And Then They Came for J.K. Rowling

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Witchcraft is contrary to Catholic faith, as is porn, so I stay away.
You seem pretty unaware of assumptions you’re making. No one is arguing that witchcraft isn’t “contrary” to the Catholic faith. Of course it is. They’re arguing about whether some kid reading Harry Potter constitutes “witchcraft.”
 
I understand. Kids are heavily influenced by movies, books, etc. They want to be the super heroes and be just like that person in the books or movies. It is very bad for a kid to look up to Harry Potter and want to be a wizard. That is what I’m saying. It actually can be quite dangerous for the kid.

I’m a grown man and I wouldn’t read Harry Potter, let alone want any young kids reading it.
 
And some of the spells are genuine satanic incantations.
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They seem to be universally the latin imperative, albeit misconjugated at times.
The only things I could find were actual Wicca practitioners saying that the books weren’t anywhere near resembling the occult.
But then, it’s witches that are satanic, not Wiccans, who misguidedly attempt to appropriated the term.
Are the magic spells fictional? I have heard otherwise, from exorcists.
They should be quite recognizable to anyone exposed to the residual latin in the RCC and who has taken a year or two of high school Spanish . . .
JK Rowling went to witch school hersel
Huh? Are there even Wiccan schools, let alone schools for witches? Again, which of the two are you claiming; they are not the same groups.
The only example I can think is Draco,
Which is latin for “dragon” . . .
solve et coagula”. The image of Baphomet also has this saying tattooed on its arm.
it’s also an alchemical phrase.
Hetero dudes who take this stand, collecting all the appreciation the internet can dole out, would you date a trans woman?
In all seriousness, it’s a variant of that–lesbians that won’t date/have sex with “trans women” that seems to have set off this whole TERF notion.

From those quarters, not being willing to be intimate with someone with man parts somehow makes them deficient lesbians, or some such.
But really? Middle aged women’s opinions are easily dismissed?
Well, fair is fair: to paraphrase Count Mountjoy, as long as middle aged men have had opinions, middle aged women have been dismissing them.
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I still don’t understand how being a best-selling author goes hand in hand with needing to express Twitter opinions.
Seems that the author see’s twitter differently to you and has held a twitter account since 2009. So the author must see the validity in holding an account. No point in posting a picture with out referencing the original poster.

https://twitter.com/jk_rowling
 
Obviously she has a different opinion than me, as do many celebrities with Twitter. My point is that it’s not necessary to use Twitter for expressing controversial opinions, and that celebs from JK Rowling to the President could spare themselves a lot of grief by either staying off twitter or limiting what they say.

But hey, if Rowling isn’t bothered by the grief she gets from people on Twitter, it’s her life. She shouldn’t expect me to feel sorry for her when people don’t like her opinions though.
 
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I do not think Saint Alphonsus Liguori was reading books on witchcraft for entertainment so he could get a tickle up his leg between his ardent prayer and study.
Where does that even come from ?
I’m a grown man and I wouldn’t read Harry Potter
It’s obvious you have no idea what the books (or the movies) actually are like.

They’re not porn. They’re not witchcraft manuals.

They’re a made-up story about a little boy who grows up and discovers goodness, braveness, friendship, life-giving sacrifice, evil and its presence in himself, and the redemptory power of love.
 
I understand. Kids are heavily influenced by movies, books, etc. They want to be the super heroes and be just like that person in the books or movies. It is very bad for a kid to look up to Harry Potter and want to be a wizard. That is what I’m saying. It actually can be quite dangerous for the kid.

I’m a grown man and I wouldn’t read Harry Potter, let alone want any young kids reading it.
I’m also a grown man who has no interest in reading Harry Potter, because they’re books for kids. Assuming the kid is mature enough to distinguish reality from fiction, I don’t see what’s particularly bad about a kid pretending to be a wizard. It’s fantasy. It’s no worse than a kid pretending to be a character from Star Wars or Lord of the Rings.

My three year old loves watching Daniel Tiger and will sometimes roar like a tiger when she’s playing. I’m not worried she’s going to grow up thinking she’s actually an anthropomorphic tiger in a red sweater.
 
Twitter may be one of the worst inventions of the last several hundred years. But there are a lot of other innovations that work to destroy social peace and tranquility.
 
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