I have no problem at all with Harry Potter, I would not read it as I am a novelophobe but as I see it there is no real difference between HP and any other fairy tales. It is good at times to enter the fantasy world and also to see what are the issues of modern life. Too many Christians live by Pharasaical rules that lock them into a ghetto mentality.

The Harry Potter books have a lot in common with a huge amount of popular fiction, the other recent similarly popular (although not recently written) books are The Lord of the Rings trilogy. They concern themselves mainly with the continuing struggle between good and evil. Fortunately Good wins at the end. I'm not a practising Christian, but it seems to me that they have quite a lot in common with the Parables of Christ.

I feel confident in saying that a large chunk of the millions upon millions of HP readers must be Christians, simply because in the countries where the books are most popular the prevailing religion is Christianity. While the books don't make any direct reference to a god, the kids at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry do have Christmas trees, exchange gifts and they go home for the Christmas holidays. Since I'm not a Christian I can't pretend to know how a person with a Christian perspective views the books, but I genuinely can't see anything objectionable in a series of books that uphold values like courage, loyalty, honor, scholarship and personal responsibility.

To the Pure all things are Pure. Titus 1:15

well ... if u dont belive in it then i dont see why any one will have a promblem with it

I hardly have a problem with any book unless it is boring, or blatantly harmful in its ideology. Fiction is fair game, Non-fiction is trickier. Reader discretion is advised.

I am a Christian and I LOVE the Harry Potter series. It is fantasy...make believe.....and people who look for hidden meanings of believe it warps kids negatively are looking for things. Because of Harry Potter, kids who never picked up a book walk around school with them and read all the time. That is positive no matter what religion you are.

I wonder how many Christians who object to Harry Potter like Star Wars. Because I say that if they object to HP than why, to them, should Star Wars be different? HP and starwars are no different, they are both very fun, harmless form of intertainment. I know Christians who don't like Harry Potter, don't like even Pirates of the Caribbean, but don't even suggest that anything could be wrong with starwars. I find that confusing and contradicting. It's almost like they feel that way because of others, and we should be careful to let others dictate what we feel is write or wrong.

Why would a Christian have problem with Harry Potter?

if i had kids they would not be reading those books. i don't approve of the subject matter.

No. Why would it be, they like stories.

No...I don't see why it would be. It is a STORY...just fiction literature. A little bit of imagination didn't hurt anyone. How could reading be considered a sin? As long as you stick to your beliefs then nothing is compromised.

Why would you only single out christians? BAD? Only a woman could invent a game like quiddich (or whatever its called) - ie have a real sporting event on a field of play, with skill, effort, luck, graft and then ignore all the effort/goals in the game and decide the winner by two other people playing 'tig' in a seperate game?!?

Actually, Jo Rowling didn't say anything until the last book was out, as it would have given away the plot, but after the last book was out she said she'd written the books out of her belief and deep need to keep believing. I think she was following in the great tradition of Christian writers using fantasy to illustrate biblical truths, just like Tolkien (devout Catholic) and C.S. Lewis (Episcopalian and one of the great theologians of the last century). The great central theme of Harry Potter is how self-sacrifice, reserving nothing including your life, defeats evil. Evil doesn't even know what to do with self-sacrifice. I think you'd want to make sure that your child was old enough to understand the concept of fantasy before you let them read it. But about halfway through the series I began to suspect where Rowling was going with the story, and to see Christian symbolism in it. Did you notice that, unlike Thomas the Tank Engine, there are no "Winter Holidays" in Harry Potter? The young witches and wizards celebrate Christmas. There is a lot of discussion of the meaning of death and sacrifice and love in the books. Jo Rowling lost her mother just as she started the first book, and she said that after that the books were really all about death. It was her way of coping with grief. But I don't think it takes long for kids to absorb the difference between the selfish love of life that doesn't mind sacrificing others that is Voldemort, and the generous love of life that is willing to spend that life to save others, that is Harry and his friends.

nope, not at all.

I was a Christian but then I became an atheist. But I love the Harry Potter books and most of my friends who read Harry Potter books are Christian. The only real arguement for the whole anti-harry potter thing is when they whip out the "wizards are real" crap. Then they have a tiny little arguement. Other than that there is no basis for any of it.

no one's stupid enough to believe that they're real. we all know it's not real. but we all also know that the world they come from is pretty awesome. & for rowling to make it seem so possible for it to be real is just... well, awesome. for an someone to think that someone would get some stupid/crazy/bizzaro idea from reading this is just... UGH. frustrating.

I don't see any harm with them. Once you learn the differences between them and real "sorcery" you tend to look the other way.

ME!!!!!!! i am a Christian and i LOVE Harry Potter