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Why do christians hate/fear Harry Potter so much? Seeing this last Potter installment made me wonder what was so bad about Harry, beyond the usual boring plot culled from a cocktail of lord of the rings, star wars, and dashes of many kids flick plots. So what?

Christians think this "Yes, we should be very afraid of Harry Potter’s influence on our families. I cannot begin to imagine the deep spiritual darkness and influence that has been ushered in because of these movies and books … for the upcoming generations to emulate. Imagine everyday workers using the occultic arts to get what they want done."

and this : "The Harry Potter movies are just pure evil and it is a subtle way to introduce witchcraft to young children."

but wait" "I happened to be at a movie theater a few years back and a Harry Potter preview came on. Flying witches, spells and creatures filled the screen. The special effects and powerful scenes vexed my spirit beyond understanding. The deep darkness I saw and felt was very real."

this last one is interesting because she was at the movies, escaping reality herself when the trailer for HP scared her. Fear. Christians and fear is a whole book. Probably in nothing else is fear of the unknown so thoroughly laid out for us in christianity. fear permeates christianity to it's core. fear of the unknown is solved by god and jesus. it is the REASON for jesus. so it isn't surprising that any fear be looked at as dangerous by christians. i'm willing to bet that christians, on average are afraid of more things in daily life than non christians. because they seem to be the ones making kids use helmets to ride a tricycle. or childproofing their toilets. really? their toilets? what is the danger there? that the kid is drinking from it and the cat would think its funny to flush, giving the little believer-to-be a swirly?

so harry potter comes along and scares the crap outta this chick and she naturally thinks its evil. and will warp the brains of children because their minds are so malleable. just like hers was when they told her that santa clause was real, and he knows when shes been bad or good.

cmon. this whole thing is one big mind-twist. older people controlling younger kids with fear.

fear leads to judgement.

something better would be to get kids to face their fears, accept them, and get over them. so they can lead more fulfilling and authentic lives.

maybe if they were taught the difference between reality and fantasy correctly. instead of confusing them .santa clause and god stories confuse children. they are both similar in simple forms. an all knowing old man. who gives gifts to the good ones and punishes the bad ones. throw in some magical stuff like reindeer and walking on water. but now you tell them that one of them is fake. it can't be real because some things are impossible. reindeer can't fly and all the toys for all the kids in the world cant be delivered in one night. so just as they're starting to get it, they are told that rising from the dead is actually possible. what the what?

so now this girl goes to a movie that scares her, she cant tell if its real or not and it uses images that remind her of that confusing magic dilemma as a kid.

if harry potter is bad then santa clause is bad and an egg laying easter bunny is bad.

which brings up another important question:

how much sugar goes into making those yellow candy birds called tweets?

the anthropic principle.

if the universe were one tenth as old as its present age, there would not have been sufficient time to build up appreciable levels of carbon and other elements. if the universe were 10 times older than it actually is, most stars would be too old ,and stable planetary systems would have already come to an end. so why us, why now? why here? our solar system's days are finite. does that mean that our days in existence are too? only a fool would try and predict time beyond 5 years.

are we and our consciousness the end game of the universe? us being aware of ourselves and our place in the universe is pretty spectacular, but i'm not sure that isn't being a bit ego-centric. hello? you're trying to tell me that the purpose of all of the elements, all of the galaxies, all of the stars, all the solar systems, all the planets, with oceans, and mountains, and rivers, and clouds, weather patterns, insects, and the evolutionary animals that came before us, was only for the purpose of you being able to read, and comprehend this blog? please. if that's true then we suck. why are we killed so easily? why is life so short and so hard? if all of the laws of the universe exist only to better facilitate our existence, they sure don't do much to keep us here once they get us here. the universe is trying to kill us in so many different ways it's as if it doesn't love us anymore after it gives birth to us. let's start there: birth defects, infant mortality. the lack of intelligence to NOT smoke during pregnancy. viruses, disease, cancer. i mean seriously, would a universe who loves us give us cancer? or let flies crawl on the mouths of hungry and starving ethiopian children? are you gonna tell me we are being punished for original sin? wow. don't go there. knowledge of good and evil caused this? well that seems so simple. except now there can only exist one place where we don't have that knowledge....the abyss. the void. nothingness.


feeling better yet?

to live and project into the future as a project of a self, while keeping out self-deception and living by the will of the self is living life authentically.