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Non taken, you are one of my favorit commentators in this sight. It’s all good girl

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I was in her target audience when the books first came out: the tween set. I was eleven and Harry was eleven so it made sense. My mom is very big into reading so my sisters and I were always those nerds who sat in line waiting for the books to be released to the public.

I will say this: I was never inclined to believe that any of the stuff that Harry and his friends did was real or ever could be real. The point of a fantasy book is to take you out of the real world and place you in a fantastic world where fantastic things happen.

This book took a person from the real world and placed them in the fantasy world which I think is what freaked out the people who fear witchcraft. Their children could now imagine that there really was a secret world that coexists with ours in which fantastical things happen. That’s just my guess.

I, personally, even as an eleven year old, never thought I would be able to do any of the things described in the book. Why, one might ask? Because I knew it was fiction.

I think you need to be clear with your children about what is real and what is made-up. I think it is difficult for younger children to separate that kind of thing.

I believe that people think that those who speak out against Harry Potter are ignorant because they tend to have not read the books, therefore they are literally ignorant of what is actually in the books. I feel that it is beyond silly to discourage your children from reading something that you haven’t even glanced at yourself just because of “what you’ve heard” about the books.

I notice that the few people who have expressed opinions against the books have not addressed Ling’s comment earlier about how “These books encourage intelligence, resourcefulness, loyalty, compassion, friendship, altruism, honesty, tolerance, even forgiveness… all fairly Christian values…”

Are those not Christian values? And are those Christian values thoroughly negated just because a child is able to see these values through the eyes of a child who can close a door with the flick of a small piece of wood?

I feel that you can definitely interpret Harry Potter using a lot of Christian allegory and Christian values. Or you can not do that. I think if J.K. Rowling had said it was Christian allegory, the witchcraft haters wouldn’t have said a thing. But because she hasn’t expressed any real opinion about it either way, they are more comfortable just banning it and not giving it another thought, rather than reading it and deciding for themselves whether or not Harry Potter books encourage sacrificing animals or whatever it is witchcraft haters believe.

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It makes me sad that we can’t have peaceful discussions about religion and politics. It’s good that we’re all passionate about our own positions, but I wish we were better able to listen to each other without condemnation. I am often very interested in what other people believe, and why.

@ Heavenbound: I hope you don’t feel that I was attacking you or your beliefs in my posts. I certainly never meant to.

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Maybe obama will give her a medal. if not I’m sure she wont be crying herself to sleep any time soon.

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