[Firondoiel]

I just read this thread and I want to respnd to some stuff. I'm letting you know right now that I'm a Christian and don't approve of HP. There have been issues raised about Sauron's magic in LOTR. Tolkien clearly points out that that power is wrong and evil.(and by the way Sauron's power is not withcraft. As you know he's a Maia which is a heavenly being and he always had those powers but he chose to use them for evil.) Gandalf, Galadriel, and others recoil from using the dark power even though it would give them the power to rule Middle Earth while Tolkien shows the consequences of Boromir and Saruman who give in to the lust for that power. While HP has kids going to school to learn withcraft. An evil power the come from the devil. It has several examples of the Occult and some of you have argued that the books have shown them to be wrong, but why expose yourself or your child to it???<P><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>As for Harry Potter in school, If it gets the kids to read what is the big problem? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Maybe because there have been several kids that have started to learn witchcraft or at least take an interest in it. The follow is a quote from a girl about the HP books.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>"I was eager to get to Hogwarts first because I like what they learned there and <B>I want to be a witch.</B>Gioia Bishop, age 10. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>To all you Christians who read HP In Leviticus 19:26 we are instructed, “Do not practice divination or sorcery.” There are several warnings in the scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, making it clear that we are to avoid witchcraft. So if God is instructing us to avoid occult practices, how can we justify using it to entertain ourselves?