[HPforGrownups] A Request: Could we please keep the Harry Potter and the Bible topic off-list?

[Wanda Mallett]

No: HPFGUIDX 22896

I agree with you and I'm sure all the others of this
group will too. As soon as I saw those posts, I knew
somewhere a warning would come in! I love this group
too! I may not post as indepth as most of you, but I
sure learn a lot more about my favorite books! Which I
pass along to my boys! Thank you for jumping in there
and setting our thoughts in the right direction to HP
and these great summaries!

Wanda the Witch of Revere, Massachusetts
 
--- rainy_lilac at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> Hi there everyone!
> 
> I want to humbly, plaintively, and sincerely beg all
> who are 
> concerned to please consider taking the Harry Potter
> and the Bible 
> discussion off the list. 
> 
> We have been through this topic before, and a lot of
> people said 
> things they regretted later, and many, many feelings
> were hurt. I 
> just don't think it is a productive conversation. I
> certainly don't 
> want to step on anyone's toes or to assume the
> position of censor, 
> but I simply can't watch this happen again without
> speaking up. I 
> lvoe this group, and I want to protect its wonderful
> energy. I don't 
> want to see people getting hurt again.
> 
> No religion has a corner on hypocrisy or
> empty-headedness-- or 
> decency or morality. We all have thoughts and
> feelings about religion 
> and faith (and experiences to draw upon, and reasons
> for our 
> decisions), but I don't think that this is the place
> for such 
> discussions. Once you get into a "This is my
> experience of 
> Christians" or "This was my experience of Pagans"
> people are bound to 
> feel that their religion is being scorned or that
> they are being 
> labelled, and this is where the flame-wars and hurt
> feelings start.
> 
> I hope I do not sound "high-horsey" in posting this,
> and I hope that 
> we can come to an agreement that all will be happy
> with. Please 
> understand that I am speaking out in the spirit of
> protecting a forum 
> I have come to care about. I hope I have not
> offended anyone.
> 
> 
> --Suzanne
> 
> A Gryffindor with her tail between her legs whose
> wand has fizzled, 
> and who wonders if she will feel truly a part of
> things here again.
> 
> 
> 


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