Dragons and Witches and Orcs Oh My!!!

Genesis 6:4  There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

 Genesis 1:21   So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

 

I have heard so much fuss from people who are so down on Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and other books/movies in that genre.  I kind of understand the fuss about magic and such, except that I have heard no such fuss about Wizard of Oz, Tales of Narnia and other such movies.  This I do not understand.  If you are going to hate one group, you should hate all things in that group.

One of the arguments I have noticed that some of the fuss is about concerns dragons, giants and sea serpents.  As you will note from the passages above, there are many things in this world that we will never know about but should be smart enough to believe in.  As Gabriel told Mary in Luke 1:37, “For with God nothing will be impossible.”

I am not trying to preach the goodness of the above referenced stories.  I am only saying that when we do not believe something can be possible, we are demeaning the power of God.  He can create anything and cause anything to happen that He chooses.  To say something can be impossible is just not true.

The Harry Potter series gives children someone to want to be like who is on the side of good fighting evil.  The Lord of the Rings series is the same.  In both, the hero(es) makes mistakes, has doubts and eventually wins the fight.  It is much like life here on earth for each of us.  We are fighting this battle every day of our lives.

If you believe some of these things can’t happen, maybe you should have a long conversation with King David.  I am sure he would be more than happy to tell you a story about a giant he met when he was young!!!