If You Want to Ban Harry Potter, What Do You Do with Everything Else?
Many Christians and some schools have joined the band wagon on banning the Harry Potter books, thinking they will badly influence children. Take a look at what they are not looking at.
I know personally as a child I used to love watching Disney movies. They were funny and usually had some kind of lesson to learn from the story. As I grew older I began to notice different things in Disney movies that I didn’t notice before. Ever see Aladdin? Ever notice the voice mixed in the background noise during a part of the flick that says, “good teenagers, take off your clothes.” How about The Lion King? Ever notice that when the grown up Simba flops himself down on a bunch of flowers that the petals spread and spell out the word, SEX? Let’s go to The Little Mermaid. Imagine your child walking up to you holding the movie case and saying, “Can I please watch this mommy/daddy? Please.” You take the case and before you take the movie out you notice the gigantic penis in the middle of the center tower of the castle. Does it make you feel a little funny letting your child watch this? The list goes on and on and if you think I am making it up, look it up for yourself. That’s the beauty and power of the internet. However I didn’t have to look it up, these things are real and I saw with my own two eyes. With all these things going on in Disney movies, I have never heard of an uproar to ban Disney from movie theatres or stores. Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to give Disney a bad name. They were just the best comparison to get the point across.
Now I ask you, is it right to ban books of imagination that do not promote witchcraft and keep letting our children watch movies targeted for their age group that promote sexual activity? It sounds to me like a lot of people have their priorities messed up.
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Post CommentYovita Siswati
On December 11, 2008 at 12:07 am
I agree with you. I feel disagreement with those Disney’s princess character which I think is very un-feminine as their goal in life is only to be married by a prince. Harry Potter is a good book full of imagination
Adam Henry Sears
On December 11, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Hi Matthew, how are you?
I agree totally with your piece. It is sad to see that supposed Christians label the Harry Potter series as a bad influence, when, if they had done their research, they would see the reality: that children are more concerned about taking on Harry’s good qualities than about witchcraft: honor, bravery, loyalty, courage in the face of insurmountable odds, and the most important here, forgiveness! Not to mention the fact that the Harry Potter series is about the fight between good and evil. This is one of those times when I’m ashamed to have associated myself with such close-minded people. If Jesus were around these days, his main concern would not be banning Harry Potter from inspiring children to become better people. He’d be showing the world how to really live.
Thanks for sharing
Matthew Horner
On December 11, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Hello back Adam. I am fine, and you?
Thank you dearly for your comment. It is nice to see that there are still people in this world who look at the entire picture instead of just the background.