Why do they want to ban Harry Potter on religious grounds, but not the Chronicles of Narnia?

Because Narnia has Christian subtext.... they approve of that!

I completely do not understand why anyone would object to the Harry Potter series. It is all about personal responsibility and choices, which I've always thought were Christian values. Rowling herself is a Presbyterian, I believe, so it's not as if she were writing with the specific intention to be unGodly.

The Chronicles of Narnia are not banned because their author, C. S. Lewis, was a noted English Christian theologian of the 1930's and thereabouts. The lion Aslan in the Chronicles is seen as an allegory for Christ.

The people who want to ban the Potter novels don't seem to understand that Harry is also a sort of Christ figure in 'Deathly Hallows.' They just see the word 'witchcraft' and have a mass hissy fit.

People who can't separate their world-view from fiction baffle me.

why dont they go after chronicles of narnia? lol the book was first published by C S. Lewis between 1950 through 1956 they are over 50 years old and they were debated frequently during their era. mainly because not only did he add Christian views but there were also greek and roman mythology interwoven through out the series.

as for harry potter there is not anything written in the book that actually denounces or even mentions religion throughout the series, but the simple fact that their are witches and warlocks in there Christians automatically believe(usually w/o reading them) that they are demonic and dont hold any moral values worth noting which is untrue just ask any harry potter fan (^.~)-b

Harry Potter stories contain wizardry and witchcraft. The Chronicles of Narnia have long been known as "Christian" stories because of the basic premise of the stories and the "Christian" overtones.

There's a big difference between wizards and witches and a "fantasyland" with unusual creatures and lions and a magic wardrobe.

There's "magic" and "majik" (sometimes referred to as "black magic").

Personally I see nothing wrong with the Harry Potter series but some people are uncomfortable with things like wizards and witches.

Umm I'm guessing because the Chronicles of Narnia is good verses evil. Harry Potter is about witchcraft. What's the hypocrisy in that? I don't get it.

I've watched both the Chronicles and all of the Harry Potter ones (except this last one, haven't seen it yet) ... great books of fantasy. I let my daughters watch Chronicles because there was no real bad violence, but the Potter movies were a bit too scary for them.

I am not a Christian, and I read the Chronicles as a child. My mother (also an atheist) read them to me, she even bought me the first movies (or a series of sorts). I don't really care whether he was a Christian, and wrote Christian themed work.. and heck, if people wanna thumbs down on me for saying it, he was a damn good writer. Sure, he stood for things I (and many people) do not agree with, but he wrote really well! I still read him. He was a good author. To those who chose not to read him because of his religious view I say nay! That is ignorant! Know your enemy, at least!

As for Harry Potter? I love these books, too. I loved the movies as well. I never saw any religious connotation, so I don't see why anyone would fear them. I guess it's easy to argue against wizardry, but it's all fake.

We're not allowed to use our imaginations? Or let our kids use theirs? How sad. =(

Apparantly the fact that the Chronicles of Narnia are in many ways a "what if" Jesus was to create a parallel universe is enough for many Christians.

I agree that the hypocrisy memo appears to be missed by many of them....

The Chronicles of Narnia has overtly Christian themes. Harry Potter, on the other hand, deals with witchcraft and wizardry. I'm guessing these are the reasons.

Because C.S. Lewis wrote the Narnia series as parables for Anglican Christianity, even though the first one was, as the dedication proves, for his then-young goddaughter (After all, it is the duty of godparents to see that the godchild is raised in the beliefs of that religion.)

Rowling, on the other hand, was writing to entertain young readers and because she had a writer's passion for completing a work that was important to her.

Also, of course, because the entire concept of civil disobedience was taught to the whole world by the events of the 1960s, boycotts as well as demonstrations of protest or support. A concept which various Christian religions have since used, mostly to opposite effect than they intended.

Because they've been spoon-fed the old "Narnia is a Christian allegory" routine for so long that they accept it without question.

These same people are going to be wetting their pants as the series progresses and it dawns on them that the "Christian allegory" of Narnia is a decidedly heretical one

There is no religion in Harry Potter. J. K. Rowling did that intentionally.

The Narnia series is a shortened version of the christian earth. Seems kind of ironic to me.