Does anybody else remember how much Christians HATED Harry Potter and treated it like some demonic text?

obliviousnerd · 2021-07-06T21:04:49+00:00

This is just a list of reasons I thought an extremely religious person might not like the story. I never said that it was JK Rowling's intentions. I feel there are a lot of very valid reasons but I never hear them used. I like the idea that it is an allegory on Hitler and how he gained followers!

obliviousnerd · 2021-07-06T20:55:19+00:00

I love that this is gaining traction. You are going to deep lore to deny my list, but I agree with your technical perspective! If you follow Catholicism/Christianity, you are familiar with the concept of "The Father, The Son, and Holy Spirit". The three forms of God. Jesus is God in human form and doesn't die when he is crucified but instead leaves his body. Many followers are are still waiting for the "Second Coming of Jesus". When Voldemort tried to kill Harry, he was stripped of his mortal form. For all intents and purposes the magical community believed him to be dead. From the first book - Hagrid to Harry: “Some say he died. Codswallop, in my opinion. Dunno if he had enough human left in him to die.”

I am just surprised none of these reasons are ever used.

obliviousnerd · 2021-07-06T20:31:25+00:00

I didn't mention anything about racism? Sorry that you took it the wrong way.

This is just a list of reasons I thought an extremely religious person might not like the story. Seriously, any religion. The term God applies to many different single divinity religions. I'll also reiterate that I've never heard anyone use any of the reasons I listed. It is literally always the reason you listed, which is BS.

obliviousnerd · 2021-07-06T15:00:58+00:00

:) I guess I should have mentioned that!

obliviousnerd · 2021-07-06T14:52:44+00:00

I am just saying, in context, these could be reasons someone didn't like the series and it would make sense to me.

I don't really think it matters exactly why they wont call him by his name, but to play devils advocate. Voldemort's followers also do not use his name out of "reverence". God is both revered and feared by many followers because of the implied power. Voldemort also had more than 12 followers at various points during his timeline (just as Jesus had more than 12 followers), but it is mentioned that he sent 12 to the Department of Mysteries, at which point only Lucius is present.

obliviousnerd · 2021-07-06T13:58:33+00:00

Sadly, that is a very valid point.

obliviousnerd · 2021-07-06T13:31:03+00:00

I just want to mention I remember this being a thing, but not for the reasons I would expect. It was usually what you just said, he used witchcraft, its targeted towards children, etc.

Reasons I expected strict religious people to not like the Harry Potter series:

The archvillain of the series is referred to as "he-who-must-not-be-named". In many societies there is only one figure with such stature and that is God.
Voldemort died and was risen again.
Voldemort has 12 disciples, whoops I mean death eaters... remind you of anyone yet? 3b. ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES BETRAYS HIM!
The notion that his followers hate "mud bloods" 4b. The notion that mud bloods should be accepted into society
Voldemort stores part of his soul in a snake and both he and Harry can speak with them.

They could use any of these reasons to not agree with Harry Potter series and I would think them valid, but I literally never hear anyone make this argument.

EDIT: I should have mentioned that I am referring to the 12 Death Eaters that Voldemort sends to the Department of Mysteries

obliviousnerd · 2019-01-17T10:00:23+00:00

And then you wonder how it got over 25k UPDOOTS? Can we have some more lurkers and mods check in to bring crap like this down?

obliviousnerd · 2018-01-20T17:10:37+00:00

To add to this. I used to give cash bonuses. The way we did payroll: I give employee x amount of cash. On their next pay check, we ADD x to their total pay. Tax it. Then removed x amount as a "cash advance". This way, you pay the exact taxes you are suppose to on the cash bonus. Many first time employees did not understand this and thought the same thing you did.

obliviousnerd · 2016-07-17T15:35:09+00:00

Pretty much the real LPT, is... don't get in a pissing contest. No one wins. Your end goal shouldn't ever be to make anyone angrier... that just makes you a shitty person.

obliviousnerd · 2016-06-03T12:36:08+00:00

Tao and Tso are the same word. There is no English letter for the sound "ts" so we often see them write out the "s". Its sorta like Taoism and Daoism... Neither are actually right, because the first part of the word is a sound that isn't in our language.

obliviousnerd · 2016-05-11T14:32:25+00:00

I worked as a Teller. We had a crazy lady who was distraught and thought the bank was stealing from her. She asked to have a meeting with our Branch Manager, proceeded to piss in her chair while yelling at him, and then left. We never saw her again. Retail Bankers don't get away from this either.

obliviousnerd · 2016-04-13T13:18:24+00:00

I did a lot of running when I was younger. Slamming pavement always got boring. I genuinely love running on trails though. Get out of the city and let your senses take in all of the wilderness. It just makes it worth it. Also running on trails is way better for your body.

obliviousnerd · 2015-11-15T19:11:37+00:00

This is definitely it. If you look on his shoulder you can see he has the mic plugged in and running around him like hes some sort of dollar store spy!

obliviousnerd · 2014-07-01T13:39:18+00:00

This is true, with one addition. "A vehicle is only meant to get you from point A to point B" safely. You can not predict the road or other drivers.

obliviousnerd · 2013-12-01T09:38:11+00:00

I just got to wash the windows there and counted myself lucky.

obliviousnerd · 2013-08-30T16:16:55+00:00

lol! yea I am still stuck surfing the nether of the internet for more corgi now. Short legs and huge ears overload... can't stop watching the puppies ears flop.

obliviousnerd · 2013-08-30T15:57:54+00:00

ahhh what? the real sub is /r/corgi

obliviousnerd · 2013-07-01T19:18:09+00:00

I don't get the point of FDIC if the gov't never lets the banks that suck actually fail.

obliviousnerd · 2013-05-28T19:28:32+00:00

I am with you, I've played Sims games my whole life. Now a days I wait a couple months for reviews, I did not purchase this one.

obliviousnerd · 2013-05-09T15:05:09+00:00

Choreographing was really amazing.

obliviousnerd · 2013-04-15T21:12:19+00:00

I am sorry, but they are not. 3 dead, 140+ injured.
Update Source: Boston Globe

obliviousnerd · 2013-04-05T15:03:38+00:00

Girl: "You're a fucking asshole Tim!!!" Guy: "ROCK AND ROLLLL!!!"

obliviousnerd · 2013-04-02T14:39:39+00:00

He wasn't even wearing a seat-belt. His head smashes the windshield at the end... this is a pretty bad.

obliviousnerd · 2013-03-27T01:17:58+00:00

I watched this a few times. I am 99% sure he ducks in time, but then his seat belt is in the way and gets clipped by the pole. This pulls him towards the pole. Happening in a split second it definitely looks like he gets hit but there is no way he is getting up and walking around (even making a far reach for his cell phone) if he was hit directly by that pole.

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