I am a strong christian, go to a good church and a small christian school. some of my friends at church read Harry Potter, and it is not condemned, but, I'm pretty sure my pastor doesn't read HP. however, my dad used to be a pastor and loves the books!
the one thing that gets me most about christians condemning Harry Potter is that most of those who say Harry Potter is evil know nothing other than its a book about a "wizard". (I'm not saying there isn't the rare few, but i've only met one who has actually read at least one of the books and still thinks they're evil.) Like, my friend from church just recently started reading HP. (she was there when I got my book 5, saw how crazy i went, and I'm pretty sure decided she better read these books for herself
) she was never a commited Harry Potter is evil preacher, but thought it best to stay away from the books. in combination of me and her sister we finally got her to read them!
At my school, I face alot of opposition about HP. I have two good friends who have read and love HP like I do, and as far as I know there's only two other people who like them. what REALLY made me mad was a couple years ago, our "headmaster" (prinicipal) had a speaker come in early in the morning before classes started, to hold a sort of session about how HP is evil! I didn't hear the lecture (nothing could conduce to get to school earlier) but my mom (who also loves HP) read her article and could counter everything she wrote, because my mom has read the Bible as well as the books! (I am fairly sure this woman had never opened a page of HP).
The book burning makes me incredibly mad as well, but not JUST because of the reasons other people have already said. it makes me mad because of the example of christians it sends to the world. the christians who burn the books and condemn HP seem hypocritical, prejuciced, and closed minded. because of what they do, these "christians" show the non chrisitan community that image. please, dont ever believe all christians are like that! I'm not saying other christians are perfect, no, we are VERY FAR from it! but i don't believe those chrisitans who get on the news are following in the example of Christ at all... they are doing a very bad job of it.