I just can't believe this...

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, IAmLordCassandra at a... wrote:
> http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/hpmain.html 
> 
> *shakes head*  


My feeling about these anti-HP morons is that I'd rather have them 
focus on preventing children from reading HP than on their other 
freedom-trampling activities, which are generally even worse.

So, I thought I'd take it upon myself to review wonderful work of our 
friends at The Cutting Edge.  Here's my review of their review of 
SS/PS:

http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1397.cfm

There are some real gems of idiocy here.  Like their comments about 
Harry's scar: "Of course, a Christian would be immediately alerted to 
this turn of events because soon a supernaturally powerful global 
leader will demand everyone on earth take some sort of a mark in 
exactly this place on the body."

And this one: "all through this book, any non-witch folk -- like 
Vernon and Petunia -- are depicting in disgusting language."  
Disgusting language?

The Sorcerer's Stone is "the occult symbol of reaching the final 
stage in the quest for eternal life."  Wow.

There are a lot of blatant lies in this, not surprisingly, like the 
supposed quote which calls the Dursleys "dumber than a box of rocks" 
and claims that the books describes all Muggles as being "physically 
obscene."  I think that means fat, but I'm not sure.

There are also the usual comments about supposed drug use ("The drug 
message in this book is clear. To reach your goals in life like Harry 
Potter, you need to know how to make drugs and take drugs in just the 
right way or else you are a 'dunderhead' and will never succeed.") 
and ghosts and alternative realities.  Also, as usual, the reviewer 
quotes Quirrell's comment that "There is no good or evil, there is 
only power, and those too weak to seek it" as if it were JKR's 
philosophy of life.

There's a nice analysis of the colors used in the HP books, worthy of 
LOON membership.  Apparently, the color green is Satan's favorite 
color!  (You learn something new every day!)  This, of course, is 
further evidence of the evilness of poor green-eyed Harry, not to 
mention emerald-cloaked McGonagall.  I wonder, does that mean Irish 
people are all evil, too?

This dude even catches the green icing on the cake and the green ink 
on the envelope from Hogwarts.  He or she read pretty carefully for 
someone who hates this stuff.  However, his or her attention lapsed 
when reading about the colors of the different houses.  We're told 
that it is significant that the one "black magic house,"  Slytherin, 
has green (Satan's color, remember?) as its official color. 
But: "Isn't it interesting that Rowling does not tell us what the 
official color is for any of the other fraternities?"  Uh, yes she 
does.

Oh, and the fact that the Hogwarts Express is "scarlet" is suspect, 
too.  Good thing the reviewer overlooked Gryffindor's house color, or 
I'm sure we would have gotten a diatribe about evil goings-on in the 
scarlet tower.

The reviewer claims that "Rowling consistently depicts Satanism 
correctly."  The description of the way Voldemort curses Harry but 
fails to kill him and then loses his powers is, apparently evidence 
of this: "If the magic power of the intended victim is stronger than 
the originator of the curse believed it to be, or if the curse is not 
correctly cast, the curse will rebound back upon the person who threw 
it in the first place.  Once again, Rowling demonstrates a clear 
understanding of actual Witchcraft, and depicts it correctly."  How 
do they know this, I wonder?

Here's some more, this time complaints about wand contents: "This 
wand contained the three elements favored most by Satanists:  
Unicorn, Phoenix, and Dragons.  Both the Unicorns and Phoenix Birds 
are symbols of Antichrist, while the Dragon is clearly Satan 
[Revelation 12:9]"  I didn't realize that the Bible talked about 
unicorns, phoenixes and dragons.  Is that in the New Testament?

Another complaint is that the book describes the forbidden practice 
of drinking blood.  The fact that it is the villian who does this is 
ignored.  (I guess the reviewere is a Voldemort supporter).  In any 
case, they definitely don't like unicorns:  "Further, the symbolism 
here is unbelievable:  since the Unicorn is a symbol of the coming 
Antichrist, this scene means he receives a fatal wound; doesn't this 
sound terribly like the prophesied fatal wound of Antichrist in 
Revelation 13:3, where the entire world goes after the Beast in 
amazement after he is resurrected from his fatal wound?"

A few more goodies: "The fundamental occult/Communist philosophy that 
the "Ends Justify The Means" permeates this entire book."  Now we're 
communists, no less.  Raise the red flag high!

Here's a warning: "children will think Harry and his friends have so 
much fun using Witchcraft in the everyday part of their lives, that 
they will want to become witches and wizards so they can have this 
much fun, too."

Another warning, certainly an interesting bit of analysis:

"Possible reference to homosexuality .  When I was first researching 
Harry Potter, I examined several pro-Potter websites. The author of 
one of the articles said that one of the probable developments she 
felt would occur in the latter books was the advent of homosexuality 
in the story theme. She said such activity was only hinted at in the 
first books.  With this thought in mind, you will better understand 
this sentence.

'Professor Flitwick [Charms teacher] put the class into pairs to 
practice [levitating].  Harry's partner was Seamus Finnigan (which 
was a relief, because Neville had been trying to catch his eye).' [p. 
171] We shall see if homosexuality does develop in any of the last 
three books, because in the first three, this is the only possible 
reference to it."

Neville's trying to catch Harry's eye is a possible reference to 
homosexuality?  I guess it's fortunate that the reviewer didn't go 
off on the expression "swish and flick."  

But the shining gem of this collection of nonsense is the reviewer's 
outrage at the P/S stone itself, and in particular the Elixir of Life 
and the age of Nicolas Flamel:

"Do you realize Rowling has just made the creator of the Sorcerer's 
Stone 666 years old?  Do you realize what this means?  Since the 
number, '666', is a symbol of Antichrist and his Mark of the Beast 
[Revelation 13:18] and since Rowling ties this number to the Elixir 
of Life, Harry Potter is teaching children that the way to achieve 
eternal life [Elixir of Life] is to obey the Antichrist and take his 
Mark of the Beast!"

There's some more fun with numbers, too.  Apparently, the number 11 
is "sacred to the occultist," so that the fact that Harry is 11 years 
old, the Hogwarts Express leaves and 11:00, and that his wand is 11 
inches long, is all suspect.  What do these people do, hide their 
heads under the pillow at 11:00 every day?  Lock their 11 year olds 
in the attic?  Yeesh!

These people are total fruitcakes.  I hope they enjoy themselves, 
ranting about a children's book, the sales of which they will have 
very little impact on.  Anybody ignorant enough to believe this crap 
would believe anything.

--Joywitch, green and Satantic