I absolutly agree with you I mean we're not stupid we know that Harry Potter is not real! and that he won't appear at the chucrh and kill us all pleas!! use common sense! again we're not stupid!

As Baptist, for awhile, I and my Mother ponderd on this, a friend bought us the books so we read them, and discovred nothing Anti-Christian about it. The ones that claim that Harry Potter is Anti-Christian, have never read the books.

Yes, you are all correct. The whole religious-group deal is completely preposterous. I had hoped it was contained in the American South, but perhaps I was [sadly] mistaken on this.

I perused the published list of the objections to the Harry Potter Books, and once I got over my surprise that these people HAD actually read them, I became aware of just how clueless these people are in terms of the writer's craft and storytelling.

Here are some examples:

They consistantly pointed to evil things said in the Book One by the Voldemort/Quirrell character. They proceeded then to argue that these were Rowling's "morals of the story". This falls in the place of their not knowing a villain, especially one being written the way they believe he should be written. It reminds me of the list of objections in America to Jesus Christ Superstar in the 1970's, almost all of which relating to some quote of Judas's.

The witchcraft deal we can't get around. They are fearful that witchcraft has made a comeback around the world (even before the Harry Potter books were written). However, all Fantasy Fiction to the beginning of time (look at Homer's Odyssey) has involved witches and wizards, even blatant Christian allegory, such as Narnia.

They also cite the immorality of children breaking school rules and getting away with it because they are well-connected with the Headmaster. This is a valid argument, but they miss the point of that is the way the world works. Period.

These are the only arguments even barely worth noting. Rowling has stated numerous times that the books are not Anti-Christian, and one would think this whole deal would have gone away years ago.

But then again, without books to attack, where would the more Fundamentalist groups be today anyway?

I didn't realize the Scottish Version of Book two of HP is different. You learn something new everyday. :whisle:

it isnt how do you think it is diffrent than book 2 everywhere else.

it just amazes me that some people read so much into a bbok and make it sound bad. there is nothing wrong with Harry Potter.

It wont be different because the British content of the novels are the way Jk wrote them, with no allterations to the language used.

We want parents to be aware of the dangers of allowing their children to read these books.”
But Mr Morris stressed: “It is crucial that our children not only read but learn to enjoy reading. There is a wealth of good literature out there.”

What exactly do these people mean by GOOD LITERATURE?? Because they obviously don't have a clue - JK Rowling has produced the best literature for children that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Except the chronicles of Narnia because as a kid, for me that was also magical - oh, sorry I forgot, that got scrutinized too!

This is not the first time this issue has been brought up and it wont be the last, but as for me, I personally think these people should get a life, and if they don't agree with the content then they simply should not let their children read it. Once their children are old enough to decide what they want to do, they can read it then. As an adult reader I love the books, maybe they will appreciate them when they are older too. Or they may have the unfortunate luck of expressing the same view as their parents and then we will be having this same conversation in another 16 years!

Ok hello ppl how r these books anti-christian i mean seriously, for one example, harry potter has a godfather, thats when a child is christened....seriously where do ppl come up with this stuff...its all fantasy....

I'm Catholic, I love Harry Potter and I think those people are crazy. The things J.K. Rowling rights are not real and for those of us here know that. People do believe that Witchcraft is real and do things like doing spells. They do them because they want to. It is not a religious thing and it's spreading anti-Christianism.

Harry Potter is in no way anti-Christian. My Aunt thinks they are though, she wouldn't let me and my cousin (her daughter) watch POA in her car. She said "i'm not having any of that crap in my car" Needless to say she isn't the easiest to get along with.