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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...
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Agnes' Law:
Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Freeman on Tuesday September 03 2019, @08:31PM (8 children)
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ephesians-6-12/ [kingjamesbibleonline.org]
https://www.amazon.com/Hour-Witch-Steve-Wohlberg/dp/0768422795 [amazon.com]
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Tuesday September 03 2019, @08:41PM (3 children)
Though, quite interesting to find out:
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.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 03 2019, @10:45PM (1 child)
How isn't the anthropomorphization of Jesus into a talking lion blasphemy, anyway?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday November 30 2019, @02:31AM
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 04 2019, @03:14AM
If religious symbolism that doesn't fit you exact narrative is satanic, you'd better be prepared to eschew all of these: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MessianicArchetype [tvtropes.org] and that's just for starters.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday September 04 2019, @12:34AM (3 children)
Can you explain to me where evil came from in the first place? I don't mean so much its chronological starting point as its ontological roots: what is it that allows evil to exist?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2, Funny) by fustakrakich on Wednesday September 04 2019, @12:50AM
Evil?
Ask your kitty what is evil [imgur.com]
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 04 2019, @02:21AM
Depends on the type of "evil" you're talking about.
If you're talking about the "evil" in Man's heart that makes them rob and kill anyone they think they can get away with it, there is no stopping that type of "evil" as long as Man walks the Earth.
If you're talking about the "evil" as defined in religion, that manifests itself in what is commonly portrayed as the Devil, that is allowed to exist by the delusions of those suffering the effects of religion.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by rylyeh on Friday September 06 2019, @04:40AM
Evil is the hobgoblin of taboo. Or the restriction of living choices - if you like William James...
"a vast crenulate shell wherein rode the grey and awful form of primal Nodens, Lord of the Great Abyss."