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Harsh criticism against the books also comes from the official Roman Catholic exorcist of Rome, Gabriele Amorth, who believes that, "Behind Harry Potter hides the signature of the king of the darkness, the devil."[26] He further told the Daily Mail that the books make a false distinction between black and white magic, while, in reality, the distinction "does not exist, because magic is always a turn to the devil." Amorth believes that the books can be a bad influence on children by getting them interested in the occult.

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Originally posted by exanda kane
Harry Potter is pro-Christianity. It's a Christian tale. Harry Potter is a Christian hero, and no, not in a derogetry way; he exemplifies all the virtues of Christianity.

However, you can't blame these fundamentalists. The Christian meaning ain't particuarly explicit, but Harry Potter would never have been succesful if it was not. All you can do is pity these peoples ignorance.

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Originally posted by exanda kane
Harry Potter is pro-Christianity. It's a Christian tale. Harry Potter is a Christian hero, and no, not in a derogetry way; he exemplifies all the virtues of Christianity.

However, you can't blame these fundamentalists. The Christian meaning ain't particuarly explicit, but Harry Potter would never have been succesful if it was not. All you can do is pity these peoples ignorance.

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Originally posted by The Phantom
Those kinda comments ruin books for people.

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Originally posted by siriuswriter
I would say that it's an opinion that Harry Potter is a Christian hero - he certainly does have elements of "Christ-like" about him, fighting temptation, choosing what is right instead of what is easy, but I feel Rowling wanted to instead make the point that all of us, everyday people, could do the same thing.

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Originally posted by exanda kane
Your contradicting yourself. Everyone fights temptation, everyone must attempt to choose between the easy and the right, yet is this exactly what Christ had to do. So it is "Christ-like", as you put it, despite yours truly not even suggestion that direct a comparison. It's the looosing of innocence, the gaining of experience as Blake would have it.

Loyalty, sacrifice and selflessness are all virtues in the world of Harry Potter, the very virtues the doctrine tries to teach. You can attempt to ignore the Christian meaning underlining the book, maybe because you think it's "cool" or "neat" to hate religion, but Harry Potter isn't about indoctrinating you into the Church, but making sure kids grow up in the best possible way.

The triumph of Harry Potter is that Rowling manages to get past the "watchful dragons" of the population with a generally fascinating tale, so the message is subliminal. There's nothing wrong with that.

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Originally posted by ndfreak
frankly i don't care what others think because i like to read the books. If some religious nuts want to say it heresy then thats fine by me.

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Originally posted by The Phantom
Personally, those I think she just wants people to learn those virtues. Picking them out as "Oh, this is Christianity. Look people, it has virtues of Christianity" just kinda bugs me. I'm pretty sure she didn't have Christianity on her mind the entire time she wrote the books.

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Originally posted by exanda kane
Then her Inkling aspirations have won the day and her readers are none the wiser. Your attitude is exactly the "watchful dragon" C.S Lewis once wrote an essay about. People don't like being preached too.