Comments on: CS#12: Nancy Brown Talks About Catholic Family Guide To Harry Potter

By: Nancy Brown

Nancy Brown — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:17:43 +0000

Thank you for your honest assessment of my book. I am sorry that I have not used logic and that I glossed over the “Big” issues.

Each family must decide for themselves.

…

I’m thinking.

What part of that isn’t logical?

By: Lisa Nowc

Lisa Nowc — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:45:22 +0000

Nancy Brown book is full of logic that defeats itself. Just because she once hated Harry Potter and now loves them does not equate to the books being Okay for children. I have read all 7 books and there are a lot of disturbing elements in the book. I have read her illogical book. She glosses over the Big issues.

By: Chris Neill

Chris Neill — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:16:23 +0000

It is A novel, I truly believe these books to be a healthy read for children. It is make believe and kids need to be able to read well written books and realize it is fiction, however it helps them to develop. Children have to have a fiction world and develop their brain
in many ways. Frankly, I much rather have my child read Harry Potter
than play these awful video games.

By: Annamarie Landolt

Annamarie Landolt — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:05:19 +0000

No one agues the point that The Harry Potter stories are bad. What is bad, we were told by a Catholic Priest, is that the author used real spells and cantatations from devil worship matreial in her books copied word for word. When you have theses items in your home and read them you are opening doors to evil, the devil, even if a crack is opened would you chance it. Any Knowledge to this as true or not?

By: Sally MacDonald

Sally MacDonald — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:12:56 +0000

I believe Mrs. Brown’s books say pretty much the same thing that Griffin says above. But if anyone has any questions about Harry Potter, they should read her book, it’s very good.

By: Kathleen Griffin

Kathleen Griffin — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:31:04 +0000

Should Catholic children read Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, the Chronicles of Narnia or the Lord of the Rings? All of these contain magic, witches, wizards, and other fantasy elements! It is quite hare-brained to fixate on the Harry Potter novels. Instead, consider that they are set in an alternate universe where Sir Isaac Newton’s pursuit of alchemy and magic, as well as the Laws of Gravity, make as much sense as they did to him! There is no devil worship, no satanism, and the books are exceptionally moral. In each book Harry and his friends grow as moral beings, who must make difficult choices. Only by intelligence, affection, loyalty, honesty, and fidelity can they survive. Harry must become the leader of a small community of young people forced beyond their age and abilities by great demands affecting their whole world. Instead of the self-centered immoral language and behavior children are constantly exposed to from ordinary TV, radio, & recorded “performances” of rap & hip-hop, here there is real language, debate, description. People strive to learn and grow, and to help and protect friends and family. So … what is wrong with a story about virtuous behavior???