How to do you feel about the set up in the harry potter books?

Question

Ok in reality if you are part of the occult you are looked down on and those who arent part of it are looked high on. Now Jk rowlings did something fantastic she switched the roles. People who think this should be banned is this the reason you wanted it banned is because you dont think everyone should be treated equal do to religion.

we occult and christianity was treated equal would you have a problem with it.

Answer 1

It's hard to work out what you're actually asking here.... I think you're asking Pagans of their opinions of the HP series.

As a member of the Pagan community, I see the HP series as having positive messages for kids. BUT as something supposedly "representating Witchcraft" - all I can say is that it's unfortunate that the Wizard/Witch images used. Because that's about as far as it goes.

There's a big difference between the images & the Religious realities. Apart from the Generic spiritual messages of personal resposibility & the strength of friendship/family the similarities stops there.

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Answer 2

What are you saying? There have been ignorant people who had a problem with the fact that there are witches, wizards and other "occult" beings in the books. Harry Potter books consistently top the American Library Association's list of most frequently challenged and banned books. But, remember that they do celebrate Christmas and Halloween, and Easter is mentioned in the last book as well. As J.K. Rowling herself said, she has met thousands of children since she started writing the books, and not once, ever, has a child come up to her and said, "Ms. Rowling, I'm so glad I read your books because now I want to be a witch."

Answer 3

The attitude towards muggles in HP was not widespread and was only believed by Slithering himself and by the followers of "He who must not be named". Though blanking muggle's memories is eerily similar to what some UFOs , the 'Men in Black', and the Fae have been accused of over the centuries.

However, the HP prejudice against half-muggle wizards is all too similar to British Traditional Wicca's requirement that a candidate have a lineage of witches or magick users going back several generations before they could enter a coven. This demand is organizationally suicidal, along with the silly rule that only the Priestess could start a new coven. When Wicca came to America this nonsense had to be dispensed with, as it amounted to being organizational suicide. (Leo Martello)

It's also the reason there's NeoPaganism - talented people got sick and tired of being told ,"No, you don't have the proper lineage...".

Xtians are against the "occult" because their religion traditionally rejects it, because anything strange to xtian doctrine just has to be of the bad ol' deb'bil, but, of course, Everything mankind does is of the Devil. It's why the Romans thought of them of being, and accused them of, a general "Hatred of Mankind".

In HP there is no hint that the muggles were xtians, although some xtians claim it was aimed at them - they also have a need to be persecuted, even if they're the great majority of the population of a nation. Freedom of religion, the right to believe what you choose, goes aginst centuries of church/state government with no choice at all for the common people - and it's still a radical idea to some of them..

Answer 4

I'm finally reading that series. I just finished book one and I'm in the beginning of book two.

I love what she's done. The books are clever and cute...they aren't, in my incomplete opinion, as good as books like The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe...The Secret Garden...et cetera...

I think it will be interesting to see how her style and such evolves over the course of the books that I haven't read.

All that said, I don't think people's desire to ban the books have anything to do with inequality. I think it is the book's subject of witchcraft. Many Christians see witchcraft as an evil thing (which I think it is). That said, Harry Potter doesn't portray real witchcraft (allthough she has done some fine research, it seems; some details are surprisingly acurate). It is an unintended moral tale about the battle bettween good (Gryfindor) and evil (Slytherin)...

Answer 5

are you talking about muggles and wizarding folks? I think that she is making a point that discrimination and bigotry is evil, and just putting it in a fantasy book, I love Harry Potter books, and from what I understand from my religious family members, they wanted it banned because they believed that the books had some real spells inside of them, I disagree completely with my family members on this, they are very well written children books

Answer 6

I think its just a book...about some kids that do magic, i think that people shouldn't read into it so much, i think that many of the characters in the bible performed acts that could be considered acts of witch craft, rather they are re worded into acts of god (splitting the seas, healing the blind etc.), i think that people should find better things to do instead of trying to ban books....sorta like the way people tried to ban the bible when it first came out. get over it, move on, be happy.

Answer 7

I sort of think I understand what you just said... sort of. And I agree with you to some extent (but occultists are looked down upon by only a small group of haters- trust me in reality a lot of people don't care what you practice).

Answer 8

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Answer 9

What are you talking about? I've read all the Harry Potter books, and I don't have a clue to what you mean.

atheist

Answer 10

I haven't read them, but are you saying that she switched the rolls to where the occult is now regarded above those who don't subscribe to that idea?