"HARRY POTTER" SEDUCTION

[Jennie726]

I totally agree with you. It's just fantasy. I just think everyone should have their own opinon of the movie, and not take someone elses word for it.

 

[WalkOn]

I totally agree with you. It's just fantasy. I just think everyone should have their own opinon of the movie, and not take someone elses word for it.

Amen to that. I was very anti-potter before I actually saw the films. I thought it was "evil" and should be banned until I actually sat and watched it. I then was trying to think what was the big deal. It's like every other fantasy movie out there, no big deal! Plus I really enjoyed the movies. lol.

 

[Jennie726]

Amen to that. I was very anti-potter before I actually saw the films. I thought it was "evil" and should be banned until I actually sat and watched it. I then was trying to think what was the big deal. It's like every other fantasy movie out there, no big deal! Plus I really enjoyed the movies. lol.

lol, me too! My husband was trying to get me to watch it with him when my SIL was staying with us and his sister. And I just didn't want to, but once I sat down and watched it, I found nothing wrong with it. The movies are great. If some people don't like them, that is fine. It's just not everyone agrees with that.

 

[WalkOn]

lol, me too! My husband was trying to get me to watch it with him when my SIL was staying with us and his sister. And I just didn't want to, but once I sat down and watched it, I found nothing wrong with it. The movies are great. If some people don't like them, that is fine. It's just not everyone agrees with that.

Yeah. I agree that if people don't like them that's fine. They should stay away if they think it will hurt them. But, for me, I will enjoy them because I see them as plain fantasy. Nothing more, Nothing less.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

Amen to that. I was very anti-potter before I actually saw the films. I thought it was "evil" and should be banned until I actually sat and watched it. I then was trying to think what was the big deal. It's like every other fantasy movie out there, no big deal! Plus I really enjoyed the movies. lol.

Sig worthy! : D

 

[Zoomer]

Not everything that is not Christian is a ploy to seduce us to the dark side. If you want to see demons in everything, you will find demons in everything. You find what you want to find, you see what you want to see.
I think an obsession with demons can lead one into the dark side more so than Harry Potter.

I think movies like Davinci Code are a bigger spiritual threat because so many people have trouble seperating the fact from the fiction...many Christian and non-Christians alike are going to be mislead by that movie. Maybe I should go start a DAVINCI CODE IS EVIIILLL!!!!! thread

 

[WalkOn]

Not everything that is not Christian is a ploy to seduce us to the dark side. If you want to see demons in everything, you will find demons in everything. You find what you want to find, you see what you want to see.
I think an obsession with demons can lead one into the dark side more so than Harry Potter.

I think movies like Davinci Code are a bigger spiritual threat because so many people have trouble seperating the fact from the fiction...many Christian and non-Christians alike are going to be mislead by that movie. Maybe I should go start a DAVINCI CODE IS EVIIILLL!!!!! thread

I agree with you 100%. The DaVinci Code is a bigger spiritual threat because of the subject matter. Even though it is a fictional book the author tries to present it as fact and has mislead people into believing it is non-fiction. That is dangerous in my opinion.

Sig worthy! : D

Thanks. lol.

 

[Jennie726]

Not everything that is not Christian is a ploy to seduce us to the dark side. If you want to see demons in everything, you will find demons in everything. You find what you want to find, you see what you want to see.
I think an obsession with demons can lead one into the dark side more so than Harry Potter.

I think movies like Davinci Code are a bigger spiritual threat because so many people have trouble seperating the fact from the fiction...many Christian and non-Christians alike are going to be mislead by that movie. Maybe I should go start a DAVINCI CODE IS EVIIILLL!!!!! thread

I totally agree with you, too! Amen to your post!!

 

[LadyNRA]

I have to agree with what someone else said... it is the parents' place to talk to their kids about what is real and what is not. IMO, I find nothing wrong with Harry Potter. I remember when I first bought the first book in the Harry Potter series, my mom made me throw it away from what someone said on TV. When I got married and moved out, I watched Harry Potter with my SIL and seen nothing wrong with it at all. I think if more people would actually read the books or watch the movie, they would make their own opinion over it than taking someone elses. If you don't like Harry Potter, that is fine. But not all of us feel guilty for watching it. I have seen every one of the Harry Potter movies and I do not feel guilty watching them, nor do I feel convicted. It's just fantasy. I love the storyline of the movie. I love the special effects. I think if children get the wrong idea from the movie, their parents should explain it to them. I hope I'm not making anyone mad, I'm not trying to. This is just my opinion. I watched it for myself, and I have my own opinon about it... not someone elses. But if others feel convicted of watching it, that is fine. I do believe that it is wrong to become obsessed over this, or anything else for that matter, because it is taken you away from God. We should remember that it is just entertainment. This is just my opinion... now, I'm going to hide so no one will slap me! lol

First I wanted to say thanks so much for reading my original post with the meanings I intended. I don't know if the other folks thought I said HP was evil or what because I sat back, scratched my head, and thought, "I never said that! Where did I say that?" I was originally mildly influenced by reports about it. A short time later, articles by christian authors were coming out about HP and the problems they had with it. Shortly after that, emails were flooding into these pastor's websites and the pastors took the time to post some of them. I was pretty apalled by the ugliness of the content of these posts. So for a while I was wondering if perhaps the pastors were right if HP devotees were reacting this way. Of course, I eventually saw the movies. Changed my mind. I still like HP (books and movies). I just have chosen to prioritize it differently in the grand scheme of things. When I found myself preferring to reading HP fanfic to reading my bible, I knew I had to rethink where I put HP in my 'schedule'. I was basically saying that for a Christian who wants to walk closer to God, anything that usurps God's position in their lives should be reevaluated and put in proper perspective. It started as a fondness for the movie. turned into a full-fledged obsession (mostly because of Alan Rickman who I like so much), and I was just giving a sort of testimony to Christians to place HP and any other hobby/interest/fascination what-have-you, in its proper place.

Also I was spending WAAAAYYYY too much money on HP collectibles and Alan Rickman DVDs

And when my husband talked about building a HP shrine I had to give him the evil eye. I mean, for Christmas we wound up with the HP Uno cards (I still kiss the Snape cards when I get them just for the reactions I get, "Eeewwww, Momma!! Eewwwww"), the entire set of the books, calendars, CDs of the music, the video games (all of them), and my SIL knitted him a 'real' HP Griffindor scarf (exactly as it appears in the movies). And to add insult to injury (I say this tongue in cheek) she made our cat one too and being the trooper she is, the cat let it stay on.

Ironically, in our household, the problem isn't with HP but with Anime/Manga. My kids are totally and utterly absorbed with it. They earn money and spend every cent of it on Manga or tapes to tape the Anime. Again, don't get me wrong. I enjoying watching some of the anime with them (Wolf's Rain, Ghost in the Shell, Inuyasha, Full Metal Alchemist and assorted anime movies) but when my kids decide they would rather sit in the pews and read their manga than listen to the preacher talking, I have to say "Whoa!"

 

[Jennie726]

I totally understand! I get everything you said in the post. That's what I was trying to say as well... if you would rather read HP, or anything else for that reason, than read God's Word, you have to take a step back and rethink some things lol. But I totally agree with you.