Harry Potter re-invented as a Christian!

[Owlswing]

I cannot think of this happening anywhere else but the US!

I really wish that I could get hold of the complete version so that when I get stuck iun the depths of one of my bouts of deporession I can give myself a really good laugh.


http://www.tickld.com/x/jaw/this-woman-just-changed-harry-potter-for-her-kids-seriously?utm_source=Tickld&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=harrypotter&ts_pid=2&utm_content=inf_11_381_2

[Rhiannon]

I'd read that a while back. Rowling is very litigious - interesting to see if she bothers suing her.

[Outrider]

Bit of an own-goal for the 'miracles are different to magic' school of thinking Christians...

O.

[Harrowby Hall]

Oh dear.

That nice lady, Becky Fischer, in "Jesus Camp" won't be very happy to hear this.

"If Harry Potter had lived in Jesus' day, he'd have been put to death."

[jeremyp]

Ironically, JK Rowling is a Christian and says Christianity inspired the Harry Potter books.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/3668658/J-K-Rowling-Christianity-inspired-Harry-Potter.html

[Rhiannon]

Ironically, JK Rowling is a Christian and says Christianity inspired the Harry Potter books.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/3668658/J-K-Rowling-Christianity-inspired-Harry-Potter.html

I'd wondered about that with her 'dead guy not dead to beat evil' ending. Tbh I thought as a plot device it let the books down by being rather obvious. But I suppose the fact she's a Christian is a better explanation than her just ripping the idea off.

[Anchorman]

I don't understand why certain American 'christians' throw a wobbly over this kind of stuff.
The Rowling books were great ( a hundred times better than the films, of course) and there is nothing that any Christian with a modicum of faith should be alarmed about.
Only in America (I hope)

[OH MY WORLD!]

Such anti American BS. Re-inventing pagan crap has been going on for a very long time. Just take all the celebrations that were once pagan and now re-invented as (thank God) Christian celebrations. That didn't happen in the evil US of A people. Too funny you all.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/childrens-books/what-katy-did-jacqueline-wilson/

[Owlswing]

Re-inventing pagan crap . . .

Pagan crap? Hmm! Well it sure as Hell beats the crap out of Christian bullshit!

[Anchorman]

What 'pagan  crap'?
Rowling's works are just fantasy genre for kids.
You'll be saying that Pratchett, McCaffrey, Eddings, etc, did the same sort of 'inventing' as Rowling, next.

[floo]

Harry Potter is still a story of good triumphing over evil.

Which I have no issue with.

I agree. The HP books are more moral than much of the Bible, and a much better read, imo.

[BashfulAnthony]

Harry Potter is still a story of good triumphing over evil.

Which I have no issue with.

I agree. The HP books are more moral than much of the Bible, and a much better read, imo.

The Bible, or more explicitly, the New Testament, is not a novel, designed to give a good read.  What a desperately narrow understanding.

[ProfessorDavey]

Harry Potter is still a story of good triumphing over evil.

Which I have no issue with.

As are so many stories.

And of course they are subject to questions of allegory. But I guess the nice thing about good vs evil stories is that we can all put on our own 'spin' depending on who we see to be the good guys and who are the bad guys.

So I can see how Harry Potter could be read as allegorical with respect to christianity, but of course you could easily read it the opposite way. The choice is yours.

[floo]

Harry Potter is still a story of good triumphing over evil.

Which I have no issue with.

As are so many stories.

And of course they are subject to questions of allegory. But I guess the nice thing about good vs evil stories is that we can all put on our own 'spin' depending on who we see to be the good guys and who are the bad guys.

So I can see how Harry Potter could be read as allegorical with respect to christianity, but of course you could easily read it the opposite way.

The Bible and HP books are similar in that both contain less than credible tales, but also some wisdom. Where they differ is that in the HP books the baddies are clearly defined, unlike the Bible. The deity and some of its acolytes are supposed to be goodies, but are in actual fact a baddies, if the deeds attributed to them had any truth.

[ProfessorDavey]

Where they differ is that in the HP books the baddies are clearly defined, unlike the Bible.

Not always. Most notably Snape in HP - it is unclear until the very end whether he is really a baddy or a goody.

[floo]

Where they differ is that in the HP books the baddies are clearly defined, unlike the Bible.

Not always. Most notably Snape in HP - it is unclear until the very end whether he is really a baddy or a goody.

True!