Harry Potter and the Bible: The Debate So Far

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No: HPFGUIDX 17617

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner"
<bohners at p...> 
> I was not dismissing anti-HP arguments out of hand.  After all,
just 
because
> virtually every article I have read that was anti-HP misrepresented 
the
> contents of the books and/or failed to demonstrate any
understanding 
of the
> difference between fantasy-magic and Satanism, didn't mean that
your 
book
> was guilty of such carelessness as well.
> 
> However, I have been deeply disappointed in your attitude toward 
those who
> disagreed with you.  Even if in your estimation your remarks were 
being
> misrepresented, and even if you felt that some of the remarks made 
were
> personal attacks, does not justify your responding in kind or even 
more
> harshly than your critics.  In 1 Peter 3:15 believers are exhorted 
to
> "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to 
give the
> reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and 
respect,
> keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously 
against your
> good behaviour in Christ may be ashamed of their slander."  But 
where is the
> "gentleness and respect" in your replies?  And what cause have you 
given
> anyone to be ashamed of speaking ill of you?
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> --
> Rebecca J. Bohner
> rebeccaj at p...
> http://home.golden.net/~rebeccaj


I have yet to find someone to argue without rancor or with specific 
points to support the thesis that HP is anti-Christian.  I am the 
product of 16 years of Catholic education, mostly by Jesuits-- who are 
not at all simplistic in their faith.  I would enjoy a genuine 
discussion that is not a camouflage for a preaching, non-thinking 
attack, but an attempt to explore the issue dispassionately.

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