[Antoninus]

Harry Potter is cleverly done, but the plot-lines are totally uninspired. And typically of post-modern literature, good an evil are never clearly defined. There's much better stuff out there for Christians.

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[LIConFem]

"There's much better stuff out there for Christians."

Of that I have NO doubt, and if I were looking for something with a Christian message, it certainly wouldn't be Harry Potter. But I have seen one of the movies, and I didn't find it particularly un-Christian (or anti-Christian), or even mildly offensive, for that matter.

[js1138]

Harry Potter is cleverly done, but the plot-lines are totally uninspired.

So are the3 Sherlock Holmes plots, and most of Dickens. Shakespeare is littered with cliches.

Good luck selling your inspired stuff.

[discostu]

Good and evil are very clearly defined in HP. Good is having a desire to help people and protect those less powerful, evil is the desire to control people especially those less powerful. There certainly is better stuff out there for Christians, but that doesn't make HP bad for Christians, sometimes everybody has to relax and entertain themselves.

[SuziQ]

If Emily Snyder is the person I'm thinking of, she used to teach music to my kids at a local Catholic School before we began homeschooling! I'll have to look for this book! She lives a couple of towns over from me.