Thursday, September 13, 2001

Teaching Young Catholics via Harry Potter

Since the Roman Catholic Church seeks to use anything but the BIBLE in it's teaching, we should not be surprised by the Sept. 5 'Catholic News Service' article entitled, "N.Y. parish teaches gospel with the help of Harry Potter."

The article begins by saying, "Young wizards and witches came together at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Baldwinsville (New York) not for lessons in the dark arts, but lessons in the sacraments, creation, prayer, and social justice with the help of Harry Potter." This church is using Harry Potter books in their religious education program!

An example of what the Harry Potter books are all about can be found in a quote from 'Book 4' of the series. It says, "'I'm okay,' said Harry. It was sort of true; he was nervous, but kept running over all the hexes and spells he had been practicing in his mind as they walked, and the knowledge that he could remember them all made him feel better."

Well........so the young children at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish are being taught that remembering hexes and spells will make them feel better! What kind of a clergy would put this type of sorcery before young children? Answer - the Roman clergy. God abhors the techniques of the "dark arts," and does not need the help of a magic character to teach the gospel.

Wizards and witches, hexes and spells! Is this just some isolated Catholic doing? The Roman Church may be testing the waters here to see if their people will tolerate the blatant teaching of black magic. How do I know this has the approval of the Roman bishops?

1. Many Roman diocesan websites are linked to the 'Catholic News Service'.

2. The 'Catholic News Service' address is 3211 4th St. NE, Washington, DC, 20017. AND, the address for the national headquarters of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is 3211 4th St. NE, Washington, DC, 20017.

The BIBLE says in Deuteronomy 18:10-12, "THERE SHALL NOT BE FOUND AMONG YOU ANY ONE...THAT USETH DIVINATION, OR AN OBSERVER OF TIMES, OR AN ENCHANTER, OR A WITCH, OR A CHARMER, OR A CONSULTOR WITH FAMILIAR SPIRITS, OR A WIZARD, OR A NECROMANCER. FOR ALL THAT DO THESE THINGS ARE AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD..."

God has not changed His mind about wizards, witches, and necromancy, which is the contacting of the dead. By the way, the Catholic practice of "praying to the saints" is actually the sin of necromancy.

As I said earlier, we should not be surprised by this, because the whole Roman Church is built on the witchcraft of the mass - where a priest says the magic words, and "Viola!" The God of the universe takes the form of a wafer, and then people eat Him!

Sorcery has been around for a long time, from Simon the sorcerer in Acts 8 to your local Roman priest down the street today. As the Jesuits are fond of saying, "I hope this clears up any misunderstanding," as to what the Catholic Church teaches.

May the Lord protect those children being exposed to Harry Potter witchcraft. May the Lord also convict many Catholics of the sin of trusting in a church hierarchy that would push such wickedness upon the young, may they repent and forsake Romanism, and receive Christ by faith ALONE.