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1 | Why are movies like Harry Potter bad? | Bible general Archive 1 | tLENARD6@AOL.COM | 76852 | ||
Why are stories and movies like Harry Potter bad? Are they not just make believe? What is the harm as long as no witchcraft is praticed by the person watching and there is a understanding the it is not real? Tammy |
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2 | Why are movies like Harry Potter bad? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 76877 | ||
Why, you ask? well, okay here are 12 reasons that I retrieved off the Christian interactive site: I edited this greatly, you are encouraged to view it in its entirety by clicking on the link above and use the search feature. 1. God shows us that witchcraft is evil. He hates those practices because they blind us to His loving ways, then turn our hearts to a deceptive quest for self-empowerment and deadly thrills. 2. The movie's foundation in fantasy, not reality, doesn't diminish its power to change beliefs and values. 3. Each occult image and enticing suggestion prompts the audience to feel more at home in the dark, paranormal setting. 4. God tells us to "abhor what is evil" and "cling to what is good." (Romans 12:9) But when Christian children and teens love the Harry Potter myths, delight in the movie and read the books again and again, they are desensitizing their hearts and minds to its evil. 5. Immersed in the values taught at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, children become spiritually blind. They lose their natural aversion for the devious spirits represented by the creatures and symbols in this eerie world. 6. This inner change is usually unconscious, for the occult lessons and impressions tend to bypass rational scrutiny. 7. The main product marketed through this movie is a belief system that clashes with everything God offers us for our peace and security. This pagan ideology comes complete with trading cards, computer and other wizardly games. 8. The implied source of power behind Harry's magical feats tend to distort a child's understanding of God. In the movie as in the books, words traditionally used to refer to occult practices become so familiar that children begin to apply the same terms to God and His promised strength. 9. Blind to the true nature of God, children will synthesize or blend Biblical truth with the pagan beliefs and magical practices demonstrated in the Harry Potter movie. In the end, you distort and destroy any remnant of true Christian faith. For our God cannot be molded to match pagan gods. 10. God tells us to "train up a child in the way He should go." It starts with teaching them God's truths and training them all day long to see reality from His, not the world's perspective. 11. While some argue that Harry Potter and his friends demonstrate friendship, integrity and honesty, they actually model how to lie and steal and get away with it. 12. God has a better way. When His children choose to follow His ways, He gives them a heart to love Him, spiritual eyes that can understand and delight in His Word, a sense of His presence and a confidence in His constant care -- no matter what happens around us. |
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