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I used to LOVE LOVE LOVE HP and Twilight but I stopped reading it because of the magic, witchcraft, etc...In a way it desensitized me to many supernatural things that are not of Christ. Desensitization can happen with any media or anything that is being fed to you constantly. Personally I believe that it is not something God would want us to expose ourselves to BUUUUTT if you arent convicted by Jesus then theres no reason to stop reading it. God=LOVE and if we dont do things, stop doing thing, etc ONLY OUT OF LOVE FOR CHRIST then theres no reason not to read it. This is not to offend anyone who watches or reads HP or Twilight (note: I read all 7 HP and read 3 Twilight books and I know that it doesnt teach you spells nor does it make you want a vampire to come and bite you so you can marry edward lol) but I think that when it goes again what God teaches it begins to impact the way we view Christ.
But again, When you ask is it okay...Then theres no yes or no. Its okay until God tells you its not. God is the ONLY person who determines whats right or wrong. Pray about it, read the scripture, and God will speak to you through that.
-MJ
But again, When you ask is it okay...Then theres no yes or no. Its okay until God tells you its not. God is the ONLY person who determines whats right or wrong. Pray about it, read the scripture, and God will speak to you through that.
-MJ
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*rolls eyes* you'll find more demons creeping around in religious or hypocritical Christians than you will in Harry Potter and Twilight. Not that I like either of them, cause there a bit teeny for me, but I do like Buffy and True Blood lol So unless God has told you not to watch/read them I wouldn’t worry about what anybody else thinks.
J
I read Twilight and i didn't see any magic/witchcraft unless you cound the vampires abbilities but then i've read christian books where people have abbbilities like that. Harry Potter i have never read nor am i inclined to beccause that deffinitly does have witchcraft... But like others said, it depends how strong you are in the faith and you keeping in mind that this is fictional and not doing they things they did in the book.
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord -- Deuteronomy 18:10-12
Would you want to entertain yourself with something "detestable" to God? You need to answer that for yourself.
Would you want to entertain yourself with something "detestable" to God? You need to answer that for yourself.
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It's ok to read and enjoy those books, they are only stories thought up by creative authors with a God given talent for writing. As long as you treat them as such there's no problem. Tolkien was a devoted Christian yet his books contain magic and Wizards and he also loved mythology but it never got in the way of his Christian beliefs, infact it enhanced them. However if you find that these books get in your way of loving Jesus then you should give them up or limit how much you read them because then you do have a problem because your love of God must come first in everything.
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A friend of mine has a strong conviction not to read or watch these kinds of books/movies......BUT I feel completely fine about it. I am not convicted at all to not read the books or watch the movies. I think it just depends on what God knows is good for you. Listen to Him. Are you convicted or not. Different people react differently to these kinds of things.
Like maybe if you were drawn to magic after reading them, it would be good for you to stay away from that sort of thing. But I would consider myself a strong Christian and I love the Twilight and Harry Potter books.
Like maybe if you were drawn to magic after reading them, it would be good for you to stay away from that sort of thing. But I would consider myself a strong Christian and I love the Twilight and Harry Potter books.
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I like to think of things this way, 'if you have to ask whether or not its wrong, chances are, it is.' God makes thing clear for us, black and white, good or bad, there is no gray area. If you have to question, that means it is completely right, so therefore, partially wrong, categorizing it in the, "gray", which isn't acceptable to God, because as He says in the Bible, when we are gray, or 'lukewarm', He wants to spit us out of His mouth.
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In my personal opinion I honestly believe it depends on the person.....I mean to me I don't have problem watching these things.....I knw what I believe in and that I believe in God and God only and nothing will change that, not a movie, person or anything for that matter.....cause this right here watching movies tht ppl claim to be '' santanic'' are not always the case I really believe it depends on whos watching them and how wrapped up one can really get in those movies....like I do think in somewut way that the Harry Potter Movies can be bad but like I said it really depends on who it is,is watching the movie...F.E.(For example)My nephew is 4 yrs old and he's watched Harry Potter before and he says he doesn't like it so as soon as he sees it on he's like ''can you change it i don't like this movie''...so see I really just think it depends on the person .....and thats just my personal opinion so I'm srry to anyone if i affended you in anyway.....