tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post4011104489235813767..comments2023-10-25T08:46:20.242-05:00Comments on The Distributist Review: What is Missing with Mr. Potter?John Médaillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463267750952578888noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-82271449287940262732007-07-29T12:54:00.000-05:002007-07-29T12:54:00.000-05:00Thank you for the spelling corrections. I do not r...Thank you for the spelling corrections. I do not recall insisting that Harry Potter practice my religion.<BR/><BR/>Many have claimed that the last book especially brings in themes of self-sacrifice that indeed religious. I haven't read it so I won't comment. However, that still doesn't negate the fact that magic in the series is a mere technology, and not (as far as I can tell) connected with any deeper reality.John Médaillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463267750952578888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-49771148693733174912007-07-27T01:17:00.000-05:002007-07-27T01:17:00.000-05:00It's troubling when people insist everything has t...It's troubling when people insist everything has to explicitly be about their religion. If you want religious wizard books like Harry Potter, go bloody write some yourself. <BR/><BR/>As a creative write, I'm going to say, nobody has the right to dictate to another writer (such as Rowling) that she or he has a duty to pander to one's particular religion or religious beliefs. Rowling wrote the books she wanted to. To criticize them for romanticizing England in a certain way, okay; to criticize the dominance of male characters, okay; to criticize the romanticization of private school in a Britain that sorely needs more investment and hope in public schools, yes; but to whine and complain because she didn't underpin her story with your own particular theology? That's just plain infantile and narcissistic.<BR/><BR/>Besides, there's more than enough Christian-themed Young Adult fantasy -- C.S. Lewis, for example -- out there if someone really wants to mushroom his kids into thinking the only thing to talk about is God-God-God. Of course, he'll be surprised to discover their severe problems in talking to anyone outside your church group later on, but it's up to him, I suppose.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I'm not a fan either, but get it right. It's Draco, not Drako. And there's tons of reason to prefer Harry, but the biggest one is, he's a middle class underdog with his heart in the right place, fighting a big bad bad guy. while Draco is a rude, nasty boy born to priviledge who's only obsessed with what's good for Draco. (That, at least, is evident in the first few films and books, which is as far as I've gotten.) Are you suggesting that if Harry was a Christian and Draco not, it would give us <I>more</I> a reason to prefer Harry? Do we really need more of a reason? One must be really blinded by one's bigotry against non-Christians not to see what's wrong with lumping them all together that way... let alone automatically naturally favoring someone because they happen to pray to the same god as you.gordsellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465812613427778240noreply@blogger.com