_Harry Potter and the Bible_

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No: HPFGUIDX 17503

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., John Walton <john at w...> wrote:

> Yeah. The whole "you're a witch, therefore you worship Satan" 
really gets my
> goat (Mike G., are you there?). Heck, I don't *believe* in Satan, 
let alone
> worship him. I honestly believe in taking responsibility for my own 
mistakes
> rather than the (IMEverSoHO) cop-out of saying "Oh, gee, it's 
Satan's fault
> I did X or Y".

Not all Christians believe that either. I recently made a comment 
very similar to the one above to a friend of mine who was 
interviewing me about Christianity: "Of course I believe there is 
evil in the world, but I also believe that blaming it on Satan is a 
cop-out. We are the ones who are responsible for evil. Humanity is 
flawed and we need to admit that."

Harry Potter is not about any type of religion, and I think it's 
ridiculous when people try to make it about religion. Jo has stayed 
away from thattopic quite studiously (wise of her, I think). My ex-
boyfriend's mother, who is as Bible-thumping Christian as one can 
get, loves them and I know a priest who reads them. In fact, the only 
person I know in RL who has turned her nose up at them for religious 
reasons is a friend of mine who's Wiccan -- she doesn't like the 
hocus-pocus distortion of magic.

Stacy