December 04, 2005

Truly wonderful is the mind of child...

Early contender for "Gimp of the Year" in the Daily Telegraph Letters to the Editor.

How easy it is to be "sucked" in. First the Harry Potter books and now, sadly, the film promoting dangerous occult and pagan views, foul language, rebellion, war and murder. These are very dangerous to impressionable hearts and minds.

- Judith Bond, Glen Alpine.

Gee, I bet old Judith's a riot to be with.

(PS: Did anyone see any actual Pagan views in the books or movies? I mean, seriously, did Ron drop to his knees and praise mighty Baal? It must have been when I went to the toilet.)

Craptacular comic writer and Christian loon Jack Chick agrees with Judith.

Good Lord there are some nutters around.

Posted by Quentin George at December 4, 2005 10:19 AM
Comments

People never cease to amaze me with their stupidity.

Posted by: Leigh at December 4, 2005 12:14 PM

LOL...

"I'd like to go to wizard school and learn magic and put spells on people. I'd make up an ugly spell and then it's pay-back time." Catherine, age 9.

Catherine, not all of us can be beautiful.

Posted by: Dan at December 4, 2005 02:08 PM

Heaven forbid paganism. No good ever came from pagan influences...

It's the season to be jolly, no?

Posted by: Engels at December 4, 2005 03:24 PM

You think that's nuts? Someone I met on Yahoo Games the other day tried to convince me that Voldermort is Satan and Harry Potter is Jesus...

Posted by: Jan at December 5, 2005 01:01 AM

I suppose any Campbellian hero (wiki Joseph Campbell) can be interpreted as Jebus.

Neo, Skywalker, Frodo, Engels (in "Sexy Sorority Girls")

Posted by: Engels at December 5, 2005 05:31 PM

I remember reading that the narrative of the Gospel of Mark is suspiciously similar to that of the Illiad/Odyssey/Aenead heroic journey.

Found that interesting.

Posted by: Aidan at December 5, 2005 05:38 PM

Also, the question of coincidence and influence comes into play. Creationists claim there are dozens of myths featuring "great floods" around the world. If my Village was washed away in a flood, I'd be telling my grand kids about it.

Never heard it referred as the "Aenead" journey.

Posted by: Engels at December 5, 2005 06:46 PM

Engels - here's a url which explains what I'm on about.

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/homerandmark.html

Posted by: Aidan at December 5, 2005 06:57 PM