Comments on: Harry Potter: Ultimate truth through myth and symbolism http://mythoughtworld.com/343/harry-potter-ultimate-truth-through-myth-and-symbolism/ All Things Relevant To Your World Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:12:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ray Robinson http://mythoughtworld.com/343/harry-potter-ultimate-truth-through-myth-and-symbolism/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Ray Robinson Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:13:57 +0000 http://mythoughtworld.com/343/harry-potter-ultimate-truth-through-myth-and-symbolism/#comment-563 <p>Christianity is alive and well in the Potter universe, if the reader is paying attention. The final book in the series is rife with examples.</p> <p>Dumbledore's mother and sister's tombstone has an excerpt of a verse from Matthew 6:21 which says "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."</p> <p>A portion of 1 Corinthians 15:26, which was the same verse that was on Harry's parents' tombstone: "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."</p> <p>I won't spoil the storyline for those that haven't read it, but the fate of Harry himself greatly resembles that of Jesus Christ if one cares to look hard enough to see it. I daresay many people can do so for Aslan in "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" - why not a 17-year old boy?</p> <p>As Chad probably remembers from an editorial I wrote last year, Harry Potter offers an excellent opportunity to study verses with your children. Read a chapter, and find a passage in the Bible that supports or denounces the actions of the story's hero. Kids will love to participate, be actively thinking about their Lord, and you're being a quality Christian parent to your child.</p> Christianity is alive and well in the Potter universe, if the reader is paying attention. The final book in the series is rife with examples.

Dumbledore’s mother and sister’s tombstone has an excerpt of a verse from Matthew 6:21 which says “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

A portion of 1 Corinthians 15:26, which was the same verse that was on Harry’s parents’ tombstone: “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”

I won’t spoil the storyline for those that haven’t read it, but the fate of Harry himself greatly resembles that of Jesus Christ if one cares to look hard enough to see it. I daresay many people can do so for Aslan in “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” – why not a 17-year old boy?

As Chad probably remembers from an editorial I wrote last year, Harry Potter offers an excellent opportunity to study verses with your children. Read a chapter, and find a passage in the Bible that supports or denounces the actions of the story’s hero. Kids will love to participate, be actively thinking about their Lord, and you’re being a quality Christian parent to your child.

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