Nothing pisses me off worse than people who can't take a story as a story. Condemn others for liking stories about the supernatural... whatever. Of course, everyone knows that Harry Potter is finally coming to a conclusion this summer, but I hate hearing about how it is turning kids pagan because it is about witches and wizards and magic. Its a fucking story, not a bible, are you kidding? First off, the word pagan has a derogatory history that actually truly refers to an outsider. It was a term invented to describe someone who lived outside of society. The correct term that these hatemongers are looking for is Wiccan, and I'm sorry, but true wiccans don't carry around magic wands looking for evil. So Harry potter isn't really a threat, people, it is your terrible parenting that is doing the job. If you think that a couple stories that are written and kept in the fiction aisle are going to uproot the values you have raised and taught your children then what does that say about you??? Obviously you aren't so sure about what you taught, or how strongly you taught it. Another thing that slays me is that belief in the supernatural (or even just the like of supernatural stories) is supposed to undermine belief in God. Um, ok, have you realized yet that faith in God is believing in something that you can't see, you can't prove, that you just have to have faith about? And that stories about having faith in magic, santa claus, heroes that save us all are really actually preparation and help children learn to have that faith that becomes so important to you later in religious practices? I'm not religious by any means, more of an agnostic if you will, but I can't stand the hypocrisies of this and all of its bullshit.
Don't get me started.... or I could go off about the idiots who argued about the DaVinci Code too.
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good points! wicca is actually rather interesting. i don't know much AT ALL, but after realizing that it wasn't the satan worshiping religion we were told growing up, i have met people who practice and i've learned that it's a safe and worthy religion.
harry potter and paganisim? haha! LMAO! maybe parents should actually allow their child to make their own choices when it comes to the most personal aspect of human life.
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