Christians, Do You Fear Magic And Witchcraft?
Pupils at The Holt Primary School in Lincolnshire were planning to celebrate the launch of the JK Rowling book, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, by dressing up as witches and wizards.
However, the event was called off after the school received letters from parents and a local rector, worried about concerns over witchcraft.
Headteacher Paul Martin wrote to parents saying: “When I received a letter from the rector which suggested that I was ‘seeking to lead our children into areas of evil’, I felt that the situation was escalating disproportionately.”
The Reverend Richard Billingshurst, who sent the letter admitted he had not read any of the books but had seen the Harry Potter films.
He said: “If people start going around casting spells on their neighbours because they don’t know what they are doing, they are heading into dangerous waters.”
The head teacher of St Mary’s Island Church of England school in Chatham, Kent says the tales of wizardly adventures do not conform with her school’s “church ethos.” “The Bible is very clear and consistent in its teachings that wizards, devils and demons exist and are very real, powerful and dangerous and God’s people are told to have nothing to do with them. Harry Potter is as dangerous to children as child molestors” Carol Rookwood said.
Yep, its ok to kill people who aren’t christian, but god forbid we read Harry Potter.
See now, as much as i dislike the way christianity makes people mental, no one heard me picketing outside the cinemas when the Passion came out.
Funny how it’s christians who do the yelling, not atheists or pagans.
Comparing a well written story on fantasy, cannot be compared to a sicko pervert playing with little kids, that comparison is just f***** up.
Poor children.
I’m christian but i love witchcraft!
I’ve always wished i could have powers of some kind.
some are just too uptight.
its like those people at peta that throw blood at people working at burberry.
(no offense to peta intended, i am vegetarian and just think some of its followers are nuts)
Here is Sarah Palin getting prayed over by a Kenyan pastor who is giving her protection from witchcraft. Really.
Short version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwkb9_zB2…
Mention of witchcraft: 1:44
Longer version:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwkb9_zB2…
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Lame! I dressed up like Hermione for the midnight release of the 7th book. It was awesome.
People need to get a grip. Harry Potter is fictional, and it’s not hurting anyone.
“Harry Potter is as dangerous to children as child molestors”
And the stupidest quote of the year award goes to…
Harry Potter is harmless fantasy. Some of them have the same reaction to Tolkien’s Ring Trilogy. I vote we start raising hell back when some idiocy of this caliber occurs.
Agreed. Bravo.
Why? The only people that believe in that are people that are bad! Just like Voodoo but in reality they won’t hurt good people so no worries here
I’m not Christian, but you are generalizing big time
Screw that.
If I were one of those kids,
I would dress up anyway.
And get as many of the others to do so as well.
Frickin’ nutbags..
Damned fundies make me embarrassed to be an American…..oh, wait
Wizards. Fear them.
No, but I find them slightly irritating. I’ve had a runny stool for two weeks now.
well…
Ugh….not Britain please not Britain!
I hope UK doesn’t end up like the US.
no
I don’t believe in Santa Claus either
“When I received a letter from the rector which suggested that I was ‘seeking to lead our children into areas of evil’, I felt that the situation was escalating disproportionately.”
I think this was a very wise choice. I am not particullarly saavy on how the Brits do school curriculum, but I am equally leary over the fanfare many in our country have taken toward our recent push to indoctrinate political views into our children through the public schools. That scares me just as much. At least it seems that the Headmaster over there actually considered the parents concerns in his decision. For that I am ecstatic.
Frankly, on the areas of witchcraft, demons, magic, and the supernatural as a whole I am skiddish to say the least. Maybe not for all but for many it is a diversion from the truth, because it deceives people into thinking it is harmless all the while it challenges their faith with illusions. This is the nature of the deceit, and as Daniel points out in the Bible much if not all of it is proven to be false in the end. Even people who claim to already know this will invoke magical ideas and characteristics unconciously to objects or people when they really are not there. Like Jesus says, “He who has ears, listen!” there are many who have eyes but do not see.
Consider the command above and why it was said. His parable afterwords was for those people who had ears and could listen, because He revealed in this that there were many there who had ears and heard His words, but could not listen because He was not talking to them at that time. With the case of all this sorcery and witchcaft, if people are not skeptacle of it, then they are like the ones Jesus was not talking to, they have eyes but do not “see” so then they do not follow the truth either like the ones in Jesus crowds that “heard” what He was revealing to them in the parables.