Harry Potter movies? (more than 3 minutes)

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Dr. Jackson, How would going to see the new Harry Potter place [at Epcot Center at Disney World] comparewith seeing sci-fi movies? Sci-fi is fiction, so is Harry Potter. But in Harry Potter, they are going to school to learn to become wizards and witches, which are very real. Should we view Harry Potter as just fiction and go to see it anyway, or should we stay away from it? Thanks, Kay in TN

The following scripture passages are relevant to this question:

the whole chapter of Romans Four

First Corinthians 8 the whole chapter

First Corinthians 10:14-33

Please take each and every one of the verses in the passages, as essential to the whole part. Do take care not to take any of them out of context of the whole. Thank you. I did my best to answer what I considered to be a question totally fraught with grey-area potentials! I would ask reader/viewers to use forebearance and to take what I've said in the spirit in which I've said it. Amen. And thank you. DrJ

That all being said, now I will give some of my personal opinion. I personally would not set foot into that Harry Potter exhibit at Epcot Center. I personally would not read the books -- it would require far more "getting into it" than I would feel comfortable with doing. (If I were ministering to kids who have just come out of the occult, as the ministry given to me from God, then perhaps I would feel differently about reading the books.) Again -- personally -- I would advise others to draw at the very least -- these same two lines for themselves that I have drawn here, and most certainly adhere to them for their children. As for the movies or discussing them, I do have my own opinions, but do not feel that I can muster the Scriptures necessary to enforce these opinions to others. I do tell young audiences that in the Harry Potter stories, the kids think they have all this power ... but in the Christian life "all this Power has us." So, I have found a way to use this for general public audiences to see one of the contrasts between the supernatural life of Wiccans versus the supernatural life of Christians. I can also assure readers that there is no such thing as White Witches ... whether they call themselves that or not ... it's all Dark. Amen. And if you know anything about recent career twists of the young actor Daniel Radcliffe who played Harry, you'll see where it has led him -- pretty much to insanity, not unlike Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, and Johnny Depp ... but then, that may be just my opinion again.

I have, however, read parts of "The Gospel of Judas." Many college students to whom I must minister have done so -- I need to know what that fool thing says (and it is laughably and stupidly and easily marked as anti-Biblical anti-truths). But -- I never did read "The DaVinci Code," but did read the forward where the author pointedly states that it is a work of fiction.

Below is the Points of Origins post, to which Kay was referring. I still think that Carl Wieland's review of the Avatar movie was extremely well-balanced, both condemning where the message was counter to Biblical Worldview thinking, and noting where there could be parallels to the Biblical mindset.

POINTS OF ORIGINS with Dr. Jackson Creation Truth Foundation www.CreationTruth. com
Is it okay for a Christian to like sci-fi movies—even though they usually favor evolution?I had one student ask me, "Dr. Jackson, how come you liked X-Men, since the theme is mutation and evolution?" My answer—"Everybody knows these films are science fiction. And that's the only best use I can think of for evolution—fiction!"
The link below is a just-excellent Christian review of the recent hit movie Avatar. It congratulates the movie-makers for their great special effects and storytelling ability—even pointing out some Biblical parallels in the storyline. But it also gives a very detailed description of all of the gobs Biblical Worldview pitfalls of this and many other media products. I got a lot out of reading the review—I hope you will, too. DrJ http://creation. com/avatar- movie-review