Christians/Theists... why is it that ya'll think Harry Potter "bad"

[Nintentacle]

Here's how it relates to Satan,

Magic (Without God) = Witchcraft = Evil = Satan.

[abaris]

Here's how it relates to Satan,

Magic (Without God) = Witchcraft = Evil = Satan.

Must be pretty boring in your world.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Here's how it relates to Satan,

Magic (Without God) = Witchcraft = Evil = Satan.

Brilliant.

Love to know how you could tell the difference (or even evidence that 'magic' exists).

Sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm speaking to adults here (I presume you're an adult).

[Drich]

I know Hallowe'en is a time for zombies, Drich, but you ought to know better than that.

I'm not the one who brought this walker back

[Cyberman]

Yes you did. Yours was the first new post in ten months.

[Drich]

Oops-ies

I must have been redirected to some old page, and thought it was a new one.

[Jenny A]

Yea Drich, shouldn't you be able to tell us about the evidence that persuaded you that witchcraft is real? Or did you just believe it along with the rest of the bible?

The point I was making and you all seem all too eager to verify is that by accepting fictional accounts of things like witchcraft and sorcery, you have turn a blind eye to how it truly manifest itself.

Sorcery is not about harry potter magic, it is about using things like herbs and chants to get a desired result, from something as small as getting rid of a head ache or giving someone a head ache to killing them or healing them. Sorcery is about seeking means of changing one's situation outside of God. It is seeking to by pass God in hopes to control or manage one's own life, through other 'powers.'

Ah, like chemists, engineers, and physicists?

Seriously, I do understand the Biblical idea of sorcery as a pact of the devil or other god to gain unnatural powers. It's fiction, but I do get the gist. However, the witches and wizards of the Harry Potter universe don't do any such thing. They use innate (perhaps god given powers) for better or worse. It's no different than the powers of Spiderman, Superman, or Gandalf.

There is only one real sorcerer in the Biblical sense in the series. That's the bad guy who tries to gain immortality by breaking his soul apart through the act of killing people. And ultimately, Voldemort is not suffered to live. The books climax with his death.