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https://www.cbc.ca/books/harry-potter-removed-from-tennessee-catholic-school-library-1.5268338

"The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells; which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text."

Hly shit...there are supposedly intelligent people who think this?
Watch some Buffy, why don't you...Witches...vampires...guys with erections...

 

Reply to: Re:Christian perspective

    (Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Tuesday September 03 2019, @08:41PM

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday September 03 2019, @08:41PM (#889287)

    Though, quite interesting to find out:

    To me, the religious parallels have always been obvious," Rowling said. "But I never wanted to talk too openly about it because I thought it might show people who just wanted the story where we were going."

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/3668658/J-K-Rowling-Christianity-inspired-Harry-Potter.html [telegraph.co.uk]

    It's quite possible, it runs similar to C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" series, but one major difference is that the heroes/heroines weren't wizards/witches. While, there was definitely magic in the Chronicles of Narnia, the children weren't the ones wielding said power. In great contrast to Harry Potter, where the main child hero and his friends are all witches/wizards in training.

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