Harry Potter from a Christian's POV

The foremost concern most people have about Harry Potter is the unavoidable magic throughout, and the fact that it is labeled under 'witchcraft and wizardry'. I'm going to address those labels in the next installment, but for the moment, I'm going to present some of the characteristics of the HP magic, to clear things up a little bit. The pivotal key to understanding the magic system are in these scenes: #1: In the 2nd chapter of the first book, Harry is taken by his relatives (the Dursleys) for his cousin Dudley's birthday. While in the reptile house, the Dursleys get irritated with a boa constrictor (a python in the film) that doesn't show any sign of activity and leave the area in disgust. Harry lingers behind, feeling sorry for the snake being captivated and alone, much like himself. Suddenly the snake looks directly at him and winks. Harry is amazed to realize that he understands it and it understands him. When Dudley sees this, he runs over,...

Welcome to my new blog! You're probably wondering why a Christian has a blog about Harry Potter. Let me give a little backstory: I didn't want to read the series. But somebody claimed that Dumbledore could beat up Gandalf, so I needed to gather info to figure out how to refute this argument, and since Dumbledore's in the ENTIRE series.... yeah, I ended up reading them all. And lost the bet. And ended up discovering a new series that was actually great (yes, I grumbled about it for about 5 days. That I actually liked it.) The problem is, most Christians don't really now Harry Potter. They know the name, the genre, etc., but it is never fully explained. We just get: "Harry's a wizard" and that's the end. But that isn't it. In the upcoming posts I shall address the usage of 'witchcraft and wizardry', in that how they are penned and how the magic system works, etc., in hopes of clarifying the series for those who are curious to know or anxi...