potter was stupid.
EDIT:
By the way, the makers of Harry Potter would like to thank you for the free publicity!
2007-11-21 06:03:20 · answer #10 · answered by SDW 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋