Dabbling in the occult is NEVER harmless. Remember our battle is not of the flesh it is against the powers and principalities! I have a 14 year old step-son I caught reading Harry Potter...needless to say it got snatched out of his hand and thrown away. People think its harmless its not .....its a gateway.....especially for younger kids!
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So he went to the library and read it. Big deal. Probably due to your stupidity and insanity in making a big deal out of NOTHING, he'll become absolutely fascinated by magic, wizards and witches. Then he'll grow up and become a pagan. WAY TO GO, MA, ONE MORE FOR OUR SIDE!!!
HEY!
Those books are EXPENSIVE!
Cut it out! You don't want your kid reading it, at least have the good sense to sell it! Don't let it go to waste!
Harry Potter?
*laughing hysterically*
If you would have seen what I was reading in Grade 8, you would have had a heart attack.
You're just going to make him want to read it more. When I was younger, I really wanted to read Harry Potter because my parents were fundies and wouldn't let us read them.
And guess what else? Their fundie attitudes pushed me towards atheism, not the books!
Just wait until he starts reading Mario Puzo (his works are decent, but I doubt you'd approve of them), or worse, the Twilight series (shudder)...
A gateway to what?
My mom was pretty lenient with what I read/watched/listened to and I have yet to kill, rape, rob, fold, spindle or mutilate anyone. All that happened was that I became a well-rounded adult who is capable of reason and critical thought. Of course, I guess as far as mister 1 is concerned, that's on a par with being a rabid satanist.
Thanks mom!
Way to go, destroying public property like that (or someone else's property, since I suspect that kid had borrowed it from someone, rather than buying it). So, vandalism for Jeebus award?
Also, gateway to what? Free thought?
Why is it that dabbling in the "occult" is harmful, yet dabbling in the "divine" is not?
I mean, the Christian God has proven Himself to be "all-terrible" when He's angry. I'm not taking my chances praying to that sort of gods - even if you're saying He really loves everyone.
Thank you, but I'll take the occult any day.
Oh, I love it when they start in on Harry Potter. Makes me want to go back and reread the whole series, even though I've read all the books several times, and am actually bored with it now. That's okay though, I'm on Philip Pullman now, which is making the fundies go even more batshit.
Funny thing is, these people love Narnia, which isn't that much different IMHO. It's just that one's written by a christian and one's written by an atheist.
Harry Potter?
Oh come on, as a child I hated to read before my mom bought me the first Harry Potter book when I was in first grade. That book changed everything.
Oh well. Dumbass behavior from parents makes the kids fight back.
This woman thinks the Bible is truth, I can see why she hates HP so much.
(it's cause she's a fucktard)
When I was 12 I snuck my mother's copy of the Exorcist and read it. I loved it, still do, but I am a fan of the horror genre.
It didn't turn me into anything demonic, just someone who loves to read. Although reading anything other the bible is demonic to fundies I guess.
I'm tired of this gateway bullshit. I read fantasy books, play fantasy games, and listen to metal, YET I DO NOT WORSHIP SATAN (who is imaginary btw)
Principalities and Powers are degrees of angelic rank.
Harry Potter is just a fucking book. It is not a "gateway drug." Harry Potter turns kids into Satanists to exactly the same degree that Horton the Elephant encourages kids to sit on eggs and hatch them.
So, reading is out, but stealing someone else's property is okay?
Nice value set there, 1Master.
"I have a 14 year old step-son I caught reading Harry Potter...needless to say it got snatched out of his hand and thrown away."
-Nice. Just so you know, even neoconservative assholes like Dr. Phil will tell you that Stepparents can *not* discipline their stepchildren. It is often disastrous. The existing parent should be the main disciplinarian.
Hey, way to squash your kid's interest in reading, imagination and telling the difference between reality and fiction.
Because if you can't express yourself coherently and in a discerning manner, why should he?
Confused?
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