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Entertainment at any cost?
by Caryl Matrisciana

"[Harry] Potter fans have repeatedly told me this is all just harmless fun � it's children exercising their imaginations in a fantasy world. But at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I have to ask: Why are we allowing our children to be entertained by depictions of the very real world of witchcraft?"
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25264

Some Thoughts on the Harry Potter Series
by Michael D. O'Brien
Librarians around the English-speaking world have noted that due to the unprecedented marketing pressure and media attention surrounding these books, and the resulting fascination young readers have for them, a spin-off phenomenon is occurring. Among the young, an interest in witchcraft, sorcery, and allied occult activity is growing at an astonishing rate. Some libraries now put their occult section beside the Potter books, to make access easier for young readers. Thus, millions of children, including large numbers of Catholic children, are getting involved in spiritually and psychologically dangerous activity. Harry Potter provided the role model.
http://www.familylifecenter.net/html/harrypotter-michaelobrien.html

Harry Potter, Sorcery and Fantasy
by Marcia Montenegro

Any popular children�s book set in an occult environment offering a hero who practices the occult arts warrants careful examination and a Biblical response. Occult sources are used for this article to make the point that occultism is real and is part of a serious practice, philosophy and spirituality that is opposed to historic, Biblical Christianity.
http://www.theharrypottervideo.com/articles/article02.html

Harry Potter Lures Kids to Witchcraft
by Berit Kjos
We are not trying to ban or censor Harry Potter books. Our aim is to answer questions from concerned parents and help them understand the threats to their children's faith from a Biblical perspective.
See Kjos Ministries website: http://www.crossroad.to/