BUT WHAT ABOUT SNOW WHITE AND THE WIZARD OF OZ?

Lynchburg (Va.) Ledger (via Nealz Nuze) | Rev. Kort Greene Jr.

[Phantom Lord]

Harry Potter, the movie, grossed over $93 million this past weekend. Good! I love it. I love it for two reasons: First, the Potter phenomenon is responsible for sending millions of children worldwide to the books. They actually put down the video games controllers and picked up books! Second, the Potter books and movies are making religious zealots just nuts!

For the lighter side of today’s Nuze I offer you this letter to the editor which appeared in the Lynchburg (Va.) Ledger:

Letter to the Editor:

Religion in Politics

Harry Potter and "Wizardry."

The Bible says that we are to stay away from wizardry, witchcraft, sorcery, divination, charmers, etc., that these are an "abomination" (sin) unto the Lord. (Deuteronomy 18:10-12). "Harry Potter" advocates these things, thusly contradicting the Word of God.

I have prayed fervently that the September 11th calamity would lead this country to repentance and a national revival. I will continue to pray that prayer. However, It’s disheartening to see a great number of the American people turn to "Satan worship" rather than to God.

The "Harry Potter" craze is Satanism. I have not read the book nor have I seen the movie, and I don’t intend to do either. But, I have seen and heard enough to make this determination. Many are saying that it’s just an innocent movie for entertainment, and that they don’t see anything wrong with it. Well, the Bible tells us to trust in the Lord and lean not unto our own understanding. Now, I know this is an insult to the "intellects." But, one’s intelligence is "null and void" compared to God’s wisdom. The Bible also tells us to stay away from even the "appearance" of evil, and this appears to be evil. For those who think that this movie is just innocent entertainment remember, Satan is a master deceiver.

This nation is in a fragile situation. We can easily go one way or the other. We need to turn to God. If we don’t, then September 11th is just a "drop in the bucket," compared to what’s in store for us.

Psychics, Witchcraft, Wizards, etc. are "real" but, they are of the Devil. God is also real and has power over the Devil but, we must turn to Him.

I’m a native Washingtonian. The Washington "Bullets" used to be my favorite basketball team. Because of the "gun control" issue, their name was changed to the "Wizards." I’m no longer a Washington fan. I have several bullets/guns in my house and I have yet to see one go off and kill someone. Bullets/guns don’t kill people, people do. Wizardry is unGodly, and so is Harry Potter.

May America repent and be blessed, amen.

Rev. Kort Greene Jr.
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Here is a preacher who has never read a Harry Potter book, and hasn’t seen the movie. It doesn’t matter, though. He’s “heard enough” to know that Harry Potter is Satanic. Let’s all give thanks that this letter does not in any way represent the feelings or thought patters of mainstream Christianity. This is not the way to bring people to God.

[jude24]

I;m a fundamentalist....

you know how many times my email box has seen that Onion article? Well meaning friends have forwarded it to me dozens of times.

I usually explained to them that it was a hoax. Some believed me, some did not.

[ppaul]

Don't forget The Doors (the movie). It was going to lure young people into kundalini yoga.

[ppaul]

Satan walks the earth today but luckily for most of us, he's based in Buffalo.

LOL!!!
Ya made my day.

[Politicalmom]

It is completely untrue that The Chronicles of Narnia portray magic as evil. SOME of the magic wielders are evil, but the magician in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader is not evil, and there are several other instance like this one.

[AMMON-CENTRIST]

Harry Potter to the human eye look real cool. Almost incredible to look at. I agree with Mancow that it does promote sorcery. Snow White and the Wiz of Oz....I am not sure of those.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Why? What does it matter to you what a particular movie grosses? Don't see it if you don't want to add to it. One thing that irritates me about some of my fellow conservatives is that they are such busybodies!

Sam, that's kind of like saying a person couldn't be bothered by Clinton's high poll numbers while in office. Why do so many people want to deny Christians their first amendment rights when any leftist nutjob is given a free pass daily. We might complain, but no one denies them their right to speak. Heck, Ap just did a pure puff piece on Larry Flynt suing the government for not giving him permission to go into Afghanistan with the troops and cover the war for Hustler. No opining from the press.

[AMMON-CENTRIST]

If we want to be real, we should abolish Halloween. It is a satanic holiday. We should abolish tatoos as well because they are mystic in nature as well.

[wi jd]

I was a GI Joe fan myself. He-Man always struck me as gay.

He-Man was NOT gay. Ask Teela.

[RobbyS]

YOU, NEVER HAVING MET THE PASTOR AND HAVING NO PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF HIM WHATEVER,... The pastor wrote a letter, Paul wrote a letter. Still want to stick with the "whatever?"

[BADROTOFINGER]

Heavy Metal music was supposed to turn kids into Satan worshippers too. What went wrong? How did their plan fail?

I think most of us headbangers ended up here at FR. Kids who develop a love of reading because of Harry Potter (like I did, Dragonlance novels from Weis+Hickman, published by TSR, the producers of the Dungeons and Dragons game, which I loved) have a much better shot at being educated and not falling into the liberal garbage culture. When they tire of fiction, maybe they will read Sowell, D'Souza, Bovard, etc., like I did...JFK

[Phantom Lord]

I hope you were being sarcastic in your comments about tattoos.

[Phantom Lord]

Damn Buffalo for trading Hasek! Damn them to Hell!

Satan is one of my favorite players. He is my wifes favorite guy on Buffalo since they traded Peca.

We both went to college in Buffalo.

[Leroy S. Mort]

Satan is one of my favorite players.

Can't wait to see the responses to that! LOL

[Wm Bach]

She was quoted as saying something to the affect of Jesus Christ is a hoax and at the end of the world He will kneel down and suck the c$%k of our dark lord. I wish I still had the article. I think she said that to the London Times.

Uh huh...That's funny. All I can find are some overly nutty statements on a few fundie sites CLAIMING that the author spoke as you report. However there is no such actual source of the story in any of these claims, which leads me to believe that it's the handiwork of a bunch Chicken Littles, running around screaming that Harry Potter is satanic for lack of having anything better to do with their time.

[Phantom Lord]

There is also an INDISPUTABLE correlation between the number of churches in a town and the number of taverns. Are we to believe that churches cause drinking?

[constitutiongirl]

You'll have to supply me with passages from the books to convince me of that. I've read all of them and the only kids doing bad things are the bad kids. When Harry and his friends do something out of line (even when trying to solve a mystery) they are routinely caught and summarily punished. With the exception of a few 'school boy' shenanigans(which do not go unpunished), the only time Harry and his friends break the rules are usually when they are trying to protect another person or while trying to save the school from evil forces bent on destroying it. They also never give alot of 'lip' to the professors. These characters are based on British public (private) school teachers, not American 'feel-good educators', and they dole out the punishments without worrying about the childrens' self-esteem.

[BibChr]

Absolutely, without hesitation.

But then, I read my entire post, not just your snippet.

Dan

[constitutiongirl]

What??? I thought everyone had access to unicorn blood!! The Centaur that lives next door to me can supply you with some if you need it. Don't worry about the three-headed dog at the front gate, it's the dragon in the back yard you need to keep your eye on.