religion, that website, and HP

[Schlobin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 14083

Taking a big risk here...

In response to the (what some might call) Christian web site about 
Harry Potter, I think I'd like to suggest the following:

 - The significant opposition/concerns about HP come from
those who identify as Christian
 - These are Christians who represent a minority of Christians in the 
United States..
 - There are many Christians on this list who support and embrace HP,
and endorse the understanding that JKR is not anti-Christian, and 
that the values in the books are about courage, commitment, goodness, 
morality, and that they are congruent with Christian values..
and therefore Christians should not apologize for the censorship/
ignorance/lack of understanding that some Christians embody...

That (more controversially)

pagans (also known as modern day witches..usually not 
wizards..usually male witches are called witches)
do not

embrace, endorse or support evil
worship Satan (Satan as the enemy of God is a Christian, Jewish, 
Islamic concept)

Pagans are in general an earth-based spiritual tradition that 
invokes the Goddess and/or the God.....as positive forces in the 
universe....

That, in my opinion, JKR is not a pagan, nor a witch (in modern day 
understanding) and that the HP universe is a mythological construct
and is magical, but not pagan in a spiritual sense.

That, therefore, pagans and Christians and Jews, find much to 
resonate with in the HP stories......


The website talks about how Tolkien and Lewis really contributed
to the slide towards Satanism that ended in JKR's works....

Susan McGee