Should I read Harry Potter books?

[Francis]

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Yes it does, satan truly is our enemy, and we have been warned by those who face him in exorcisms every day that he works in many ways, and these exorcists tells us that one of the reasons why demonism is on the rise in the world Satan draw us in is for us to think it is not evil.I tend to believe those who are on the front lines,then a few critics here.
Because of Harry Potter books, either Reading, listening, promoting, about hp deals directly with, witchcraft, spells, black magic, wizards etc which is satanic teaching. It is extremely pitiable that few Catholic listen to the Teaching of the Catholic Church on occult, Magic, in this thread, they turn a deaf hear to all the valid source and are totally refuted in the whole thread ,who keep superficial arguing with out basic sound knowledge of the facts,and play with the dark side,by reading hp books which is clearly condemned by the Catholic Church, Popes, and the Bible.Let pray for such people to come to the light.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 3 Life in Christ, Section 2
The Catechism commends those who refuse even to simulate such worship in a cultural contextand states that “the duty to offer God authentic worship concerns man both as an individual and as a social being.”
The Catechism of the Catholic Church notes that this commandment is recalled many times throughout the Bible and quotes passages describing temporal consequences for those who place trust elsewhere than in God:

2111 Superstition is the deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes. It can even affect the worship we offer the true God, e.g., when one attributes an importance in some way magical to certain practices otherwise lawful or necessary. To attribute the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance, apart from the interior dispositions that they demand, is to fall into superstition.

2113 Idolatry not only refers to false pagan worship. It remains a constant temptation to faith. Idolatry consists in divinizing what is not God. Man commits idolatry whenever he honors and reveres a creature in place of God, whether this be gods or demons (for example, satanism), power, pleasure, race, ancestors, the state, money, etc. Jesus says, “You cannot serve God and mammon.”

2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to “unveil” the future.
Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.

Catholic should totally avoid such perverted hp books

 

[Francis]

So did they think forgetting their Ravenclaw shirt:tshirt they where caught cold and was never aware that we are back again, so do hp, who use secret teaching of satan to promote evil in the guise of good. But we are not unaware of his tricks. 1 Peter 5:8 Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in your faith, for you know that your brothers and sisters[e] in all the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one’s service and have a supernatural power over others – even if this were for the sake of restoring their health – are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible.

Spiritism often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation of another’s credulity.

 

[mVitus]

Because of Harry Potter books, either Reading, listening, promoting, about hp deals directly with, witchcraft, spells, black magic, wizards etc which is satanic teaching.

Again, reading Harry Potter, which uses a fantasy magic as a literary device, is no where near the same as practicing magic in our world.

I read Lord of the Rings. Gandalf’s magic hasn’t made me want to do magic. (Side note: Sam rules, Frodo drools.)
I read Chronicles of Narnia. I haven’t searched for a wardrobe.
I read Discworld. Hasn’t made me want to try Headology or enroll in the Unseen University.
I read A Wizard in Rhyme. I’m not belting out poetry and waiting for the results.
I read The Farseer Saga. I’m not trying to Skill out or use The Wit.
I read The Belgariad and The Malloreon. I’ve yet to try using The Word or summon a demon. (Side note: those series are AWESOME.)
I’m reading The Malazan Book of the Fallen. I haven’t tried a ritual to become undead, opening a warren of magic, reading a Deck of Dragons, becoming a god, or (again) summoning a demon.
And while I haven’t read the Harry Potter books,I’ve seen the movies, and I’m not exactly flipping around a wand while speaking Latin-like.

If you’re someone easily tempted to the occult or bad at distinguishing fiction from reality, of course stay away from HP. But the regular person isn’t going to be influenced.

 

[Francis]

Warnings about Harry Potter Family Life

Brooklyn I respect very much these holy priests who have real life experience with demons and appreciate very much their perspective. However, I have to wonder if they have any real life experience with HP. I mean, have they read even bits of the books? Or are they making these assertions based on what they’ve heard (dare I say in evangelical circles…)? Is it possible that maybe because of their real life experiences with demons, they have somewhat knee jerk rash reactions to anything that is…

Reading,hearing,listening does, influence a persons personality,specially when they are children.here you must understand hp deals directly with the subject of occult practices which is dangerous for Catholic of reading these thing.

(name removed by moderator) “More relevant than ever is the judgment expressed by the then Cardinal Ratzinger to the series of critical articles written by the German journalist Gabriele Kuby about Harry Potter: ‘It is good, that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because those are subtle seductions, which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly’”. “Behind Harry Potter hides the signature of the king of the darkness, the devil,” Father Gabriele Amorth, the Pope’s “caster-out of demons”, said.
The books contained many positive references to the satanic art, falsely drawing a distinction between black and white magic, he told the The Vatican has never been a fan of Harry Potter, but its chief exorcist has gone one step further and condemned J. K. Rowling’s fictional boy wizard as downright evil.

CCC says
2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one’s service and have a supernatural power over others – even if this were for the sake of restoring their health – are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible.

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a1.htm

Catholic Church tern it as new age
2.1. What is new about New Age?
Again, this is evidence of a deep desire for a fulfilling and healthy existence for the human race and for the planet. Some of the traditions which flow into New Age are: ancient Egyptian occult practices, Cabbalism, early Christian gnosticism, Sufism, the lore of the Druids, Celtic Christianity, mediaeval alchemy, Renaissance hermeticism, Zen Buddhism, Yoga and so on.(15)

‘Harry Potter and yoga are evil’,For most people it is a way of toning the limbs and soothing the stresses of everyday life, but the Catholic Church’s best-known exorcist says yoga is evil.

“In Harry Potter the Devil acts in a crafty and covert manner, under the guise of extraordinary powers, magic spells and curses,” said the priest, who in 1986 was appointed the chief exorcist for the Diocese of Rome.

what the Bible have to say
Leviticus 19:3131“ ‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 20:66“ ‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.

Any one dealing in hp stuff. There is evil in the world, and the best way for satan to draw us in is for us to think it is not evil. It is very clear what the Catholic teaching is.

 

[mVitus]

It is very clear what the Catholic teaching is.

Reading Deacon Jeff’s posts would definitely show that the answer to whether or not one can read Harry Potter is clear.

 

[Francis]

With all due respect to all who differ,i rather stand by the Catholic Church Teaching in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and by the Word of God,Popes have said Doctor of the Church.

Luke 16:10 “Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.

Sirach 15Do not say, “It was the Lord’s doing that I fell away”; for he does not do what he hates.12 Do not say, “It was he who led me astray”; for he has no need of the sinful.13 The Lord hates all abominations; such things are not loved by those who fear him.14 It was he who created humankind in the beginning, and he left them in the power of their own free choice 15 If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.16 He has placed before you fire and water; stretch out your hand for whichever you choose.17 Before each person are life and death, and whichever one chooses will be given.18 For great is the wisdom of the Lord; he is mighty in power and sees everything;19 his eyes are on those who fear him, and he knows every human action.
20 He has not commanded anyone to be wicked and he has not given anyone permission to sin.
2 Timothy 2:13:13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you men of double mind.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Be′lial? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
“I will live in them and move among them and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.17 Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you,
18 and I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters,says the Lord Almighty.”

 

[Francis]

Its a false news everyone knows it.am not lying nor the official teaching of the Church in the Catechism is laying is facts are very clear in this post .All relevent post is factually and theologically correct since it is from the teaching of the Catholic Church

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ,these are the facts it cannot be refuted by false claims the its lie.

It is the use of seemingly mysterious forces to dominate physical and even psychological reality. The attempt, that is, to exploit the supernatural powers for their own use. With magic we leave the field of rationality and use of the physical forces taught by science. One seeks - and sometimes also finds - a way of taking possession of reality with unknown forces. It can be a scam in many cases, but it may also be that with elements that escape from rationality one can enter into a certain domain of reality.

Both the New and the Old Testament strongly condemn all magical practices, as well as the use of occultism in all its forms. How does this comment from the theological point of view?

Meanwhile, we see the deepest origin of superstitions, magic and occultism to better understand the condemnation towards them. I would say that there are two elements: on the one hand in man, created in the image of God, there is the thirst of the divine. Man can not limit himself to the finite, to the empiric: he will always have the desire to broaden the perspective of his being and enter the divine sphere, to come out of pure physical reality and touch a deeper reality, This desire, in itself innate in man - image of God - is lost because it seems too difficult to really go in search of God, to rise and be elevated by Divine Love and thus arrive at a true encounter of the personal God who created me and loves me. So it happens a bit like in the human world: passing adventures are easier than a deep love, a life. And just as in this human life a faithful love, a true love, which goes to the depths of our being, demands a commitment that is very different from easy adventures, so even spiritual realities require a deep commitment, fidelity, an inner discipline, the humility of setting one’s life in the following of God. Then man seeks the easiest things, an immediate experiment of the depth of being.

We can also say that here there is a fundamental doctrine of the Church, that in man on the one hand we find the nature created by God, on the other also this opposite tendency: the loss and original sin that deviate from its origin and transform in a caricature his innate desire to love God and to enter into union with him. Behold, this second tendency is realized in seeking an easier path, a more immediate contact and above all a way not to submit to love and divine power. . Then man begins to become a ruler of reality by exploiting this alleged possibility of his being. And this seems to me a profound inversion and perversion of the deepest relationship of our being: instead of worshiping God, of submitting to God, the

 

[Francis]

It is the tendency we find in chapter 3 of Genesis: I myself become God and I have divine power and I do not submit myself to reality. “But the snake said to the woman,” You will not die at all! Indeed, God knows that when you ate it, your eyes would open and you would become like God knowing good and evil. Then the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, pleasing to the eye and desirable to acquire wisdom; She took some of her fruit and ate it, then she also gave it to her husband, who was with her, and he too ate it. Then both eyes opened and they realized they were naked; they braided fig leaves and made themselves belts. "(Gen 3,4-7)
St. Paul, in Cyprus, publicly defines the wizard Elimas “son of the devil”. Can we therefore say with certainty that behind the magic and the world of the occult there is always the devil?

Yes. I would say that without the devil, who causes this perversion of creation, this whole world of occultism and magic would not be possible. An element comes into play that goes beyond the realities of reason and recognizable realities with science combined with a sincere reason. An apparently divine element is offered, that is, of the forces that can lend successes, experiences that appear supernatural and often divine. Instead, they are a parody of the divine. Powers, but powers of fall, which in reality are ironies against God.

Yes. This begins in the Old Testament: think of the conflict between Samuel and Saul. It is precisely the characteristic of the revealed religion of God: one does not make use of these practices, which are characteristic of the religions of this earth, and therefore pagan, because they pervert the relationship between God and man. This condemnation continues throughout the history of Revelation and receives its last clarity in the New Testament. It is not - it is clear - a positivism that wants to exclude something of the richness of the being or of the possible experiences, but the truth of God that is opposed to the fundamental lie.

The name of the devil in the Holy Scriptures, “the father of lies”, becomes comprehensible in a new way if we consider all these phenomena, because here we truly find the lie in its total purity.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ,these are the facts it cannot be refuted by false claims the its lie.Catholic parents should avoid reading Harry Potter books, it deals with the occult and which is against the teaching of the Catholic Church

 

[angel12]

To answer the original question:

1. since you know the difference between fact and fiction, you should certainly read them if you want to; but
2. you should never bring it up on CAF again.

 

[Francis]

No,its a fact,am sorry your going by the false news random statements rather than teachings of the Catholic Church and the Word of God

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JK Rowling’s Harry Potter condemned in Vatican newspaper
An article in the Vatican’s official newspaper has condemned JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books for posing a danger to children by promoting witchcraft and the occult.
“The ends justify the means because the knowledgeable, the chosen ones, the intellectuals know how to control the dark powers and turn them into good.

“This a grave and deep lie, because it is the old Gnostic temptation of confusing salvation and truth with a secret knowledge.”

Cardinal-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Man becomes dominator of the world by exploiting what appears to be God and therefore uses power to dominate the world in himself, thus entering into a radical lie. This lie appears at first as an enlargement of power, of experiences, as a beautiful thing: I become God. But ultimately, lying is always a destroying reality. Living in lies means living against reality and therefore living in self-destruction. In this sense we can see two aspects of this prohibition. On the one hand, simply, occult and magical practices are to be excluded because they pervert reality, they are lies in the deepest sense.

The second aspect, the moral one after the ontological one, is that, opposed to the truth, they are destructive and destroy the human being starting from its nucleus.The children of lies

What then are the dangers for those dealing with magic and the occult?

Let’s start also here from the phenomenological. The trap is tense with promising things, with an experience of power, of joy, of satisfaction. But then a person enters a demonic network that soon becomes much stronger than him. It is no longer the landlord man

Let’s say that a person enters to be part of a sect or a magic group. He will become a slave not only of the group, which would already be very serious, since these sects can totally alienate a person. But he will be a slave to the reality behind the group, a truly diabolical reality. And so it goes towards an ever deeper self-destruction, worse than that of drugs.

It seems to me this mixture of a tendency towards the divine and the loss that closes man in himself.

None of the occultists openly declare to operate with the contest of the devil. Indeed, almost all claim to be believers and to do good. They use sacred images, crucified …

Yes. The deep lie then becomes more evident lies. The magician, in his personal orientation, has arrived at the lie. Then, it becomes natural to use all the concrete ways to express and make lies act. Of course, syncretism is one of the fundamental elements of the magical and occult world, which uses religions, and especially of Christian elements, perverting them both to attract people and become credible, and also in the hope of using the hidden power of Christian reality .

 

[Pup7]

Nothing like adding to urban legend.

I suppose Madeline L’Engle and CS Lewis are also problematic?

Since when are all Bachelor of Arts degrees in Mythology? :woman_facepalming:t3:

So much wrong here.

 

[mVitus]

What then are the dangers for those dealing with magic and the occult?

Again. Doing magic and reading fantasy books are very different things. Kind of like the difference between reading Batman and being a drug lord.

 

[lonegreywolf20]

You do know the difference between engaging in magic practice and just reading about magic in a book of literary fiction, right?

 

[Francis]

Not at all,EWTN is one of my favorite one.this is rather rude and uncharitable, please read my above post before commenting ,sure i’ll take your advice. God Bless Philippians 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not irksome to me, and is safe for you. even a hundred times .

(name removed by moderator) called me a lier for differing from his views ,shameful and many other things, i over looked everything he said, because he is a deacon i respect him for that.

for example committing adultery is a sin in all forms ,same way here .occult practice is a sin braking of the first commandments sin hp deals directly with the subject as the book of James 4;4 Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you suppose it is in vain that the scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us”? 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

LumineDiei

you have crossed the line of accusing EWTN

Your falsely accusing me of that ,i no were mentioned in my post about it.

mVitus

You’re misusing the term “prudential judgement”

No not at all ,we have avoid the occasion of sins,to discern CCC 1806 Prudence is the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it; “the prudent man looks where he is going.,Hp is satanic,cause of greater sin

HP deals directly with the subject with occult ,black magic Do you believe the devil is real? He truly is our enemy, and we have been warned by those who face him in exorcisms every day that he works in many ways, and these exorcists tells us that one of the reasons why demonism is on the rise in the world Satan to draw us in is for us to think it is not evil.s because of Harry Potter books evil to the core.I tend to believe those who are on the front lines.

lonegreywolf20 Yes reading ,listing viewing hp books are all black magic, deals directly with the subject few child where possessed,they are satanic. Romans 10;17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ .just the opposite will happen if we read hp books we will lose our faith.

Cruciferi Great Exorcist Fr. Gabriel Amorth condemned Harry Potter. However, that was his personal opinion… yes,but still Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict xvi Both supported him and encouraged him them Exorcism in the Catholic Church received more attention after St John Paul II repeatedly sought to convince sceptics the devil was very much active in the world. During his papacy, the Vatican issued guidelines for driving out devils and stressed the power of evil.The Vatican has formally recognized an international association of exorcists. association was founded by Pauline Fr Gabriele Amorth, an Italian priest renowned for his work in dispelling demons.

 

[Francis]

I have never said that the Church has made an official declaration.please don’'t get me wrong.re-read my post against.with all due respect.God Bless

It kind of funny people here reject and don’t accept the truth, the The Catechism of the Catholic,the Popes statement but ask for official declaration of the Church,or official declaration of the Popes,its a pity why we Catholic give so much liberties and excuses not to obey the same.Lets pray to be faithful.Harry potter deals with directly occult ,reading them listening viewing them affects us in all away
satan blinds us to believe its ok only friction not true its occult satanic 2 Corinthians 4: 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. 4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God. 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

7 But we have this treasure[c] in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.

 

[Francis]

Not at all accusing anyone at all,all are my brother and sisters in Christ.was only mentioning the influence of the evil on on all of us.Please don"'t get me wrong.God Bless

The danger of Harry Potter books has been confirmed by another exorcist, other than Fr. Gabriele Amorth. An American exorcist told us about a young girl he exorcised who was into Harry Potter and Pokemon. He has exorcised many children who have become possessed through involvement in these. A priest told this exorcist that he read Harry Potter and found nothing wrong with it. The exorcist rebuked this ignorant priest, "But you guys don’t do exorcisms!"

The [Australian] Age reported on September 1, 2006:

The Vatican has never been a fan of Harry Potter, but its chief exorcist has gone one step further and condemned J. K. Rowling’s fictional boy wizard as downright evil.

"Behind Harry Potter hides the signature of the king of the darkness, the devil," Father Gabriele Amorth, the Pope’s “caster-out of demons”, said.

The books contained many positive references to the satanic art, falsely drawing a distinction between black and white magic, he told the Daily Mail in London. Father Amorth also said he was convinced that Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler were possessed by the devil.

Last year the Pope, then Cardinal Ratzinger, described Harry Potter as a potentially corrupting influence. The Vatican’s criticism comes as two Australian academics suggest a new generation of spiritual seekers are using popular fiction and medieval myth to add magic and enchantment to their lives. Lynne Hume and Kathleen McPhillips, editors of a new collection of essays on popular spiritualities, said sacred religious texts and scriptures were in many places being superceded by medieval myths, comics and fantasy literature.

J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series had inspired interest in spiritual spin-offs. is satanic.

Pagans had borrowed from the Discworld series peopled by dwarfs, witches and fairies, while young men had shaped their living fantasies on comic-book heroes and Star Wars narratives.Role-playing games of the 1990s such as Ravenloft and Dungeons and Dragons spurred interest in acting out fictional characters and events.

 

[Francis]

Yes i agree with you. Sirach 15:15 If you choose, you can keep the commandments,
and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.Free will you know.God Bless

You’re misusing the term “prudential judgement” here.

No not at all ,we have to avoid the occasion of sins,to discern CCC 1806 Prudence is the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it; “the prudent man looks where he is going.,Hp is satanic,cause of greater sin

CCC says
2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one’s service and have a supernatural power over others – even if this were for the sake of restoring their health – are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible.

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a1.htm

Catholic Church tern it as new age
2.1. What is new about New Age?
Again, this is evidence of a deep desire for a fulfilling and healthy existence for the human race and for the planet. Some of the traditions which flow into New Age are: ancient Egyptian occult practices, Cabbalism, early Christian gnosticism, Sufism, the lore of the Druids, Celtic Christianity, mediaeval alchemy, Renaissance hermeticism, Zen Buddhism, Yoga and so on.(15)

‘Harry Potter and yoga are evil’,For most people it is a way of toning the limbs and soothing the stresses of everyday life, but the Catholic Church’s best-known exorcist says yoga is evil.

“In Harry Potter the Devil acts in a crafty and covert manner, under the guise of extraordinary powers, magic spells and curses,” said the priest, who in 1986 was appointed the chief exorcist for the Diocese of Rome.

what the Bible have to say
Leviticus 20:66“ ‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.Deuteronomy 18:9-12 There shall not be found among you any one who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, any one who practices divination, a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer, 11 or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer. (here even reading,listening,reading portraying all kinds)12 For whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord; and because of these abominable practices the Lord your God is driving them out before you.

Any one dealing in hp stuff. There is evil in the world, and the best way for satan to draw us in is for us to think it is not evil. It is very clear what the Catholic teaching is.

 

[DeniseNY]

If Catholic kids read Harry Potter and leave the faith for some make believe magic, then there is a much bigger problem afoot.

 

[Cruciferi]

Religious debates over the Harry Potter series - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I know for certain that the Late and Great Exorcist Fr. Gabriel Amorth condemned Harry Potter. However, that was his personal opinion…

 

[mVitus]

Yes i agree with you. Sirach 15:15 If you choose, you can keep the commandments,

and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.Free will you know.God Bless

You’re misusing the term “prudential judgement” here. Your statement is, “Sure, you can sin if you want because of free will.” Prudential judgements are when what is being done is not objectively sinful, but can cause be a source of temptation. Example: Drinking alcohol is not objectively a sin, but a recovering alcoholic might make the prudential judgement to stay away from it.