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@jared-williams

If I am understanding your question, yes I think so.

Okay, I’m glad to hear it (it seems pretty obvious to me that gods and demons etc.. are not things the bible is okay with us reading, but many Christians claim Sanderson’s Mistborn and Stormlight are fine, despite the fact that Mistborn is full of gods, and Stormlight literally has a god of hate who resurrects one of the main characters–at least I think he does–and serves as a central villain–very anti biblical, especially Stormlight’s example)

I’ll just make a couple quick comments.

I see no grounds for why Harry Potter’s powers being inborn changes anything much at all (their still at wizard school, dabbling in witchcraft and black art, there is no getting around that). But, for the sake of your argument, let me pretend for a moment that I do see grounds for that reasoning. Even holding that position, I would still not touch Harry Potter for the simple fact that Christians are not supposed to get as close to the proverbial line as possible (like readying Harry Potter), they’re suppose to flee it. Many young people ask questions about just how touchy or intimate (alone together, intimate dancing) they can before marriage. Those are the wrong questions. Instead, one should be eschewing the line altogether–same with magic. Yes, there is gray area, but Harry Potter, and god filled stuff like Stormlight and Riordan’s books, are at the least getting close to that line (wrong mindset), and in my opinion, well past the line. The mindset of seeing how close to the line one can get is flawed in itself.

Also, as I’ve told many people before regarding definitions, even if some people use the word magic differently today, the majority of the time it still means what it meant in bible and medieval times–sinful witchcraft and the harnessing of power not bestowed by God. As a side note, inborn abilities that allow one to harness power from a supernatural realm is a very different thing than God directly bestowing it.

As for Narnia, I personally am not a huge fan of the books. Some of them I think are okay for the most part (far better than H Potter), but the first one in the series, for instance, is a big no.

Oh, and I feel ya when it comes to all that racism stuff. The world is a mess right now–not that it hasn’t always been. xD

Again, I wanted to thank you for the graciousness of how you handled this conversation/debate. And for putting up with my long rant…

Thanks, I appreciate your attitude as well.