Motive, Morality, The Bible and Harry Potter

Okay, so it has been a while since I blogged. My apologies to you all. It has been a very busy couple of months.

So I was surfing the Internet during my lunch break today and came across this

Now this is kind of, very loosely good. It’s great to see that Harry Potter has shown people some kind of moral light into what is wrong with the world.

There is however a problem. Well several problems in fact… (or opinion). Harry Potter is a great collection of books. I have read the first two and I have seen all the films. I think they are great. So there is nothing wrong directly with the books or films. The problem is is that we have had the Bible for centuries and it has been giving us instruction on how to live properly and rightly in accordance with what God (our Creator) wants. So the problem I am having with this particular group mentioned in this article is that they are getting their reason and direction for making good choices from a fiction novel.

Seriously, what is going on? Am I the only one that is completely outraged that this group is making their motive a fictitious wizard. He is not some kind of endless source of wisdom. This group is trying to find satisfaction and reason to making good choices in a lie. You cannot bring fiction into the real world. Fiction belongs in imagination and you definitely cannot raise a fictitious character up to the massively untouchable place of our Heavenly Father. No one has the right or the power to do that.

Another thing; how can people find more reason for morality in a fictitious book when they have truth staring them in the face. When they have a perfect factual account of history to tell them “Hey wait a second, that’s not right. You should do this.”

Politicians are Dumbledore. They try to make moral choices and make the world a better place. They try to help. But they fail. All men fail. We are cursed by sin and have only one way out. To follow Jesus. To be obedient to Jesus. To know that Jesus died and because of His death and coming back to life, death has been defeated and our sins forgiven and we have the chance, the massive epic chance to be with God. To be back where we were meant to be from the beginning. With GOD!!!

When are people going to realise that there is nothing satisfying except for Jesus. The absolute clarity that the Bible gives us to the problems of the world and the ultimate solution. It is so clear and true. It is so helpful and comforting and all-satisfying. Why do people keep trying to reach for the stars or find some truth in the latest craze or conjure up imagination to try to validate existence when the truth is known and believed by millions of people around the world?

I have just come to the decision that in the next few blog entries I will be doing a History of the Bible. I will look at multiple sources to find out how exactly we got the Bible so that people can see how it all fits together and is truth.

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