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To: JenB
That's nice but you didn't answer my question. If "many" Christians are stopping people from reading Potter, why can't any be named?

In reality, no one is stopping you from reading Potter. If you are fretting because some people say you aren't a Christian because you read Potter, the problem is with YOU, not them. They have the right to their opinion, right or wrong. Claming you have been harmed is rather hyperbolic. I read Potter and I'm not offended if someone says I'm not a Christian. They are entitled to be wrong.

What is offensive is using slurs like "fundie" and "fruitcake" to describe people who don't like Potter. Also, claiming that people who don't like Potter are involved in a vast conspiracy to deny First Amendment rights to people is equally offensive.

No one is stopping anyone from reading Potter. And it's ridiculous to blame people for something that isn't happening.

406 posted on 11/27/2001 6:46:51 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: AppyPappy
People who have not read the books and still condemn them are worse than fruitcakes - they are dangerous. There are people who literally do not want the Harry Potter books read - by anyone - I've met some of those people. And yes it is harmful when a young teenage girl is told she's commiting mortal sin by reading a book by the same people who seem to have no problem with their children watching 'Pulp Fiction' or tormenting others.

There are a lot of people out there, of all ages, who like their entertainment to be escapist, because they don't particularly like this planet. Then they come back to reality and live well-adjusted lives. That kind of person wouldn't want the magic to be real. It's hard to explain to an outsider, but we don't want the spells, just the spaceships. Fantasy looks inward; science fiction looks outward. There are hundreds of people who were inspired to careers in science and math because they read Heinlein as children; I have never met anyone who became a sword-wielding mage because he read Tolkien.

409 posted on 11/27/2001 6:56:32 AM PST by JenB
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