> Have you ever read such a boring book as Harry Potter!
> First she does not have a CLUE about the rules and laws of magic.
> NEVER mention the unicorn and this kind of thing.
> And second what utterly boring pseudo try to be interesting CRAP!
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> "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote in message
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>> The Harry Potter books deal with the great themes of life, the
>> philosophical questions wuch as 'What does it mean to be good?' What
>> happens when I die? All religions do the same so there will inevitably be
>> some crossovers. Lord of the Rings to which others have referred in posts
>> is another book which deals with the same issues. It has been described
>> as a deeply religious book and yet there is no mention of God nor do the
>> character have any formal religious practice. The same
>> is true of Harry Potter. God is absent and yet spiritual themes abound.
>> Love, friendship, sacrifice. Harry is the willing victim who embraces his
>> fate. His Gethemane moment is on the floor of Dumbledores study when
>> returned from Snapes memories he finally knows that he has to face death
>> at Voldemorts hand with no hope of escape.Yes he is like Jesus and I
>> guess we are lucky that Christians are onthe whole sensible tolerant
>> people in the practise of their faith as adherents of some religions much
>> consider suich likening blasphemous.I used to be a practising Christian
>> but with sadness I am less so now and yet I sense the 'Hound of Heaven'
>> sometimes in some books and DH is one of them.The last enemy that shall
>> be destroyed is death. The Church of Scotland and, whenever she's asked,
>> says,
>> "I believe in God, not magic." In fact, Rowling initially was afraid that
>> if people were aware of her Christian faith, she would give away too much
>> of what's coming in the series. "If I talk too freely about that," she
>> told a Canadian reporter, "I think the intelligent reader -- whether ten
>> [years old] or sixty -- will be able to guess what is coming in the
>> books. And Lewis is definitely the "most Christian" of the three because
>> while the other two can be interpreted as Christian allegories if you
>> feel like it, the Narnia Chronicles aren't even a Christian
>> allegory,they're a series of books that star Jesus as a character except
>> he's called Aslan in Narnia. As for why Lewis is eclipsed by Tolkien and
>> Rowling... Tolkien is obvious : the Lord of the Rings isn't as obviously
>> oriented for children, and the whole story and worldbuilding has more
>> magnitude than for Narnia. As for Rowling the simple fact that she is a
>> much more modern writer in style and everything explains her present
>> popularity well enough for me. We can come back in 50 years and see who
>> eclipses the other,and have a real argument.Finally, there is the fact
>> that Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings are so much better than the
>> Narnia Chronicles.The Christ is supposedly the son of GOD - Harry isn't
>> The Christ was supposedly born through Immaculate conception - Not Harry
>> The Christ was supposedly a GOD - who are eternal - no beginning and no
>> end - Not Harry.No three kings, no bethlehem, no star, (ETC) at Harry's
>> birth Harry destroyed a major evil - the Christ did not.Harry was a
>> Horcrux - and also apparently had one too - A god doesn't need those
>> things.The Christ had more "Sidekicks" than Harry.The Christ KNEW he
>> could not die(Gods cannot do that) - Harry did not find that out until
>> after he "ALMOST" did.The Christ's body was hung on a cross - not
>> Harry.Train stations (Kings Cross) did not exist in the time that Christ
>> was placed in his book.Harry didn't Resurrect in Heaven and take his body
>> with him.Harry didn't start a church. Harry was both Married and had
>> children in the end - the Christ was
>> apparently only married. The Christ did miracles - Harry was not more
>> magical than any other wizard in the books. In fact - his name would not
>> have been jesus either. Theory of Harry representing Jesus allegorically
>> WILL be discussed. And the thought that Harry, a wizard who practices
>> magic, not always responsibly, is a Christlike figure,will give certain
>> members of the Christian lunatic fringe absolute hives. JKR has
>> certainly come in for her share of finger waving disapproval and hysteria
>> from Uber Christians over the past ten years.I personally think a person
>> can be a sincere Christian without losing their sense of humor or their
>> common sense. I think that's why I particularly enjoyed the name pun of
>> Pius Thicknesse, the puppet Minister of Magic who succeeds Scrimgeour. I
>> think it was a wee
>> pin in the balloons of religious hysteria.
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