The Dangers of Harry Potter
By Michael Bradley
The Harry Potter book has just been released in the
bookstores this week.This book is the sixth book in a planned
series of 7 books.
I'm sure you have all heard that these books have been a
huge success and there are millions of kids throughout the
world hooked on these books as well as quite a few adults
themselves. The publishing industry has never seen anything
quite like this. What is the fascination with these books and
now the movie? Why are so many children and some adults
drawn to these books?
There have always been movies and fiction books on
witchcraft, wizardry and sorcery - but none of them have ever
obtained the popularity that this series of books has. What is
so different with this line of books? Why are they so much
more popular than anything else that has ever been written?
Many of the major Christian ministries are up in major arms
about thesebooks and now the movie. They say these books are a lure to
lead children and adults into witchcraft and the other dark
occult arts.
However, we have always had these types of movies and
books coming at us. Why all of a sudden are so many
Christians coming out against these books where they have
really not done this in the past with all of the fantasy movies
Hollywood has come out with in the past.
I've always felt in my spirit that there really was something
different with these series of books - but I never bought or
read any of them. I went ahead and rented the very first
Harry Potter video and watched it in its complete entirety to
see if these Christians were right in their criticism of this movie
and these books or if they were just getting too carried away
on what at first glance just seems to be harmless fantasy
entertainment.
After watching and reviewing this movie very carefully, it is my
personal opinion that the Christians who are up in arms over
these books and movie are right! This movie, and especially
the series of books themselves, is a definite lure from the dark
side to entice and trap people into not only witchcraft itself -
but other occult arts, which are expressly forbidden by God
the Father in the Bible.
There is no question that Satan is the one orchestrating the
way that these books have been written up and how they
have been so cleverly marketed to a mass audience who have
no idea what is really lurking behind all of it. Satan has very
cleverly put a major spiritual secret in these books and movies
that is in operation in the spiritual realm that will draw some
of the more ignorant and naive into the real world of
witchcraft.
That spiritual secret is the law of seeking. The Bible tells us to
seek - and then we will find. This spirtual principle not only
works in God's realm - but it also works in the realm of Satan
where he and his demons roam seeking next who they can
devour.
And Harry Potter is coincidentally given the official title of a
seeker in the very first book. And what is a seeker going to
find if he starts to research the subject of witchcraft and
sorcery after reading these kinds of books and having the
seeds of desire implanted in them as a result of reading these
kind of books? Hundreds and hundreds of books on the
subject of witchcraft - all with specific titles on how to actually
become a witch, how to form out a coven, how to actually cast
spells, etc.
Go to any major Borders book store - and you will literally see
several hundreds of books in their metaphysical section - all
dealing specifically with the subject of witchcraft and how to
get started and progress further into it. And once that person
decides he is going to try out some of this occult activity - he
has now officially crossed over into enemy terrority and he
has now given the demonic realm full legal right to come into
him and his life.
And all of this can be started by just a few seeds of desire
that can planted into someone by just imagining and
fantasizing what it would be like if they could obtain the kind
of supernatural power that Harry Potter has in all of these
books. And with many of the readers of this line of books
being our younger children - it doesn't take much to see what
a deadly combination this could be for a very young, innocent
and highly suggestible mind.
All Christians, especially Christians who have younger children
who are wanting to read and really get into these books,
should be warned about the spiritual trap that is being laid
with these books. About the Author Article written by Michael Bradley of Bible Knowledge Ministries. Their website is a resource of Bible knowledge. They currently have over 100 Bible articles. All free of charge. You can sign up for their free newsletter which will alert you of new articles, which are being added on a weekly basis. You can find the full article of
Harry Potter and the Bible here.
Article Source: http://www.simplysearch4it.com/article/5556.html
If you wish to add the above article to your website or newsletters then please include the "Article Source: http://www.simplysearch4it.com/article/5556.html" as shown above and make it hyperlinked. |
|