On kids reading Harry Potter?

[pocaracas]

Greetings all.

I wonder how many people here have read the Harry Potter books or seen the movies?

I have seen them all, and enjoyed them immensely. That said, I am not certain I would permit my (future) children to read them if indeed I had any.

If and when I find a humble,dutiful Catholic wife with whom to procreate with ( no contraceptives please!! ) I think I might want to keep Jk Rowlings books out of their hands.

Idk, I just hear they can be a bad influence, and can lead kids to doing actual magic (wicca, tarot cards, Ouija boardss) instead of focusing on God and his son Jesus.

It makes me wonder, if Rowling is a Christian, as she claims to be, why do none of the wizards express a faith in Jesus?

Perhaps she she really was just "JK" on the whole christian thing .


I suppose I won't be able to stop them from forming their own opinions after they become adults (pre 18 is a whole different ball park !) but I should Id try to keep them on the xtian straight and narrow for as long as possible.

Any thoughts/concerns? Do the Potter books have an anti Christian message?

I don't even....
ARGH!
That is so retarded it's offensive to retarded people to say this is retarded!

Does Star Wars have an anti christian message? None of the characters express faith in Jesus!!
Do the Transformers have an anti christian message? None of the characters express faith in Jesus!!
Do the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have an anti christian message? None of the characters express faith in Jesus!!
Do the Ducktales have an anti christian message? None of the characters express faith in Jesus!!

It's a fictional story, set in a fictional universe. That's it. No need to drag anything else in.
It's great fun for kids - to wonder about what it would be if like we could do magic - to get their minds thinking outside the box.
But you, and many like you, want to stifle that, for the sake of a belief, of some super-powerful deity that will be oh so happy to find that you put to waste the perfectly good brains he provided your children with.
Damn.... even within the context of the mythology you wish your kids to follow, that is a retarded statement!

Let them read whatever they want... let them dream, let them wonder. From Marcus Aurelius to Nietzsche, to Newton, to Tolkien, to George Lucas, to Disney, to Karl Marx, to Adolf Hitler, to Gene Roddenberry, to Jerry Siegel and many, many, many, many others. Whatever they want, give it to them. Feed their minds.