I let my dc read all of these. As to the Harry Potter witch thing, a "witch" by biblical definition is a Satan worshiper. Today we call the equivalent the church of Wicca or new agers. The “witches” in Harry Potter are people who have been given a special gift much like art, music, math, etc. Hogwarts is the same as an art school (like Julliard in New York ) that teaches children how to use and develop their gifts. This is not Satan worship. In fact in book one:
Harry (English pronunciation= 'arry, =heir) Potter (of the Potter) lives amongst those that hate him and try to pretend he doesn't exist. He moves to the house of the King of Heaven and Earth (a griffen is half lion [king of the earth] and half eagle [king of the heavens]) whose symbol is the Lion (of Judah ). They clothe themselves in the blood colored robes when they take on their enemies from the house of the snake. His arch enemy is the evil dragon (draco=dragon, malfoy=slight twist on the Latin for evil) whose father is Lucious malfoy (Lucifer Evil). Satan (voldemart) is trying to find the way to conquer death. Harry receives the key to eternal life because he wants to save those he loves (he was willing to die himself to protect those he loves). He can’t be touched by Satan because he is protected by the sacrifice of one who loved him enough to give her life for him. Throughout the books, the choice must be made between what is right and what is easy, just like in real life.
I could go on and on. Get the book "Looking for God in Harry Potter
." by John Granger. The symbolism so saturates the books it could not possibly be an accident. You will change from allowing your child to read the books to requiring them to.
If the proof is in the fruit then HP is ok. Since the books came out membership in Wicca has plummeted while membership in Bible believing churches has skyrocketed. If the book is having an affect on children in general it is the right one.
Oh and if someone tells you that HP is the same witches as the Bible talks about and the church of Wicca ask them what kind of broom the wiccans use or why wiccans need money since Hp witches can conjure up whatever they need. Hello people. Can you say “pretend.”
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