Reddit mentions of Looking for God in Harry Potter

There’s a HP version too
https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Harry-Potter-John-Granger/dp/1414300913/ref=nodl_

The problem is the people that are complaining about them have never read the books. My mother was very against them and I had to fight to be able to the movies with my drama classmates. My parents believed some popular religious figures that said the magic was similar to Wiccans and was therefore evil.

After reading the books for myself, I realized that the magic in Harry Potter really wasn't any different than the magic in Narnia or Lord of the Rings, books that are praised in religious circles. It's really just a vehicle to tell a story of a young boy's triumph over evil. My mother had also heard that the true allegiance of one character (I'm assuming Snape) was constantly changing, and therefore that made the books terrible as well. I however see this as very true to life. There are many people in the world that aren't necessarily nice, but are not evil. People are also betrayed by those they think are their friends (Pettigrew). Even those that we consider great always have flaws. James, though he grew into a brave and honorable man was not really a nice boy. It took the death of his sister for Dumbledore to realize that power on domination are not admirable qualities.

It seems the loudest Harry Potter critics didn't really have much to complain about once the last book came out. In the end, the book has wonderful Christian themes. So much so, that there are several books written about it. (really an interesting read even if you aren't religious).

Well, I guess this is much longer than I intended. I would say the only possible controversy would be having children read it when they're too young. They're pretty intense especially after book 4. I would suggest keeping children at around the same age as Harry is in the book through at least the first couple books.

Write or read?

If anyone's interested (and in hopes of putting the "Harry Potter is anti-religion" argument to bed for good:

https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-According-Harry-Potter-Spiritual/dp/0664231233/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510434595&sr=8-1&keywords=the+gospel+according+to+Harry+Potter

https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Faith-Harry-Potter-Multigenerational/dp/0819233552/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0819233552&pd_rd_r=7Z4F6JWW0MXW0GWD5X06&pd_rd_w=55jVa&pd_rd_wg=xWDDV&psc=1&refRID=7Z4F6JWW0MXW0GWD5X06

https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Harry-Potter-John-Granger/dp/1414300913/ref=pd_sbs_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1414300913&pd_rd_r=VN2K3B25KAF5VQASJAEB&pd_rd_w=6L98T&pd_rd_wg=qSnuH&psc=1&refRID=VN2K3B25KAF5VQASJAEB

http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Harry-Potter-John-Granger/dp/1414300913