Harry Potter and the Bible

[rabanesss at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 17573

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., naama_gat at h... wrote:

> (The following point has been made ad nauseum, but..)
= A few examples of good characters doing bad things (not from 
HP):  Eve ate of the forbidden fruit and tempted Adam to do the 
same.  Adam ate of the forbidden fruit. Abraham exiled Hagar 
and his son, Ishmael.  Levi and Zebulun slaughtered all the 
residents of Shechem. Moses broke the Covenant stones in 
rage; smote the rock. David sent Uriah to be killed in battle to 
free Uriah's wife for  seduction. (David has a long list of sins, I 
just settled for the  worst.)  Solomon established pagan temples.
 Peter denied knowing Jesus. Hmmm.. think that's a suitable 
book for innocent little Chirstian   kiddies to read? Tsk, tsk, might 
give them ideas
 Might even promote  teenage violence?

      Very clever, but also painfully stupid. Go back and maybe 
read some of tehse stories rather than just getting them off of a 
list of some kind, and then see what negative consequences 
happened as a resuult of teh bad deeds that were done-- 
message means bad deeds = bad consequences. Now let's go 
to little Harry and his friends and look at teh negative 
consequences of their deeds -- bad deeds = fun, excitement, 
funny stuff, good character. RARELY do Rowling's good 
characters suffere negative consequences as a result of their 
bad deeds I noted. Big difference between that and the Bible 
stories that clearly give a different message about people who 
make bad choices.



> And regarding current day teenage violence being connected to 
> occultic practices, I personally do not know whether this 
postulated  connection is well-established.  I would however like 
to point that there is a VERY well-established connection 
between teenage violence and child abuse.  If you are so 
troubled by teenage violence, why are you off on a  crusade 
against a fantasy book and not against abusive parents or the  
lack of funds for social services or the lack of funds for 
education? > How about a crusade agains social indifference 
and collective cruelty? Why not put that world-changing passion 
of yours where it  would actually help?

   How ignorant and judgmental. How do you know what I do with 
my time, or the community projects contribute to, or teh time I 
spend helping the homeless and battered children. You are so 
quick to attribute negative characteristics to someone just 
becasue they don't like a book. Interesting. And by the way, I am 
NOT on a crusade. My HP - related book is only one of NINE 
books I have written, one of which won teh Myers Award for 
Tolerance in America (1997) for my work on Racism. I was alos 
a guste speaker at the Simon Wiesenthal Center during their 
conference on Hate and acism in America. Anything 
"world-changing" enough in there for you???

Richard Abanes