Why does Petunia hate magic so much?

[Koinonia2 at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27047

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., usergoogol at y... wrote:

> There are alot of incredibly cool theories being tossed around, but 
>here's mine.
> 
> It's the incredibly common combination of intolerance and 
>Christianity.
 
>Christians can get a little annoying at times. And since the Bible 
>is such a darned big book, its not so hard to interpet a certian 
>scripture to ones own purposes.
 

>But when she realized that certian scripture frowns upon magic, she 
>decides, "Well, she's not so great. She's just a freak. And she'll 
>rot in hell too!"
> 
>  "She's walking the sinful road to hell!" And forgot about her. >
(Not a very Christian thing to do, but come now. She's a jerk.) 


Obviously you are entitled to your own opinions and theories.  
However, when stating your theories I do wish you would cast aside 
your intolerance of Christianity.  You can make your point without 
constantly belittling the faith of others.  Please save that for the 
OT board.


 
> If it helps you figure where I'm coming from, I'm an atheist. 14.9 
>years old too, if that helps you get a mental picture of me.

I believe there was a poll asking for all the above information.


usergoogol also said in message 26913:

>Isn't interesting how all this "real" magic is in the Harry Potter 
>books.  Of course, that's also one of the reasons why those annoying 
>fundamentalists complain so much.  (Not to offend any 
>fundamentalists.)

Hmmmmm.....I'm finding it hard to believe you don't want to offend 
any of those annoying fundamentalists!

Koinonia