Harry Potter and Christianity

One thing that I thought I would touch on is this new religion of Harry Potterism. I was at the Airport going to and from Seminary for some classes I have been taking and there were dozens of people carrying around the new Harry Potter book. Not only that, when they see each other many of them converse in a language that is foreign to me and the rest of the folks standing around. And finally they speak about the book, the author and the characters inside as if they were real. Well maybe the author is. :) Now I am all for people reading the latest book if that suits your fancy if that does not cause you to sin. However, some of these folks were self proclaiming Christians. That is a different story. These books that promote sorcery, witchcraft, disobedience, hatred to those in authority, disrespect, indifference, and many other despicable things. I think wisdom would say we as Christians should despise these things. It is important to be apart from the world on such things and not like the world. Worse really are the Christians that use Harry Potter as a "Bible Study" or to lure Non-Believers into their churches with "relevant" sermons that have Harry Potter Movie themes. Harry Potter, its author and the characters are not Christian nor do they represent any Christian values. This should make us think twice about how we allow that to influence our decision to watch or read the book.