I didn’t realize that. Thanks for setting me straight. I really don’t understand what the fuss is about, then. I had a neighbor who was all spun up about HP. One day she was going on and on about how Harry was evil and I said to her, “You do realize that Harry Potter isn’t real, don’t you?” I honestly wasn’t sure, because she was talking about him like he was going to materialize in the room and cast a spell on her. She never brought up the subject again.
Maybe the whole furor is because Rowling didn’t loudly proclaim her Christianity in the early days? Or maybe she hasn’t written Christian apologetics, or jumped through the approved hoops demonstrating her faith?
I have always believed that the angst over HP was mostly a Christian fad in the vein of “lets’ all hate Harry so as not to be thought unpious.”
bingo