What are the arguments against the hp books?

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20923

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rowanbrookt at y... wrote:
> I know that christians believe that witchcraft is wrong and evil
> and that is why the churcg are trying to ban the books in school,
> but are there any other arguments against them.

I think this misperception needs to be corrected.

Most Christians are not trying to get Harry Potter banned -- in
schools or anywhere else.  There are some Christian ministers and
groups who consider Harry Potter to be bad because it talks of
wizardry.  The opinion is largely based in ignorance, because
they won't read the texts to begin with.

For the most part, this is likely to be the same contingent who
opposed role-playing games and made a fuss about the Proctor and
Gamble "man in the moon".

It does a disservice to Christians in general, however, to suggest
that this vocal minority expresses the views of the religion as a
monolithic whole.

....Craig