IS HARRY POTTER 'GOOD'?

An Analysis

IS IT GOOD TO LIE?  The 9th Commandment forbids any dishonesty to our fellow beings. Yet in the stories we are considering, Harry and his friends frequently lie and it is made to seem a good thing. 

SHOULD WE SEEK REVENGE ON OTHERS?  "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD." Leviticus 19:18   "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord". Romans 12:19.  All revenge is to be left with God, an yet the whole series of stories of Harry Potter center around getting revenge for the death of Harry's parents.

CAN WE DO WRONG THINGS AND STILL BE 'GOOD'?  "Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous."1John 3:7 In other words a good man is only one who does good. There is no such thing as a good reason to do wrong! So lying, cheating, sneaking, stealing and so on are not to be excused just because we do it to an enemy. What does God say to do with our enemies? "Love thine enemies" And yet al kinds of wrong-doing is excused in these books because they are trying to destroy an enemy.

DO GOOD AND EVIL USE THE SAME METHODS? Again please see our chart. What do we see is the secret of POWER in these stories? Is it not who has a certain stone, or amulet or ring or even a certain blood-line. So if I am the good guy and I have a certain magic object- I am strong. But if my enemy takes that same object- then it is strong for him. You see the problem? Good and evil power are not connected with what I do and Who I serve; but rather with just the chance of having some object in my possession, like the fruit from the 'Tree of Knowledge of good and evil" - objects are claimed to give me unconditional power. There is no such thing as unconditional power. 

CAN EVIL BE IMMORTAL? The Bible is clear that SIN - that is disobeying God's moral law, brings death. God only is the source of Life and Power. There is no power in evil to give or sustain life. When any being chooses evil, he enters 'self-destruct' mode and the more evil he chooses- the quicker he destroys himself. And yet these books are giving the idea that there can be great power in being wicked!! Is this not a terrible lie to feed to our young?

CHILDREN LEARN THAT EVIL CAN GET THEM AND THEY HAVE NO PROTECTION— IS THIS DESIRABLE? The characters in the stories only manage to beat back the evil by having some better magic spell or stronger object in their possession. 

"But I don't have anything like that. I am just a child and I am afraid of the evil that lurks all around me. I have to find someone who will take care of little me." 

So children become vulnerable to any one or group that seems to offer them protection. And the more wicked that one is who is offering to protect— the better it seems to belong to them. How much better for a child to hear the words of Jesus telling that angels of God watch over the little ones. It is a known fact to witch-doctors that demons won't talk to children. WHY? Because God won't let them! Satan has to work through adults to secure the children to his grasp.

ARE THERE SPECIAL MAGIC POWERS IN CERTAIN OBJECTS? Take a look at this verse:  "But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils." 1Corinthians 10:20 What power does it tell us lies behind idols and such magic objects? The power of devils! These items do not have any power in themselves- Satan uses them to work through and trick people into trusting in some magic object instead of trusting in God.

IS CRUELTY AND NEEDLESS KILLING RIGHT? One of the most horrible concepts in Pagan worship and witchcraft is that there are magic powers to be found in blood. Now blood is not something that we can find on a tree or out in a field. It has to come from a living thing. And it can't be obtained without doing some sort of harm to that living thing. 

One of the horrors that survivors of ritual abuse talk about is having an animal killed and allowed to bleed to death on top of them; so they could receive this so-called power that is supposed to be released in the death of the animal through the blood. 

Harry Potter spells talk about blood - unicorn blood, Harry's own blood, and other kinds of blood. The concept is clear - to have power— you need blood! To get blood you harm and kill living beings. Is this a concept you want to teach your children??? Sure, maybe they can't find a unicorn, but what about a dog or cat? 

Do you think ritual torture and sacrifice of animals doesn't happen? It does! WHY? Because people are led to believe this lie and they want that power. Cruelty only and always serves Satan! Why does he encourage it with his lies and tricks? Because he knows there is a loving Creator Who sees even the fall of a sparrow— and it give pain to His great heart of love. And Satan has no greater pleasure than to cause pain to that dear Creator who Satan hates! And by getting us to join in cruelty, he stamps his hideous character on us, making us as deserving of destruction as he is. There is no power in taking blood and life from God's creatures, only power to destroy you.

SHOULD WE GET CRUEL REVENGE ON SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE THEY SAID SOMETHING WE DON'T LIKE? Is this not a horrible wicked attitude? and yet Harry makes a relative all swell up because she said something he didn't like— and it is considered funny!! If you were to all swell up - would if be funny? So what about the Golden Rule here?

ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING FOR SOME WAY WE CAN GET WHAT WE WANT WITHOUT WORKING FOR IT? Work was ordained for the good of man. We are told that only the working man really enjoys life. "The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep." Ecclesiastes  5:12. No where in the Bible will you find any idea that we should seek for magic power to do things for us; rather we are to be diligent and do our work faithfully and real joy will be ours in a job well done.

DO CHILDREN REALLY WANT LIES AND FANTASY? God placed in a child's heart the desire for spiritual things. Perhaps this desire is stronger then, than at any point thereafter. They really want to know what life is all about and have a deep capacity for understanding the truths of God. Remember it says of Timothy;  "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."2Ti 3:15. 

So although they seem to snap up the lies and fairy tales, this is because they have a need, and do not know what is needed to fill the need. It is like an infant; he knows he needs to eat and will put everything into his mouth. It is the parents job to guide him to the right things to put into his mouth. So if a child is taught the truths from God's Word, he will thrive on it. 

I could give this example: Suppose you are starving and I come with a lovely plate of fruit. All colors, looking so good! You grab it and start to eat, but alas, it is plastic and plaster and not any use to keep you from starving. This is what is happening, friends, with our children. They are starving for real spiritual meaning, for something to make life worth living. And we keep giving them plates of fake food. It looks pretty, but it is as useless as plaster fruit. Jesus said, "Let the children come unto me!" He said this to the adult, because He knew that the children would come, if they had half a chance; and He also knew the adults were the ones who would get in their way!

Is is not time we started feeding them on kindness and life instead of glorifying cruelty and death! 

The Bible is plain, if Harry Potter and his friends were real people, they would be lost souls unless they repented of what they were doing and forever ceased from doing it!

And who would these 'teachers' at Hogwart's be? Demons and those possessed of demons! Remember real demons are looking over the shoulders of children reading about fantasy ones.