First Martin Luther, now this guy
I don’t usually get in the middle of grudge matches between the Pope and Harry Potter, but I want to mention something briefly, because it disturbed me and has gone largely misunderstood.
I was in a deli a couple weeks ago where they were playing a television. On the television was one of the ubiquitous opinion-based current events programs. It was the day that the new Harry Potter book came out (about which I myself have no particular opinion). They had a woman on the show who was the representative of a large Catholic organization in America. She was there to explain the current Pope’s strong views that Harry Potter is wrong. This is how she explained them:
She said that Harry Potter books advanced the view that “sorcery was a way to solve your problems”. In sharp contrast to this, the Bible clearly states that “sorcery is wrong”.
Now, this disagreement might be reasonable except for an important detail: sorcery does not exist; it is fiction. If everyone who read Harry Potter attempted to use sorcery to solve their problems, they would fail. So where’s the threat?
Apparently, the Pope feels he needs to be against Harry Potter’s pro-sorcery stance, which is irrelevant since no sorcery exists, because the Bible’s anti-sorcery stance is equally irrelevant in our sorcery-free world.
In other words, Harry Potter is a threat to the Bible because they are both based on made-up shit.
(Disclaimer: This is not my opinion; I am merely explaining the position of the Pope of Rome.)
by Jack, July 29, 2005 5:54 PM | More from The Damned Human Race
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Sorry for commenting on my own post, but I just read this: "the Holy See cannot take lessons or instructions from any other authority on the tone and content of its statements". (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4726833.stm)
I guess that leaves my attempt at a counter-reformation out in the cold.
If sorcery is not real, then what is that voodoo that you do so well?
update. seriously.
I never understood that argument, either. I mean, the book is OBVIOUSLY fiction. That means it is made up, simply for the enjoyment of reading. I am a Christian & I think that trying to do scorcery by the devil is wrong, but Harry Potter isn't about scorcery, it's about a boy in a magical, fake world, & it's fun & harmless to read.
The only ideas that you could get from the book are that magic is only possible with a wand made with dragon heartstring, phoenix feather, or unicorn hair. Good luck finding one of those.......
not to be a bugger, but could somebody tell me what scorcery is?
It's that voodoo that you do so well.