Harry Potter,good or evil

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Writing in the Christian magazine Renewal the Rev Dr Mark Stibbe
says that the Harry Potter stories offers children a dangerous doorway into the world of the occult.

He is worried that youngsters are being corrupted by a satanic theme in the fantasy books.He thinks there is much more sinister
side to the schoolboy than just bats and broomsticks.

In the article he sats that the books lure children into the occult.
While Potter exhibits some positive virtues,his involvement with
magic and witchcraft make him a very suspect role model.

A pagan theme runs through the books and children should be made aware of this.I want to alert children to the dangers of paganism.

Catherine Butcher,a former editor of the magazine,says HP is a
positive role model and does not open the doorway to the occult.
The books draw a clear distinction between good and evil.

Dr Meg Barker,Psychology lecturer specialising in paganism,says
things like HP,Buffy and Sabrina are raising the profile of the occult
among youngsters.


Personally I don't think that HP,Buffy etc. are any worse than the Narnia stories or any of the fantasy stories that have been around for years

 

[InSaNe]

This isn't ment to be offensive to anyone's religons but this is just a classical case on who christianity etc... pushes themselves on others. One reason why I don't commit to any religon I don't beleive there is a "right" religon long as your happy with what your doing and what you beleive in. But since religon is a touchy subject I am gonna stop while I am ahead

 

[Debbie]

I can't believe the stupidity of some people. There are supposed to be subliminal messages in our records (duh i don't even have a turn table) and now Harry Potter's stories may open a doorway to the occult?

JK Rowling has found a way to bring our kids attention span away from the pc (lol not problem child but personal computer )and playstation back into the wonderful realm of reading/ imagination and lordy lordy she writes a fictional story and suddenly the focus becomes witches and broomsticks!
I read all four of the stories and was immersed, intrigued and overwelmed by the brilliance of her stories. Children clamouring. queueing up for the book instead of the playstation?
Bad, bad I say

 

[Cheyenne]

We had this debate here awhile ago- same answer as then.
Anything that gets kids to read, and fall in love with reading in the process, is good.

I have a niece in this age group of kids who are enthralled with HP. All she wants for Christmas is HP stuff. She hasn't even asked for a single Barbie related item, and that is just unheard of. So, she is getting lots of HP stuff AND the Chronicles of Narnia (thanks to a great suggestion from someone here at Lit!) from me.

 

[juicylips]

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Personally I don't think that HP,Buffy etc. are any worse than the Narnia stories or any of the fantasy stories that have been around for years

My sister and I have been battling this whole Harry Potter thing out for the past week. I plan on taking my 7yr. old son to see it. He has seen the ads and of course wants to go. He also wants to see Monsters and I am definitely taking him to Lord of the Rings.

My point? When we walk out of that theatre, I know that by the next day he won't even remember that we went, so I sincerely doubt that his mind will be filled with "evil occult images"

I agree with your opinion that the Narnia books (which are suppose to be Christian based) had witches, magic and the like also. I loved those stories.

What I teach my children at home holds more influence than a 90 minute film.

Cassidy,
I now return you to your regulary scheduled postings

 

[Gilly Bean]

God, that Rev could be my aunt.

She made me promise never to let my kids watch Harry Potter, because it let's the "bad people" in.

She kept spouting the use of magic in it.

What did I say in return?

How is it different then Fantasia? Or Sleeping Beauty? How about the Sword in the Stone? (She is a HUGE disney animation fan)

She couldn't answer that, and got all flustered that I had a responce to it.

I see absolutly nothing wrong with Harry Potter. It's a movie. It really is no different then any other kids show that uses magic. While I made a promise not to have my kids go see it in the theater, it is one that my husband and I want to see, and will likely end up owning when it comes out. My son is only 2, he doesn't know he would be missing it. Raegan, well, she is 5, but I would probably wait for her to see it anyway. She has a hard time sitting still through the non-animated flicks yet.