Pages: 1 2  Next -- Posted by PrincessLillaMarie at 11:55 am on Nov. 4, 2008 I know a few Christian's who refuse to read or even watch Harry Potter and I was wondering if anyone one here is Christian and will not read or watch it and why wont you? -- Posted by sosupkthnx at 11:56 am on Nov. 4, 2008 Jesus Camp!!!! -- Posted by kay dee at 11:56 am on Nov. 4, 2008 I'm ...Christian, i guess you could say... and I read/watched the first four, then just kinda stopped. The reasoning behind people refusing it? Promoting witchcraft. -- Posted by XMariex at 11:56 am on Nov. 4, 2008 lol this still makes me laugh -- Posted by bend at 11:56 am on Nov. 4, 2008 i've read harry potter but i've vowed not to read the da vinci code -- Posted by sadnessness at 11:56 am on Nov. 4, 2008 im an atheist, so not me personally, but i know some people who wont because they believe that the magic promoted in HP is evil and shouldnt be allowed in literature. -- Posted by GoodFairy13 at 11:56 am on Nov. 4, 2008 Haha, its an alternate form of religion ((implys wicca or paganism ect)) Christians don't like alternate religious views perhaps? -- Posted by Soccerchik107 at 11:57 am on Nov. 4, 2008 I also know a few people who don't watch/read Harry Potter. It's sad, because the series is really good! -- Posted by The Stranger at 11:57 am on Nov. 4, 2008 I refuse to -- Posted by Spirit of Desire at 11:57 am on Nov. 4, 2008 I know someone like that, she is one of those, 'im better than you because god loves me' people. -- Posted by taraxgoesxboom at 11:57 am on Nov. 4, 2008 I'm a Christian and I laugh at the others who refuse to watch it because it's "evil."   -- Posted by PrincessLillaMarie at 11:58 am on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from bend at 2:56 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 i've read harry potter but i've vowed not to read the da vinci code Why? -- Posted by sunshineshower at 11:59 am on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from katiescarlett at 7:56 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 I'm ...Christian, i guess you could say... and I read/watched the first four, then just kinda stopped. The reasoning behind people refusing it? Promoting witchcraft. It's fiction! I'm tempted to make a comment that would annoy you, but I shall resist. -- Posted by xblackpoisonx at 11:59 am on Nov. 4, 2008 my parents wouldn't let me watch it a few years back -- Posted by catoman at 11:59 am on Nov. 4, 2008 The spells in the movies are ever so slight variations on real spells   -- Posted by DanniM45 at 11:59 am on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from bend at 11:56 am on Nov. 4, 2008 i've read harry potter but i've vowed not to read the da vinci code exactly the same here. -- Posted by PrincessLillaMarie at 12:00 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from GoodFairy13 at 2:56 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Haha, its an alternate form of religion ((implys wicca or paganism ect))   Christians don't like alternate religious views perhaps? It's not. It's a fairy tale, a simple story.  Thats like saying I'm not going to Barney because I don't think that Dinosaurs ever existed, or it doesn't follow creationism... It's just plain dumb in my eyes and not one of my friends have been able to convince me as to why me being Christian I should not enjoy Harry Potter. -- Posted by kristina16 at 12:02 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 That's how my mom is with Harry Potter. Our family is Catholic and I guess Harry Potter is like witchcraft? Even though its fake what they do, she still thinks its wrong. I remember when my uncle rented teh very first Harry Potter [as though there are like 100 hahaha] and we had to secretly watch it so my mom wouldn't find out haha. but now we're older and I guess she doesn't care, but she still thinks its wrong. Idk lol -- Posted by juliaa at 12:03 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 im a christian and it took ages to convince my family to read them. i think they are great books -- Posted by dreamweaver at 12:03 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 My brother-n-law's family is like that... It's ridiculous because they say it's "encouraging magic spells to be used which is too much like Wiccan and everyone knows Wiccan is evil" and they won't even look at Wiccan in a serious way to begin with. I just laughed at them when they gave me that reason, and I just told them that they seriously need to study more about Wiccan because they were more of less talking out of their ass when they explained it to me like that. -- Posted by Napster the Hacker at 12:03 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 i never knew Christians are forbidden from watching or reading it :S -- Posted by PrincessLillaMarie at 12:04 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from catoman at 2:59 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 The spells in the movies are ever so slight variations on real spells What?!? Now this one gets me... This one and the fact that according to someone people J.K Rowling used a spell to attract young children to the book.  It's ridiculous. J.K  contrary to popular belief is a Christian and has said on numerous interviews  "I believe in God, not magic." but people still label her as a witch, and her stories as truth.  It's fiction people. -- Posted by GoodFairy13 at 12:04 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from PrincessLillaMarie at 12:00 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from GoodFairy13 at 2:56 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Haha, its an alternate form of religion ((implys wicca or paganism ect))    Christians don't like alternate religious views perhaps? It's not. It's a fairy tale, a simple story.  Thats like saying I'm not going to Barney because I don't think that Dinosaurs ever existed, or it doesn't follow creationism... It's just plain dumb in my eyes and not one of my friends have been able to convince me as to why me being Christian I should not enjoy Harry Potter. No, thats what a Christian in my class said. -- Posted by kay dee at 12:06 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from sunshineshower at 11:59 am on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from katiescarlett at 7:56 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 I'm ...Christian, i guess you could say...    and I read/watched the first four, then just kinda stopped.    The reasoning behind people refusing it? Promoting witchcraft. It's fiction! I'm tempted to make a comment that would annoy you, but I shall resist. Won't bother me. Like I said, I read/watched them. I just got lazy. -- Posted by PrincessLillaMarie at 12:06 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from dreamweaver at 3:03 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 My brother-n-law's family is like that... It's ridiculous because they say it's "encouraging magic spells to be used which is too much like Wiccan and everyone knows Wiccan is evil" and they won't even look at Wiccan in a serious way to begin with. I just laughed at them when they gave me that reason, and I just told them that they seriously need to study more about Wiccan because they were more of less talking out of their ass when they explained it to me like that. Exactly how I feel about it.  The same thing goes with my Aunt, she wont let her girls watch it or read it, and they aren't allowed to celebrate Halloween either. -- Posted by PrincessLillaMarie at 12:08 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from Napster the Hacker at 3:03 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 i never knew Christians are forbidden from watching or reading it :S Yeah, a lot of Christians either aren't allowed to by their parents, or they forbid to because of whatever. -- Posted by The Artery at 12:11 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 not me -- Posted by Chava at 12:15 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 They're not really variations of spells. It's more like screwed up latin. I mean "wingardium leviosa" wings, levitation? Ring a bell. And alot of other things in the book have nothing to do with Wicca. It's a fantasy novel series. I think she's secretly writing from some sort of childhood abandonment although I've never really looked into it. That's what captivated me. I mean first it's Harry Potter with the murdered parents, then Neville with the crazy parents who had never been around his entire life, Sirius with his parents who didn't understand him or rejected him, Tom Riddle with his story of the orphanage, Dumbledore lost his parents young, and she ends the series by killing off Lupin and Tonks after they had Teddy. Not to mention Tonk's dad dying somewhere inbetween. She kind of tortured the Weasley family there at the end with Bill's face, George's ear, and Fred's death. If anything needs addressed I think it would be her unusual use of parental and family death, not the magic. I mean even alot of nursery rhymes and bedtime stories use magic. Why not attack J.R.Tolkien while we're at it for the Lord of the Rings... Nah that wouldn't be fair he was too good a friend to C.S. Lewis, who suprisingly enough has never been attacked for his Chronicles of Narnia series with blatent uses of magic and witchcraft. Sure you could say Azland is Jesus in some strange metaphorical manner but then again wasn't Harry Potter kind of the "savior" of his nation? Just something to think about. -- Posted by exceedinglyrare at 12:20 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Generally speaking, it's because the word "witch" is a negative buzzword for Christians...causes them to think of someone conjuring up the devil or something stupid like that. Most boycotts or bans of Harry Potter just stem from some form of ignorance, pure and simple. -- Posted by GoodFairy13 at 12:28 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 Quote: from Chava at 12:15 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 They're not really variations of spells. It's more like screwed up latin. I mean "wingardium leviosa" wings, levitation? Ring a bell. And alot of other things in the book have nothing to do with Wicca. It's a fantasy novel series. I think she's secretly writing from some sort of childhood abandonment although I've never really looked into it. That's what captivated me. I mean first it's Harry Potter with the murdered parents, then Neville with the crazy parents who had never been around his entire life, Sirius with his parents who didn't understand him or rejected him, Tom Riddle with his story of the orphanage, Dumbledore lost his parents young, and she ends the series by killing off Lupin and Tonks after they had Teddy. Not to mention Tonk's dad dying somewhere inbetween. She kind of tortured the Weasley family there at the end with Bill's face, George's ear, and Fred's death. If anything needs addressed I think it would be her unusual use of parental and family death, not the magic. I mean even alot of nursery rhymes and bedtime stories use magic. Why not attack J.R.Tolkien while we're at it for the Lord of the Rings... Nah that wouldn't be fair he was too good a friend to C.S. Lewis, who suprisingly enough has never been attacked for his Chronicles of Narnia series with blatent uses of magic and witchcraft. Sure you could say Azland is Jesus in some strange metaphorical manner but then again wasn't Harry Potter kind of the "savior" of his nation? Just something to think about. She had trouble with her father as a kid and thats why harry has so many adoptive father figures in his life: Hagrid, Mr weasley, Dumbledore. ect. Pages: 1 2  Next