Does Harry Potter have underlying Christian Themes?

[Jesse Hove]

I have heard some chatter about this between a few people. It seemed at first Harry Potter was under attack by many Christians. But I have heard a few Brave souls come out and explain that the Harry Potters series does in fact have some very direct Christian Themes. I havent studied the books in detail to know. I know I liked the books, but I like reading many other awful stories that I know arent good for me, so myself simply liking them does'nt prove anything.

The popular agruement against them as compared to Lewises stuff, is that Witchcraft should never be seen as good, and lewis only ever portrays Whitchcraft to be bad. So he is fine.

Let the debate begin!

-Jesse

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[Leslie]

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[Stanley Anderson]

[Jesse Hove]

[Lirenel]

I have no problem with reading the Harry Potter books, as I find them an interesting and fun read. I understand where some Christians get their arguements and see some of the validity in them, but I think that it is their choice to read them or not to read them, and for parents to teach their children what the Bible and God says about the use of magic.

As for the use of 'good' magic in Narnia, I would disagree that it is actually what we would consider 'magic'. The 'magic' of the good guys in Narnia is usually tied into the nature they were created with, i.e. Aslan created the Dryads in a way that seems 'magical' to us, but is just 'natural' to them. The fireflower juice Lucy uses could be analagous to a medicine like penicillin which would have been see as something of a miracle uring Lewis' time. The sin of magic, in the Bible, is that people rely on supernatural powers other than God to help them. the 'good magic' in Narnia is just using the gifts Aslan gives the residents of Narnia.

OK, that's a little long. Sorry about going into all that, but I honestly on't see the reality of 'good magic', only using gifts of God.

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[Jesse Hove]

I just bought that book on Harry Potter by John Granger.....I am pumped.

[VixenMage]

[postodave]

At the risk of seeming egotistical you might like to take a look at this: . Also, and I read this book after I wrote my review,:

I discovered Harry before he was as famous as he has since become and it never occurred to me that there was anything evil or occult about the books.