I am a HUGE harry potter fan, but i have heard about the book burnngs and boycotts of the harry potter books sa pamamagitan ng christians because of occult themes. what do you all think??

When it comes to pelikula that are against Almighty God but I want to see it, I Pray to God and say something like this.....Please God you know my heart. I don't want to be a witch or crave to do the evil. I only want to watch this movie because the special effects are awesome. And I enjoy the character development.

Well, I personally don't read Harry Potter because I'm just not into it. But I think as long as you don't practice witchcraft yourself, you are okay. God wants us to be happy, and if Harry Potter makes you happy, then keep reading!

I am a HUGE harry potter tagahanga myself. As the other user said, as long as you don't all the sudden want to become a witch or something I personally believe it is ok. I enjoy pagbaba the books and being captivated sa pamamagitan ng the storyline. I don't look at the book as a new religion or anything and certainly don't follow witchcraft (obviously haha). But I think the best piece of payo would be to do what YOU want to do. If you think pagbaba the books keeps you away from God, then don't. If you don't think it's affecting your relationship with him, then continue to read them.

It all matters on if you truly believe that Witchcraft and Wizardry is real. If you know that it's fake, then God will know that you don't believe it. As long as you hold true to your faith, it's fine.

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Well, several Christians are divided on the issues. In my contact with Christians, most of them have no religious opinion on the novels. Some of them have read the books, and some of them haven't, but if they chose not to read the books, it was due to their own preferences and no strong antagonism towards the series from a Christian perspective.

However, I have encountered Christians online (most of whom have not read the series, although that's not to say it's not a valid opinion) who believe that it's evil because it condones magic and witchcraft and portrays it as "good." I have heard arguments that this is wrong, because there is no such thing as "good" magic and "evil" magic, because it's all from Satan, and therefore, all evil.

Those are, as I understand, the prevailing opinions on the topic in the Christian community in the United States. However, as one who has read the books, and who understands the Christian perspective (I'm not trying to disrespect it), I must put in my two cents.

I have sinabi on this site that "The notion that stories of witches and magic promotes demonic activity is about archaic as Leviticus's support of slavery. If Harry Potter is evil, then so is Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, The Legend of King Arthur, and any other story that references good witches/wizards is evil. And I haven't read anyone complain about them." I later apologized for the rude way in which this was said, but at the time, I was aggravated. However, my opinion stands-- it's an archaic interpretation. And while there are many wise and timeless things in Christianity, but there are some that, I'm sorry to say, are not.

The real messages in the Harry Potter books, and ones that children pick up madami than the whole "witchcraft" angle is the power of love, friendship, courage and loyalty. It's a series that tells girls it's OK to be the smartest in the class. It's a series that warns boys against pagganap impetuously. It's a series that tells everyone not to judge a single person based on the acts of their parents. It describes the age-old battle of darkness and light, good versus evil, and good prevails.

It is also a series that, in the end, alludes to the idea of something greater than man, verging on spiritual.

The magic isn't about worshiping the devil, and JK Rowling didn't describe any real arcane rituals, spells or potions. In addition to that, it doesn't encourage children to turn against whatever church they and their family ascribe to. Also, it teaches sound and classic values that are found in several cultures and religions. So, in that sense, I think Harry Potter is the perfect series for Christians.

Well some pplz say that Harry Potter is DIABOLIC! but i dont really now, well it depends on wat ppl belive!

I've read all the HP books, and I see no way that those books go against Christianity. Okay, so it's about witchcraft and wizardry, but it's an innocent pantasiya series. Plus, it's about good conquering evil and teaches that if you have pag-ibig and friendship you can deal with anything.

not to get all biblical on you ,bible says not to get in to that kind of thing.and personaly it's the spirt of the thing .do you honestly think God would want you to expose yourself to evil sprits.because thats waht you are doing.

I think that just because a person reads something like Harry Potter doesn't mean they believe it's true, it's just kind of fun to have a pantasiya world to escape to, I don't think the books should be burned because of that.

I'm a born-again Christian and I pag-ibig the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter isn't evil. And what I don't get is that people talk so much about how Harry Potter has bad messages, but they never talk about Twilight having bad messages. I mean, Harry Potter has very good messages, while Twilight mostly doesn't.

Personally, I only watch the movies.
From what I've heard the books go deeper into the witchcraft than the pelikula do.
I would pray about it.

As long as you know that it is all fiction then it is fine, it means you only like it as entertanment. Its bad when you believe in all of that stuff.

I get what ya mean. I'm a huge HP tagahanga as well. But I don't see the books as "evil" or anything. Me, my mom, & my sister are deeply religious, but still HP fans. As long as you don't plan on going on mass killing sprees like Voldemort, I think it's fine XD

But, it depends on what your Church says. If your parents or preacher are aginst it, I guess you should follow them. I have a friend whose dad is a Preacher (not at my church) & her parents are really strict about stuff like that. She's not allowed to read or watch HP or Twilight, & she's not even allowed to watch Wizzards of Waverly Place! With stuff like that, it really just depends on your beliefs.