[Teófilo]

Typos. Blunders. Mine.

[Teófilo]

PING!

[Argus]

Let’s see, an old, unmarried British guy who spends all his time hanging around adolescent boys in an exclusive school, wears a big flouncy hat and a skirt, and is named “Albus”.

Of course he’s gay!

[trisham]

I’m shocked at Rowling’s recent statements. I just don’t understand why she thought this was necessary, and can only conclude that she has some serious problems.

[Mikey_1962]

I am beginning to wonder about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn...

[skinkinthegrass]

...she just adding to the 20 Century's "THE ABERRANT LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS"...which has been so much in fashion/fashionable for the last 30 thirty years...*TTP*, why, destroy a prefectly good storyline?....boredom?

[SIDENET]

Insert “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” joke here.

[Global2010]

Is the writer hard up for book sales?

[Terriergal]

Dumbledore gay outing sullies Potter's morality tales

NAH!!! YA THINK?!

Not that I ever figured much of her morality tales anyway.

[HarleyD]

Should I be surprised of Rowling's move? No. Rowling's a real rags-to-riches story and in order to gain access to certain exclusive circles she wasn't born into, as a noveau riche, she has to adhere to the standard dogmas of the glitterati

BINGO!!!! I don't believe she started to make Dumbledore into a gay person until much later and only so she could move into certain circles. Kind of ruins the whole series for some but the rest of the world will applaud. Funny how she didn't announce this until AFTER the last book was well published.

Well, what does it matter if you gain the whole world but lose your soul?

[dangus]

He’s gay, but celibate.

(C’mon, there were only 100 zillion comparisons between Hogwarts and a monastery!)

[CholeraJoe]

The Harry Potter novels already contain murder, kidnapping, torture, slavery, child abuse, theft, lying, animal cruelty, voyeurism, interspecies lust, underage drinking, bad table manners and inter-racial dating. Why not add sodomy? They’ll be just like the Old Testament.

[dragonblustar]

Rowling, like many others in the UK feel that being a good person and doing good is what's important than believing in God. ( I'm a good person, I don't need God, etc..)

If you've read some of her comments about her beliefs, she herself admits she struggles with it. She claims to be a Christian but then she calls some of those Christians who believe and practice what the bibles teaches as bigots. I think she cares more about fitting into the "collective thought" of pop culture than being a Christian.

She never defends Christianity only the concept of good -v- evil. And if she's a left, that makes being good everything on the left. Sure, lefties can share a few common ideas with the right but don't be fool because of that. Deep down inside, they see the right as evil.

[Antoninus]

"You start off with Harry Potter, who comes across as a likeable wizard, but you end up with the Devil. There is no doubt that the signature of the Prince of Darkness is clearly within these books. By reading Harry Potter a young child will be drawn into magic and from there it is a simple step to Satanism and the Devil."

Fr. Amorth, you are correct, sir. It always amazes me how prescient some of these holy men turn out to be...

[Antoninus]

I hereby withdraw my sympathy and monetary support from the Harry Potter books and movies. I don't want my children exposed to flimsy moral teachings. In the past, I dismissed the witchcraft and sorcery contained in the books as so much fantasy and fairy tale material, giving the books and movies a pass because of their moral contents and fair-to-midland storytelling. But now I can't overlook the fact that Rowling wants to sell us an unchallenged, acceptable view of pro-homosexual "morality" in the guise of a likeable father-figure. That is beyond the pale and I won't stand for it. To me her books are now, to quote Father Amorth anew, the work of the Devil.

Right there with you, Brother.

Here's my own screed on this topic, in case you didn't see it...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1916336/posts

[MEGoody]

I have to say, until J. K. Rowling made this statement about Dumbledore or whatever the heck his name is, I didn't really think it was a big deal if kids read the Potter books.

Now, I will absolutely refuse to ever purchase one of the books or movies. I don't want my money going to enrich someone who is on the side of the homosexual activists.

[fatima]

Father Gabriel Amorth has a lot of experience in this area as the Rome’s chief exorcist. I was doing research over the weekend on Father and exorcism.I found a few quotes from him in an interview that were interesting. “I speak with the Devil every day,” he says, grinning like a benevolent gargoyle. “I talk to him in Latin. He answers in Italian. I have been wrestling with him, day in day out, for 14 years.””We can sort out the phoney ones. We look into their eyes. As part of the exorcism, at specific times during the prayers, holding two fingers on the patient’s eyes we raise the eyelids. Almost always, in cases of evil presence, the eyes look completely white. Even with the help of both hands, we can barely discern whether the pupils are towards the top or the bottom of the eye. If the pupils are looking up, the demons in possession are scorpions. If looking down, they are serpents.””I believe God sometimes singles out certain souls for a special test of spiritual endurance, but more often people lay themselves open to possession by dabbling with black magic. Some are entrapped by a satanic cult. Others are the victims of a curse.””Remember, when we jeer at the Devil and tell ourselves that he does not exist, that is when he is happiest.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1260364/posts