[HPFGU-OTChatter] Potter Haters

[Kathryn Wolber]

--- Pamela Jordan Paras <ladygator_29609 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
there was this lady on
> there talking about the Harry Potter movies,(I have
> seen her on John Hagee also), and how children
> shouldn't be watching them, that it was an  a cult
> type movie, then Mr. Ankerberg was quoting scripture
> on witchcraft, it was very interesting,here is his
> web site:johnankerberg.org., go on it and tell me
> I'll never understand... 

I went to that website and took the quiz about how
much you know about Harry Potter and the thing that
strikes me is that all of the questions I got wrong
were "wrong" because the source of his information was
the Dictionary of Occultism. Obviously in the
Dictionary of Occultism things such as wizard are
goint to be defined as doing bad magic. It seems as
though whoever wrote that quiz has not read the books
and haven't taken into consideration that Harry Potter
and the Occult are not the same thing! I really think
that if these critics would just read the books with
an open mind they would see that they are harmless. 
I didn't want to get into this as it's really early in
the morning but since I chimed in I guess I should
just bring it up now. The other day I was at Walmart
with a friend who wanted to buy POA so we went to the
book aisle and they didn't have it so she got COS. She
flipped through it and said there was a pamphlet or
coupon in it and she looked at it and just handed it
to me. "Thousands of Degrees Hot! And not a drop of
water. THE BURNING HELL. Tortured lost souls burning
forever!" Though it does not directly address Harry
Potter, it is appaling. The front has a black, white
and red illustrations of human heads on fire. I won't
type the whole thing but particularly memorable
phrases include "[Jesus] left the streets of gold and
the rejoicing of angels, to come to this earth to be
crucified, so that you and I could escape THE BURNING
HELL," and "My Friend, I beg you in the name of Jesus,
to turn from your sinful, wicked ways and claim a new
life with Jesus Christ." 
I didn't get a chance to do it that day because the
friend I was with was in a hurry, but when I go back
I'm going to talk to customer service. What if I child
had gotten one of the books with the pamphlets in it?
I swear, these people give Christians a bad name. And
just in case there was any doubt, I removed the
pamphlet from every book that contained one.

~Kathryn, who really enjoyed the book "What's A
Christian to do with Harry Potter?" because it's by
someone who has actually read the books (and likes
them too)

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