Potter Haters

[ariadnedrue]

You are so correct.  I find those pamphlets, and people standing 
outside the subway saying things like "Children of Satan III, if your 
read one and two you'll love three" very offensive.  

I know lots of 'christians'.  I was told by one of my co-workers 
about the reference to to witchcraft in the Bible. But as she says, 
she doesn't put go out in the streets and talk about it, she just 
doesn't watch or read it.  Another co-worker however, went on and on 
about how anything that was out of the normal (telepathy, etc.) could 
be considered abnormal and against God, to which I asked her, if a 
child is born with these powers, does it immediately make him a spawn 
of Satan?  I explained to her that there are things in this world 
that neither religion NOR Science can explain, and that everyone 
should keep an open mind.  

Harry Potter is a work of fiction, written by an incredible person 
who was able to create an alternate world with such detail that a lot 
of people can actually picture it existing.  Sure a lot of people 
take it to the extreme (i.e. the fanfiction conference last year), 
but all things are taken to the extreme by someone at some point, 
even and especially religion.  As I explain to my friends for every 
evil there is a catalyst (yin and yang).  So why if there are 
supposedly people who have 'sold their souls for power, couldn't 
there also be people here for good who have that same power?  That's 
a question that they can't answer. I have nothing against christians, 
and this line isn't meant to bash them. I cannot stand people who 
cannot think for themselves.