Debates about HP and Witchcraft

[pippin_999]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Aberforths Goat / Mike Gray" 
<aberforthsgoat at ...> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to give a survey of religious controversies surrounding the HP,
> HDM and LB series, and I've run into a new HP question for you all:
> 
> Are conservative* Christians the only people who are really worried that HP
> could promote interest in the occult?

Pippin:
I've heard there are a few orthodox Jewish yeshivas (religious academies) that
have banned HP out of concern for the prohibition against sorcery. But it 
seems most Rabbis are lenient about it. I've seen it argued that it's okay
to purchase a newly released Harry Potter book on Shabbat because the misery 
of going without it would ruin the oneg (delight) of the holiday!

Pippin