Jo's OWN Words/Harry using Crucio/I am about to Rant/Danger Designating the

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No: HPFGUIDX 174029

Jeannie: 
> > I've read the books and watched all the movies.  My Family is 
> > under the impression that the writer is a practicing Wiccan and 
> > therefore not Christian in any sense of the word.  Can someone 
> > tell me what views she  has expressed in other interviews 
> > regarding her beliefs.  
 
Magpie:
> She's stated she's Christian--she's never been Wiccan. 

SSSusan:
As another member already noted, JKR's stated her church affiliation 
to be the Church of Scotland.

Also, the quite oft-referenced quote (though for some reason also 
oft-hardest to find, even at accio-quote), is this one from the 
Vancouver Sun, Oct. 26, 2000:

>>> [Journalist's words:] Harry, of course, is able to battle 
supernatural evil with supernatural forces of his own, and Rowling 
is quite clear that she doesn't personally believe in that kind of 
magic -- "not at all." Is she a Christian?

"Yes, I am," she says. "Which seems to offend the religious right 
far worse than if I said I thought there was no God. Every time I've 
been asked if I believe in God, I've said yes, because I do, but no 
one ever really has gone any more deeply into it than that, and I 
have to say that does suit me, because if I talk too freely about 
that I think the intelligent reader, whether 10 or 60, will be able 
to guess what's coming in the books."  <<<


Magpie:
> I can't speak for Maeg, but I suspect that the problem with the 
> Eeyore reference isn't that she didn't get it but that as humorous 
> as it is intended to be, it's still suggesting that her reaction 
> to the book means that she always sees the gloomy side of things, 
> when she might be a perfectly sunny Pigletty sort of person yet 
> saw something bad in the book. Conversely, if somebody really 
> liked the book or something in the book they probably wouldn't 
> appreciate being told they were just being a Pollyanna.

SSSusan:
LOL!  A perfect explanation, Magpie! :)

Siriusly Snapey Susan,
thinking she'd rather like to be sunny in a Pigletty sort of way...