Church Exorcist and Pro Life Priest Warns Against Harry Potter

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Like I wrote, a simple computer search of what is “out there” with Harry Potter’s name attached to it.

Harry Potter for Seekers:

harrypotterforseekers.com/articles/tarot.php

harrypotterforseekers.com/seekers.php?PHPSESSID=d6136b43d9912af5d948e24e51e969d9

"Seekers’ Page

The Seekers’ Page is designed to provide background information for understanding the philosophy that we believe is behind Harry Potter. This philosophy is universal and timeless. Here you will find books and links on subjects such as alchemy, psychology, and various religious and spiritual ideas and systems."

harrypotterforseekers.com/books/jesusmysteries.php

"The Jesus Mysteries by Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy

•What if there were absolutely no evidence for the existence of a historical Jesus?
•For thousands of years Pagans had also followed a Son of God?
•This Pagan saviour was also born of a virgin on the twenty-fifth of December before three shepherds, turned water into wine at a wedding, died and was resurrected, and offered his body and blood as a Holy Communion?
•These Pagan myths had been rewritten as the gospel of Jesus Christ?
•The earliest Gnostic Christians knew that the Jesus story was a myth?
•Christianity turned out to be a continuation of Paganism by another name?"

"The Jesus Mysteries by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy:

Freke and Gandy explain in great detail and with amazing sources how Gnosticism and the Jesus myth are aspects of a Mystery tradition that has been with us for much longer. Whether you believe in an historical Jesus or not, this one is utterly essential.

This book will have WAY more of an effect on your conceptions about Jesus than the Da Vinci Code ever could."
 
Oh, and by the way, did you know that Wiccans will be telling your child that the Catholic Church killed MILLIONS of their beloved witches?
 
Barbkw said:
Like I wrote, a simple computer search of what is “out there” with Harry Potter’s name attached to it.

Harry Potter for Seekers:

harrypotterforseekers.com/articles/tarot.php

harrypotterforseekers.com/seekers.php?PHPSESSID=d6136b43d9912af5d948e24e51e969d9

"Seekers’ Page

The Seekers’ Page is designed to provide background information for understanding the philosophy that we believe is behind Harry Potter. This philosophy is universal and timeless. Here you will find books and links on subjects such as alchemy, psychology, and various religious and spiritual ideas and systems."

harrypotterforseekers.com/books/jesusmysteries.php

"The Jesus Mysteries
by Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy

•What if there were absolutely no evidence for the existence of a historical Jesus?
•For thousands of years Pagans had also followed a Son of God?
•This Pagan saviour was also born of a virgin on the twenty-fifth of December before three shepherds, turned water into wine at a wedding, died and was resurrected, and offered his body and blood as a Holy Communion?
•These Pagan myths had been rewritten as the gospel of Jesus Christ?
•The earliest Gnostic Christians knew that the Jesus story was a myth?
•Christianity turned out to be a continuation of Paganism by another name?

The Jesus Mysteries by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy:

Freke and Gandy explain in great detail and with amazing sources how Gnosticism and the Jesus myth are aspects of a Mystery tradition that has been with us for much longer. Whether you believe in an historical Jesus or not, this one is utterly essential.

This book will have WAY more of an effect on your conceptions about Jesus than the Da Vinci Code ever could."
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These are people who are just cashing in with their own pet ideas. They have nothing to do with the books themselves.
 
rapunzel77 said:
These are people who are just cashing in with their own pet ideas. They have nothing to do with the books themselves.
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And you think teens will want to (or) be able to discern that.

Have you ever spoken with a Wiccan?
 
Barbkw said:
And you think teens will be want to (or) be able to discern that.

Have you ever spoken with a Wiccan?
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The claims in The Jesus Mysteries seem outrageously … how do I put this charitably … stupid.

Wiccans are into their own thing. I know for certain that none have ever bothered me or challenged my faith.
 
Barbkw said:
And you think teens will want to (or) be able to discern that.

Have you ever spoken with a Wiccan?
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Yes, I have. I have worked with several of them and none of them have said that Harry Potter depicts their actual beliefs and practices. Also, there is a member of CAF who is wiccan too. He/she has said the same exact thing.
 
Barbkw said:
Oh, and by the way, did you know that Wiccans will be telling your child that the Catholic Church killed MILLIONS of their beloved witches?
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And my children, who will have read the books if they want and are of the appropriate age, will certainly know that people have killed Wiccans (I wont cite a specific number because I lack proper support) for being heretics and pagans, but these are real life beings, not fictional school children with magical abilities in a young adult book series. By forcing a connection between Harry Potter and Wiccan, people are creating all of this controversy, which is precisely what the Bishop preached against.

Also, I would tell them that if approached by a Wiccan, to pray that they will ‘abandon their heretical ways and embrace the Bride of Christ.’, and I will do the same.
 
Barbkw said:
Well of course, all of this is ridiculous. But apparently great fun for children, teens and young adults.

google.com/search?q=wiccan+priestess+harry+potter&rlz=1I7ADBR_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7

ehow.com/about_4679396_wicca-high-priestesses.html
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Truthfully, I have no idea how the ehow article is related to this. It talks about Wiccan High Priestesses, which do not appear at all in the Harry Potter books and have yet to come up in this thread. I must question what its purpose is.

Furthermore, when you search for something like that, you are going to get obvious results because of common words like ‘wizards’ ‘witch’ and ‘magic’. And it may be that teenagers who proclaim themselves Wiccan (which, I’m sorry to say, could just as easily be a fad) may like Harry Potter, but that doesn’t mean it was part of their ‘decision’, thus making the search invalid.

How about searching for “Harry Potter” on Google. I wonder how many pages it will take from that search to find “Wiccan” come up. Or the reverse. If you search “Wiccan”, how long before it cross-references Harry Potter?
 
Wiccan and Harry Potter come up together because they both practice Magick.
 
Barbkw said:
Well of course, all of this is ridiculous. But apparently great fun for children, teens and young adults.

google.com/search?q=wiccan+priestess+harry+potter&rlz=1I7ADBR_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7

ehow.com/about_4679396_wicca-high-priestesses.html
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You still haven’t shown any concrete evidence. What you have shown is that wiccans like Harry Potter, pseudo-theorists like Harry Potter, etc. There isn’t any real evidence in the actual books to support your claims. Sure, there will be similarities between British folklore, Harry Potter, and Wicca since it draws often from the same sources ie. mythology, history, folklore, herbs, etc. Its from the same common European tradition. We have some of the same traditions, etc so they will overlap. That doesn’t mean that Harry Potter will lead to the occult. A teenager can probably discern properly if he/she has actually been taught the Faith. You do realize that as a result of the Faith not being taught like it should have been these past couple of decades that people are more susceptible to going into the occult and one of the reasons why is because they are drawn to the mystical and the supernatural. All of that has been drummed out of them since to them Christianity is either warm, fuzzy I’m ok you’re ok or it is very judgmental, over reactionary and sometimes cruel. These are the views of Christianity that they get. So, they look else where. Wicca, the occult, etc is seen as a place for the misfits and those that don’t belong. Its about rebellion.

If people actually knew their Faith, they wouldn’t be threatened by a fantasy series that draws from the same, common Western tradition as other fairy tales, CS Lewis, Tolkien, Shakespeare, etc. If our children were actually taught the Faith, they wouldn’t be drawn to the occult by reading Harry Potter books. IF someone does get drawn to the occult then that is their responsibility and they would have done it anyway with or without Harry Potter.
 
Rascalking said:
By screaming about innocent things like Harry Potter, it makes it much harder to take you seriously about things that are truly dreadful.

If only people where more secure in their faith…

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Indeed. I hear and read about Christians worrying about a one-world government and lack the self-awareness to recognize the cruel way they treat others.
 
Barbkw said:
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Barb, please take a minute and think about this. When you only post links, and provide no support for what they say or explain why they are important to this thread in supporting your arguments or refuting yours, you are weakening your argument. This stuff appears to be purely meant to draw connections that aren’t there.

The irony is that, if you only read the books, you would see that Harry Potter has NOTHING to do with Wiccans, and I’m sure Wiccans are reeling as well when people try to make that comparison. Even though I believe they are wrong, having people mistakenly associate your belief system with a form of entertainment has got to sting. And as a Catholic, when you keep insinuating that all things Harry Potter are Wiccan, you are implying that you believe any Catholic who reads these books to be ‘dabbling in the Occult’, and therefore committing a grave sin. Is that what you actually believe?
 
Bruised_Reed said:
Indeed. I hear and read about Christians worrying about a one-world government and lack the self-awareness to recognize the cruel way they treat others.
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I do too. It gives Christians a bad name. Nothing is worse for my Church then people who act like jerks, babble on about “Harry Potter”-or worse.
 
Barbkw said:
Wiccan and Harry Potter come up together because they both practice Magick.
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Where, Barb? Where? Just include a link to a Google search page with the words “Harry Potter” and show the first instance of Wiccan. Or search for “Wiccan” and show the first instance of “Harry Potter”.

Just because they show up together doesn’t mean they are the same. I could do a search for God and the Devil, and they would appear in a search together.

Let’s put it in terms of something all Catholics must face. If I were to search for “pedophilia” and “priesthood”, there would be obviously be connections on Google. This does not mean that every priest is a pedophile, and it certainly doesn’t mean that every pedophile is a priest.

There may be Wiccans who like Harry Potter, but Harry Potter does not make one a Wiccan. A google search combining the two of those does nothing to prove or refute a point.
 
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