Both Christianity and
Harry Potter have a crucial thing in common. This is the belief in and
acceptance of the supernatural. The supernatural is something that connects to
a higher power. In the case of Christianity, supernatural phenomena are
explained by the power of God. In Harry Potter these phenomena are viewed as
power given to witches and wizards in the wizarding world. The power of God and
the power given to witches and wizards aren’t so different. In both cases,
there is a division between the supernatural and the normal world. There is a
clear difference between heaven and Earth, just like there is a clear
difference between the muggle world and the wizarding world. This division is
important to this discussion. It is pretty clear to the readers of the Harry
Potter series that the muggle world, which has no magic, and the world we live
in on Earth are the same and that there is no way a muggle can become a witch
or wizard. With this being said, readers of Harry Potter are not encouraged to
think that they can perform magic in any way. Children make the distinction and
really take the books for the fiction that it is. Now, kids will be kids and
play imaginative games. But we don’t expect our young children playing house
with mom, dad, and baby is going to lead them to go get pregnant do we…?
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