Harry Potter?

I'm with you.

Sometimes the best way to find a list of good books is to look at a list of books that people are trying to ban. People who are narrow minded are frightened of things they do not understand.

the harry potter "witchcraft" controversy is unbelievably ridiculous to anyone who's read the books (or who hasn't but still has half a brain.)

It's interesting if you think about the role of religion in the series; namely, there is none. Hogwarts school has a mixture of students of all ethnic backgrounds (Cho Chang, Dean Thomas, Parvati Patil, Anthony Goldstein.) There is the briefest mention of christmas as it pertains to the winter holiday break and the receiving of presents. It seems to be understood that the magic inherent in the kids is about innate talent and an aquaintance with their culture- no alignment with paganism, satanism, etc. There are good and bad "creatures" as there are good and bad people. Ghosts are neutral and often funny. Goblins fight for social justice and equality and dragons are merely wild animals.

The hidden message of the Harry Potter series - an objection to intolerance, racism, and didactism; an empahsis on diversity, cooperation and strong moral choices. The positive characters tend to be eccentric and free-thinking (ie; dumbledore) and the maintaning of "law and order" at the expense of individual rights and due process is criticized (the imprisonment of innocent characters such as Sirius Black, Stan Shunpike, and Hagrid.)

The idea that the books could "secretly make you less christian" and "oppose christian values" is absurd. The implications of the ending of book 6 *spoiler* where dumbledore potentially sacrifices himself to protect the redeemable sinners (ie; Snape, Draco and to a certain extent Harry) sounds pretty in line with christian values to me.

I'm a Christian and a mother. My daughter came to me and asked "Why can't I read the Harry Potter books?" I asked her who told her she couldn't? She said one of the deacons at church said that we shouldn't read them but he didn't say why. I told her to let me look into it. I went to the library and checked out the first book. Wow! I've been hooked every since. My daughter is just now starting book 5 but I'm on book 6 for the second time around. We even purchased the movies and watch them over and over. We can't wait for the new book and movie, and I still haven't figured out what the big problem is. The book is good clean fun and in my opinion JK needs to be applauded for getting kids to read.

God Bless Her!

High-five! I am done with fanatics trying to make something out of nothing. People who obsess over the "evil" Harry Potter should invest their energy into a community project, promoting world piece or something otherwise productive. The books get kids to read!!! I don't see how banning a book helps ANYONE. With the exception of O.J's squashed "If I Did It."

I'll never be sick of Harry Potter!!!

ok. Sometimes people go a bit overboard, but it's just because the ambiance adults and children create around the book and movie releases is fun.

I AM!! Harry Potter is a great series, and I don't see how so many people are offended by it. Not only can adults enjoy it, but kids can too, causing more and more kids to be interested in reading. Anyone who says that's a bad thing obviously doesn't have any brains. : O)

I am! I am Christian and I love them also. I love them more than my kids do. I don't see why people single out these books. And besides... why doesn't anyone say anything about the adaptation of the biblical characters in The Chronicles of Narnia? That is full of magical stuff! Can you say hypocrites?

I love the books too. I am Christian and I think people were making too much of a fuss about how "unchristian" they are. By the sound of it, those people haven't read the books closely enough.

I love the books. Can't wait for the next movie. Neither can my children. We are Christians too. It's good, clean fun!

Maybe they were aimed at kids, but they resonate with all ages.

That's just the sign of good writing, period.

Anything that popularizes reading is good - for adults or children.

The teaser trailer came out on Yahoo yesterday! Woo hoo!