What are the arguments against the hp books?

[blpurdom at yahoo.com]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., MorganaH3947 at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., rowanbrookt at y... wrote:
> > I know that christians believe that witchcraft is wrong and evil 
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Just a post to say that saying that all Christians believe anything 
is just naive.  Just look in your local phone book to see how many 
different flavors of Christians there are.  I think I've said before 
that some of the biggest Harry Potter fans I know are ministers and 
church employees (our minister did a fantastic children's sermon 
about boggarts, and had the entire congregation 
shouting, "Riddikulous!").  People who are against Harry Potter are 
against many things that actually induce people to think for 
themselves...That's what really sets them off.

And when I started reading the books to my kids and they wanted to 
know whether real witches exist, I told them yes, and that I'm 
friends with some of them (wiccans).  However, I told them that my 
witch friends largely describe themselves as being concerned with 
treating the earth and all people with respect...Not a bad thing at 
all, IMHO.