Harry Potter and the Evangelical Christian

[erebrandir]

As you know, I've been a big fan of the Harry Potter books for about a year now. Now, I'm sure this has been thought of before - I know there are books out there on looking for Christian messages in Harry Potter - but because I haven't read those books, and probably won't, you're going to get my take on this.

This is not to say that one is in any

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[_haydee_]

I haven't heard a perspective quite like that before... I think you may be right.

(And I'm glad no one has left you a comment telling you what a blasphemous idea that is, because I know people who would. :P)

Weighing in as an almost-Sunday school teacher.

[peasant_hero]

First, if you want Christian messages in children/fantasy, it's all about the Chronicles of Narnia. Frankly, I didn't really see any Christian subtext in the Harry Potter books

Re: Weighing in as an almost-Sunday school teacher.

[erebrandir]

Yeah, I don't see any Christian subtext to Harry Potter. I was just pointing out that other people have, in case my idea wasn't really that original. :-p I'm not even really looking for any parallel; if anything, it was more an observation about the way the subcultures function than anything else.

People just don't know when to take fiction as fiction. Even The Da Vinci Code - I haven't read it yet, but I know the basic premise. I can see how it may be causing people to question what the Church has been telling them all these years, but again, people, it's just a story. Just because the conspiracy theories may be historical (I haven't read much about it) doesn't mean that they're true. My question is, if Christ had been married, why would that have been such a big deal? Why would the Church have wanted to cover it up? Sure, the celibacy of Christ is now a staple of the faith - sure, yeah, the Church is supposed to be the Bride of Christ - but if he'd wanted to, he could've just as easily set himself up as an example of pure and