Harry Potter, the 10 commandments, and "witches" [very long]

[ladjables at yahoo.com]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Elizabeth Dalton <Elizabeth.Dalton at E...> 
wrote:
> They do celebrate Christmas, which I find interesting.)

I quite enjoyed this analysis and would just like to add two random 
thoughts, the first being that magical folk celebrate Christmas 
because it has something to do with the magi(the 3 wise men) who 
visited Jesus on the night he was born in Bethlehem.
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> On Witches:
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>   Most conservative Christians believe that the Bible contains many
>   specific condemnations of Witchcraft, and that these denunciations
>   apply (e.g. Exodus 22:18 - "Thou shalt not allow a
>   Witch to live.") 

And yet I always wondered at the convenience of having the Witch of 
Endor around for King Saul to consult.
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> Ladjables, who is no Bible scholar!
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