Kewpie (kewpie) wrote, @ 2004-11-02 21:44:00

Found at the-leaky-cauldron.org
Student Refuses to Answer Potter Question

A South African student refused to answer an English exam question about Harry Potter because he believes the books promote witchcraft.

The mother of eighteen year old student John Smit told Reuters "He wouldn't answer it because it supports witchcraft, and we're against witchcraft ... the Bible is against witchcraft."

The family has written to provincial director of examinations to complain. Although they haven't responded, Smit's mother hopes the refusal will not count against him, as the question represented 30% of the exam.

African Christian Democratic Party MP Cheryllyn Dudley believes South Africa needs a better policy to avoid other pupils facing moral dilemmas during exams.

"I have read (the books), I have researched them thoroughly, and my personal opinion is that they are witchcraft manuals," Dudley told Reuters.

And another...
Potter Conference: Is Harry Christian?

St Andrew Orthodox Christian Church at California Baptist University is having a two-day conference on Friday, November 19th called "Is Harry Potter Christian?" John Granger, the author of Hidden Key to Harry Potter: Understanding the Meaning, Genius, and Popularity of the Harry Potter Books (Zossima Press, 2003) and Finding God in Harry Potter (Tyndale, 2004), will debate in favor of Harry; Richard Abanes, author of Harry Potter and the Bible: The Menace Behind the Magick (Horizon Books, 2001), will speak against.

*shakes head*

queenselphie 2004-11-03 07:32 (link)

How silly can people get? *sighs* as long as the basic ethics (being nice to others, being honest, not cheating, stealing, lying, killing, hurting etc) are the right ones, whats the problem? Being christian dosent automatically gaurantee somone being a nice person, and just becuase somone isnt christian it dosent exclude them from the possibility of being a good role model either. I'm a christian myself, but it seems people really can be hypocritical nit picking idiots cant they? (Reply to this) (Thread)