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   Sirius Black to Wilford Dumont   
   Re: Then Came The Laughter...   
   27 Jul 11 19:18:51   
   
   From: Emailaaronainsley@countermail.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:01:14 -0400, Wilford Dumont wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:39:22 -0600, Trevor wrote:   
   >> On 7/10/2011 11:03 AM, Chan Welbourne wrote:   
   >>> Over the 4th Holidays I was sitting with family and firends (and a few   
   >>> foes :-? ) and subject moved to Church and the Bible. I know, I should   
   >>> have run. :/   
   >>>   
   >>> One thing next and Harry Potter came up, the occult initiator, the boks   
   >>> of the Devil Rowling. I started down the explanation of the alchemical   
   >>> nature of the series and the further I explained, the more grins turned   
   >>> to laughter. Very humbling.   
   >>>   
   >>> Any one else have this problem? :'(   
   >>>   
   >   
   >>   
   >> I forgot that there are some Christians that believe this whole thing   
   >> promotes witchcraft until I got in a debate on Facebook over whether or   
   >> not kids should see the new movie. My initial response was that I was   
   >> taking my teenagers, but it was too violent for my younger ones. It   
   >> quickly turned into me trying to defend a series I find to teach   
   >> Christian themes against people attacking it that had neither read the   
   >> books, nor even seen the movies.   
   >>   
   >> Fortunately, for most of the Christian people I am around in real life,   
   >> the question of whether children should get involved with Harry Potter   
   >> has a lot more to do with violence and going against authority and rules   
   >> than witchcraft and Satanism.   
   >   
   > Canterbury Cathedral officials declined the film˙s request to stand as   
   > the main setting for Hogwarts, citing worries about the plot˙s ´paganĄ   
   > themes. From there it was downhill for the Christian brain-dead.   
      
   When I see Christians whose eyes say "seance" when you mention HP, I   
   run.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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