> > However, this is no worse than "The Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe." Where the children go from the "Real world" into a fantasy one...
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> ...in which there are witches, wizards, and all manner of mythical creatures... yet I've never heard any spiritual leaders condemning C.S. Lewis either.
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> Perhaps it is because in Narnia, the characters that practice the arts of sorcery and witchcraft are always portrayed as the bad guys and are always defeated by the protagonists in the end. While in Harry Potter, the main character and protagonist is himself a wizard and uses his craft to beat the bad guys, whoever they may be.

Except that the good guys in the series often use magical items as well. And remember the magician/wizard/whatever in the building in VotDT? Not one of the bad guys, I understand.

Hmm. Is the magician in TMN good or bad?

I'm not condemning the Narnia series, but people should check the books they accept against their purported objections.

> Grishny

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