[HPforGrownups] Re: Is Harry Potter the Son of God?

[Metylda]

No: HPFGUIDX 171056

bamf:

JKR has said to be a member of the church of scotland,
according to mugglenet.com

Also from mugglenet.com:

"And unlike Lewis, whose books are drenched in
theology, Rowling refuses to view herself as a moral
educator to the millions of children who read her
books. "I don't think that it's at all healthy for the
work for me to think in those terms. So I don't," she
says. "I never think in terms of What am I going to
teach them? Or, What would it be good for them to find
out here?""


So, no. I think she's just writing works of fiction
that entertain her.

bamf505

Katie <anigrrrl2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Janette
> <jnferr at ...> wrote:
> >
> > abbey wrote:
> > >
> > > Is Harry Potter the Son of God?
> > >
> > > The article, "Is Harry Potter the Son of God?"
> is available to 
> read in
> > > the essays section of HP for GrownUPs.
> > >
> > > Timed for the release of J.K. Rowling's seventh
> and final book of 
> the
> > > Harry Potter series, this article presents
> persuasive evidence 
> from
> > > the books and from interviews with Rowling that
> the Harry Potter 
> story
> > > is, in fact, an intentional Gospel allegory
> written with 
> evangelistic
> > > intention, and that this will become abundantly
> clear in the 
> final book.
> > 
> > 
> > montims:
> > Well, to be quite candid, if the Potter series IS
> "an intentional 
> Gospel
> > allegory written with evangelistic intention",
> that will destroy it 
> for me
> > and I will feel manipulated, and never read any of
> the books again.
> > 
> > I cannot believe that JKR is so evangelistic, and
> find the idea 
> quite
> > disturbing.
> > 
> > 
> 
> KATIE REPLIES: I find this idea disturbing, and
> quite honestly, 
> almost revolting. First of all, in terms of
> comparing HP to LotR and 
> Narnia, HP is based much more in the reality of the
> here and now. It 
> is much less pure fantasy in that aspect. Secondly,
> in both LotR and 
> Narnia, the Christian elements are there from the
> beginning, and, at 
> least in LotR's case, Tolkien was not TRYING to make
> a Christian 
> story, per se. He was writing a story as a
> Christian, and that is 
> very different than writing a "Christian story".
> 
> Also, may I beg to point out that Evangelical
> Christianity is 
> incredibly different from mainstream Christian
> religions, and quite 
> disturbing to a lot of us (Catholic here). I was
> unaware that JKR WAS 
> an Evangelical Christian...where is this public
> knowledge? I would 
> really be disappointed if 6 wonderful and creative
> books turned out 
> to be a vehicle for some kind of religious message.
> YUCK. 
> 
> For real, though, has JKR ever said she is an
> Evangelical Christian? 
> That doesn't seem to suit her personality to
> me...Blah. No offense 
> meant to any Evangelical Christians out there, but I
> just really hate 
> the whole relating Harry to religion stuff. Why
> can't the books just 
> be great stories and that's all?? Katie, feeling
> frustrated that 
> people tend to bring the discussion round to
> religion every few 
> months.
> 
> 


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