The release of the Harry Potter film sustained a craze produced by J.K. Rowling's novel, Harry Potter. Within this craze developed two separate extremist groups founded in the Christian community on whether or not Harry Potter is a negative and unholy influence on the juvenile audience it was targeted to. The first group condemns Harry Potter for being a pagan attack against their children, while the other sees Harry Potter as not only non-threatening but also a source of Christian virtue. The problem with both is that neither addresses the situation with a solution that looks at all of the aspects and concerns surrounding the problem. By digesting both sides of the argument a middle-line can be drawn between them that becomes a more sensible solution to the debate about the value of Harry Potter in children's lives.

Many parents are able to simply enjoy the fact that their children are reading and getting involved with a literary work, however many other parents are quick to scorn the popularity of the Potter craze and find the works to be an unholy and pagan attack on their youth. Upon this development of concern other Christian voices were raised claimin

However a more liberal view of the situation allows for discretion on whether or not Potter breaks any Christian guidelines on sorcery and magic. By comparing Potter's magic and fantasy to previous tales directed at a juvenile audience, such as Beauty and the Beast, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Cinderella, Aesop's Fables, and C.S. Lewis's The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe, Christians are able to claim that the magic in Potter is used to teach moral lessons as it was in the other works. Strengthening this argument is the storyline of Potter itself that shows sacrifice, friendship and the pursuit of good over evil will prevail. By looking at the sorcery in Potter in this manner it is easy to see that the magic as harmless and not necessarily the same magic that the Bible warns against.

"Is Harry Potter an Evil influence?", Barry M. Smith, http://www.christianity.com/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID23682|CHID125043|CIID1223480,00.html

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