Harry Potter. I admit I LOVE the books. My children will be required to read them. They are all well written, artful and yes, even have a moral message (it's in there). I have been reading some of the hate mail on mugglenet.com (don't sue me I love your site) and they are quite amusing though some are almost disturbing. One angry Christian said "What made you want to write about satanic things? What do you have against the Christians? Why are you making these books to try to turn everyone away from God? Why'd you make the Christians the bad people?..." (edited for poor punctuation). May I, a humble lady, enlighten the "Christians" (for the record I am one), first things first PLEASE, PLEASE read the book then pass judgement, this is called making an INFORMED opinion. The goal is to not look dumb in a public forum.
Next, there is NOTHING literal nor figurative which points to dislike for Christians within these books (I've read 1-6 and nada people!). "Satanic things" is a very broad term, which could also be used to describe the war in Iraq, poverty or other world evils, but I somehow think that these people accusing JKR of Satanic sympathies mean the magic and incantations. All I can say in that defence is that right after your parents told your there wasn't a Santa Claus they should have also thrown in 'and you can't materialize things out of thin air with incantations, that's magic and it doesn't work'. There I did it for you.
One last thing to clear up, satanism is NOT the same a witchcraft (or Wicca), it's totally different. Wiccans are pagan, meaning they don't believe in the same God or Devil that Christians do. This does not mean that they are hateful animal sacrificing, cackling loonies around a cauldron. Quite the opposite, they are a nature loving, caring, and welcoming following, most are actually Vegan (look it up). To learn more (which is a cure for ignorance) put down your torches and pitch forks and go to your local book store.
In summation, these books are FICTION (look it up) they are designed as an escape from the daily grind, school, work, satanic rituals (sorry I can't help myself) for all ages. In a world with Hurricane Katrina, wars, famine and GST why not a little pleasure in the form of a well written book. Harry Potter is destined to become a classic and his inventor, J.K Rowling, a literary icon.
Next, there is NOTHING literal nor figurative which points to dislike for Christians within these books (I've read 1-6 and nada people!). "Satanic things" is a very broad term, which could also be used to describe the war in Iraq, poverty or other world evils, but I somehow think that these people accusing JKR of Satanic sympathies mean the magic and incantations. All I can say in that defence is that right after your parents told your there wasn't a Santa Claus they should have also thrown in 'and you can't materialize things out of thin air with incantations, that's magic and it doesn't work'. There I did it for you.
One last thing to clear up, satanism is NOT the same a witchcraft (or Wicca), it's totally different. Wiccans are pagan, meaning they don't believe in the same God or Devil that Christians do. This does not mean that they are hateful animal sacrificing, cackling loonies around a cauldron. Quite the opposite, they are a nature loving, caring, and welcoming following, most are actually Vegan (look it up). To learn more (which is a cure for ignorance) put down your torches and pitch forks and go to your local book store.
In summation, these books are FICTION (look it up) they are designed as an escape from the daily grind, school, work, satanic rituals (sorry I can't help myself) for all ages. In a world with Hurricane Katrina, wars, famine and GST why not a little pleasure in the form of a well written book. Harry Potter is destined to become a classic and his inventor, J.K Rowling, a literary icon.
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