I just can't believe this...

[psychic_serpent at yahoo.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "joywitch_m_curmudgeon" 
<joym999 at a...> wrote:
> 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?

No, it's not, and when unicorns and phoenixes HAVE been brought up 
in Christian contexts, it's in a positive way.  This person is a 
complete loon (no capitals--I don't mean this in a good way).  In my 
Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend (JCJ Metford, Thames and 
Hudson, 1983) it says that the pagan description of the unicorn 
(enemy of the elephant, hunters can't approach it, attracted to 
virgins) was turned into a Christian allegory.  Christ was said to 
be the spiritual unicorn; putting his head on the Virgin's lap 
symbolized the Incarnation, among other things (being led captive to 
the royal palace, being betrayed, appearance before Pilate and 
Herod).  The unicorn's horn was said to symbolize the cross.  There 
are also legends concerning chastity and unicorns associated with 
St. Justina, of Antioch in the 3rd century and St. Justina of Padua 
in the fourth century.  (I don't know why they're both named 
Justina.)

The Phoenix is also a Christian symbol of the resurrection and an 
emblem of immortality, according to DCLL.  

Added to this, dragons are clearly being associated with the evil 
people in the books, so to complain about dragons being connected 
with Satan is specious--she WANTS people to make this connection, 
obviously.  Gah.

These people are not just crazy, they're stupid.

And that part about Neville trying to catch his eye is where they 
get a homoerotic subtext?  As I said, stupid; how you could go to 
the Neville/eye thing and miss such stuff as Harry living in a 
closet, being bound for Stonewall High, being called "abnormal" by 
his uncle ad nauseum and feeling like he's found his true self for 
the first time when he holds the right wand is beyond me. <g>

--Barb, who thinks that the idea of Harry's "metaphorical gayness" 
would be completely lost on these idiots

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