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March 05, 2006
Harry Potter & the Spawn of Satan
I dont know about everyone else, but I LOVE the Harry Potter books. Whereas in 2002 I was a skeptic, scoffing at the long lines outside bookstores in anticipation of this book, a summer of "catching-up" turned me into a raving (perhaps even "rabid"?) fan. In light of this (and my penchant for San-Fran based show "Charmed"), it was distrubing to hear rumbling of how Rowlings was actually advocating the dark arts, potentially turning good children into Satan's spawn. As the Church (seriously) continues to stress this connection, here's what "THE Vatican's chief exorcist yesterday claimed "
Courtesy Entertainment News
Harry Potter then Devil: Vatican
From correspondents in The Vatican
THE Vatican's chief exorcist yesterday claimed the Harry Potter stories could lead children into Satanism.
Father Gabriele Amorth said: "You start off with Harry Potter, who comes across as a likeable wizard, but you end up with the Devil.
"There is no doubt that the signature of the Prince of Darkness is clearly within these books."
Father Amorth, 80, who has carried out more than 3000 exorcisms since 1986, said: "By reading Harry Potter a young child will be drawn into magic and from there it is a simple step to Satanism and the Devil."
The series of books, whose popularity with children has made millions for author JK Rowling, has already been criticised by Pope Benedict XVI.
Three years ago, before becoming Pope, he said the character was a bad influence because the stories contained "seductions which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly
Posted by Sumita Sheth at March 5, 2006 10:29 AM
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