Anti-Potter groups

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 1437

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, hgiammarco at h... wrote:
> Just looking around today, and I noticed quite a few religious 
> affiliated Potter hate groups. Can anyone tell me what people of 
> religious groups find so threatening about the series? I went into 
> some of the sights to find out, but they were basically pulling at 
> threads. I am still at a loss, I'm afraid.
> Helena

The best I can figure, people have the image of witches, etc., in the 
old-fashioned sense.  Dark, evil, eating children, fairy-tale stuff.  
They lump this image in with devil-worship, voodoo, vampirism, and so 
forth.  All they see is:  BAD.  They don't have first hand knowledge 
of this, just folklore and pop culture ideas.  This carries over into 
the popularity of Goth, and goth music, which I can't say I really 
find very pleasant.  Then, of course there's Columbine.  These kids 
supposedly listened to goth music.  There's a lot to be scared of out 
there, especially for our kids.  To these people it's all just 
wrong.  Belief in God is very important to these people, and 
witchcraft is counter to that, they believe.  Bottom line, I think 
it's just big worry about their kids.  I can absolutely understand 
that, but I don't think HP is leading us on the path to hell.  ;o]

Kelley