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No: HPFGUIDX 122061


Geoff:
The "religious right", which I think is more noticeable in the US 
than the UK represents the ultra-evangelical group who have 
campaigned against Harry Potter because of perceived witchcraft and 
black magic which I would object too as well if I thought that was 
the intent of JKR. It should be remembered that "acceptable" writers 
such as Tolkien and Lewis also make use of magic in a similar way.

Because JKR has indicated her Christian leaning and her membership 
of the Church of Scotland, I believe that her writing will overtly 
or covertly reveal something of what she holds to be true.


Bookworm:
IIRC, it has been commented on several times, but I found this in an 
interview with Evan Solomon from 2000:

JK: I do believe in God. That seems to offend the South Carolinians 
more than almost anything else. I think they would find it
well
that is my limited experience, that they have more of a problem with 
me believing in God than they would have if I was an unrepentant 
atheist.

E: You do believe in God.

JK: Yeah. Yeah.

E: In magic and


JK: Magic in the sense in which it happens in my books, no, I don't 
believe. I don't believe in that. No. No. This is so frustrating. 
Again, there is so much I would like to say, and come back when I've 
written book seven. But then maybe you won't need to even say 
it 'cause you'll have found it out anyway. You'll have read it.

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/0700-hottype-
solomon.htm

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