interviews about Re: What is JKR's religious beliefs?

Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) <catlady@wicca.net> catlady at wicca.net
Tue Mar 4 03:37:09 UTC 2003


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Penny Linsenmayer" wrote: 

> 
> 3.  Catlady: if JKR told a Canadian paper that she doesn't discuss
> religion much *because* those familiar with Christian doctrine 
> could figure out how the series ends, I'd sure loovvvvvvvvvve to 
> read that. Can you provide a link?

I wish I could! Someday I will learn to at least bookmark every 
interesting site that someone leads me, or maybe copy JKR interviews 
on my hard drive like that woman in the shipping debate on the mail 
list did. Here's all I could find with Google:

http://tmatt.gospelcom.net/column/2001/11/21/ : 
"Last year, Rowling told a Canadian reporter that she is a Christian 
and that this "seems to offend the religious right far worse than if 
I said I thought there was no God. Every time I've been asked if I 
believe in God, I've said, 'yes,' because I do. But no one ever 
really has gone any more deeply into it than that and, I have to say 
that does suit me. ... If I talk too freely about that, I think the 
intelligent reader -- whether 10 or 60 -- will be able to guess what 
is coming in the books." "

Btw, the Goat Pad gets two hits on "Church of Scotland":

Charmed, I'm Sure By Linton Weeks Washington Post Staff Writer 
Wednesday, October...
  ...In Edinburgh, mother and daughter belonged to a Church of 
Scotland congregation. Jessica was christened there. At church
Rowling met an older woman...
56% Sun, 22 Dec 2002 01:27:39 GMT 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/... 

Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts 
Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film
Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk M...
  ...of her own beliefs and inspirations - including her involvement 
with the Church of Scotland, and in particular, her long-term
admiration for the wildly...
55% Sun, 22 Dec 2002 01:27:08 GMT 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,... 

FANTASTIC POSTS led me to the "more than weddings and christenings" 
quote:
http://cbc.ca/programs/sites/hottype_rowlingcomplete.html
E: But in your own life, I mean, are you a churchgoer? 
JK: (Nods) Mmm hmm. Well I go more than to weddings and christenings. 
Yes, I do. 





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