Do the Harry Potter books make sorcery and witchcraft seem attractive?
Hi, I am asking if the books make sorcery and witchcraft seem attractive, . I am NOT asking if they force teenage kids into casting spells and behaving like robots who have no choice and turning millions of kids into full-time witches.! I ain't say in' none of that. I'm only asking if the HP books make sorcery attractive, that's all. Thank you for your help!!
You have got to be joking. I think if their were any kids who actually believed any of stuff was real, we would be hearing on Fox News about how stupid 12 years ODs fell off the roof trying to fly on brooms.
Real Witchcraft is merely living as one amongst ecology. If that is evil, than I'd rather be evil. Seriously, organized religion does nothing but destroy the minds of many. It's a book FFS!!!
Harry Potter books make sorcery and witchcraft seem attractive to kids who have had no formal religious training and/or their parents are poor examples.
To kids that are mentally well adjusted, and live in a family where faith is lived and not contrived, Harry Potter is just a form of entertainment.
Well, that series has been going a long time at this point and I have never really noticed any rise in attempts to practice "sorcery and witchcraft." People only got into the wizard imagery the way they likewise got into pirates, now vampires, and so on.
Just a well presented fantasy people wished they could be a part of and real instead of being in their own boring life.
I think it does, but there is nothing Harry Potter does that out-classes or out powers Jesus Christ.
I love Harry Potter movies. I'm looking forward to seeing the new one coming out Friday. But I am able to watch them because they don't mess with my faith in God. If any Christian has a problem with it, or wonders why I'm not like them, I usually refer them to Romans 14. Romans 14 is a principle regarding liberty in Christ. I'm not under the law of Moses, and I see that my faith is strong in that way. I ought not to be judge, neither should I judge those who are weak in their faith.
Romans 14
1 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person?s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else?s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
To younger children it probably does. I'm speaking of middle school age. However, Harry Potter's depiction of sorcery and witchcraft is fiction and does not accurately depict witchcraft, magi ck, or Wicca in our world.
Anyone who grows an interest from witchcraft based on Harry Potter will find that modern day witchcraft and magi ck is very different. Just because they like Harry Potter doesn't mean they will like the magi ck of our world. I do believe much of the appear of Harry Potter is the magical elements of waving a magic wand to make people float or change shape, to make love potions, and to fly. You can't do that with modern day magi ck.
Yes, I, being a teenager that grew up in a strong Christian home, have read them. They are very interesting books and they do make wizardry and witchcraft seem like a great, awesome thing! But when you look back at those who actually call themselves, "Witches" they are very scary and not the least bit attractive. So my answer would have you be YES.
1) Do the Harry Potter books make sorcery and witchcraft seem attractive?
In the same way that the movie "The Little Mermaid" makes becoming a mermaid seem attractive, yes. In a wholly fantasy / fictional sense, the answer is "yes".
"Attractive" -- I'm no so sure. Fun and adventurous, absolutely. There is also an underlying theme in the books. An editorial in "Christianity Today" (January 10, 2000) pointed out: "(J.K.) Rowling's series is a Book of Virtues with a Prue-adolescent funny bone. Amid the ... scenes are wonderful examples of compassion, loyalty, courage, friendship, and even self-sacrifice. No wonder young readers want to be like these believable characters."
I wonder what you mean by sorcery and witchcraft. Are you talking about real witchcraft? Because that has nothing to with Harry Potter. Modern witchcraft is about living closely with the powers of nature and learning the lessons it can teach. If Harry was out doing a modern spiritual ritual to draw on the energy of the full moon, anointing candles with oil and drawing protective circles with a ritual knife to defeat dark wizards, there might be an issue (although probably not, because then the books would be boring and wouldn't have been published). There are no flashy pyrotechnics or physics-defying stunts in any of this, by the way.
Does it make fictional sorcery and witchcraft look attractive? To most people, yes. Who wouldn't want to fly on a broom, shape shift and poses the powers of deportation? On the other hand, not to everyone. I never thought those powers looked particular attractive because there would always be someone to abuse it.
I'll give those books credit. Sorcery is not always all flowers and rainbows. People get hurt and they die from magic, especially later in the series. It's a common fantasy plot point. For every convenience that magic creates, there's two inconveniences because of abusers of the power or how tricky and dangerous it is to manipulate those powers, which is why stories about magic have made greater epics since time immortal.
Do the Harry Potter books make sorcery and witchcraft seem attractive?
