I am a HUGE harry potter fan, but i have heard about the book burnngs and boycotts of the harry potter libros por christians because of occult themes. what do tu all think??

When it comes to cine that are against Almighty God but I want to see it, I Pray to God and say something like this.....Please God tu know my heart. I don't want to be a witch o 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 tu don't practice witchcraft yourself, tu are okay. God wants us to be happy, and if Harry Potter makes tu happy, then keep reading!

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

It all matters on if tu truly believe that Witchcraft and Wizardry is real. If tu know that it's fake, then God will know that tu don't believe it. As long as tu 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 dicho 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 más 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 actuación 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 o 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 libros go against Christianity. Okay, so it's about witchcraft and wizardry, but it's an innocent fantasía series. Plus, it's about good conquering evil and teaches that if tu have amor and friendship tu can deal with anything.

not to get all biblical on tu ,bible says not to get in to that kind of thing.and personaly it's the spirt of the thing .do tu honestly think God would want tu to expose yourself to evil sprits.because thats waht tu 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 fantasía world to escape to, I don't think the libros should be burned because of that.

I'm a born-again Christian and I amor 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 libros go deeper into the witchcraft than the cine do.
I would pray about it.

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

I get what ya mean. I'm a huge HP fan as well. But I don't see the libros as "evil" o anything. Me, my mom, & my sister are deeply religious, but still HP fans. As long as tu 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 o preacher are aginst it, I guess tu 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 o watch HP o Twilight, & she's not even allowed to watch Wizzards of Waverly Place! With stuff like that, it really just depends on your beliefs.