_Harry Potter and the Bible_

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No: HPFGUIDX 17569

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


> I've just typed a long response to some of Richard's points 
when a thought struck me.  Why on earth are we trying to ascribe 
Christian morals to Harry? Nowhere in the books does it state 
that he is Christian.  The books are not intended as moral 
guidance. They are works of fiction.  IT'S NOT REAL. (Apologies 
to Dadgrid there...)  Why, therefore, do people (Sorry Richard) 
insist on attempting to ascribe Christian -- or, heck, ANY 
religion's -- values to Harry and to the books?


ANSWER________ EXCELLENT point, I am NOT trying to 
enforce my world view on others. My book is written from a 
Christian perspective, to a Christian audience, published by a 
Christian publishing house. It is primarily for Christians who 
maintain that teh HP is IS consistent with Christian / Biblical 
ethics, morality, and spirituality. My book is simply designed to 
say, no way, That does not work, and it may be harmful to SOME 
-- I said SOME -- children (religious or secular). Now, discussing 
it from a purely literary standpoint is a DIFFERENT issue.

R. Abanes