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#1316383
Crow Girl
There's one particular thing about the fundie hysteria over Harry Potter that amuses me. Previously, fundies claimed Wicca wasn't a real religion, a la Rep. Barr's attempt to ban it from military bases. Then Rowling's books appear in school libraries and lo, fundies want to ban them because they "promote the religion of Wicca"! Yeah, nothing like consistency, and that's nothing like it. I've been a practicing NeoPagan for 25 years, and I sure wish my teachers had told me all I had to do to fix my car or knit a sweater was to wave my wand and pronounce a Latin pun. Silly me, spending so much money at the auto shop and department store!
7/29/2011 11:12:16 AM
#1316623
Amadaun
Yeah. Dog Latin sure is mystical.
...BWAHAHAHAH!
7/30/2011 12:15:42 AM
#1319345
RevDG
i have a feeling beccasue has been reading the onion again.
8/6/2011 2:40:48 PM
#1319362
anti-nonsense
Either you are lying for Jebus or she was.
Lying for Jebus is still lying, just saying.
8/6/2011 3:10:40 PM
#1320895
Alethe
Based in reality... if you can call erudite puns (chiefly from Latin) reality.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur
8/10/2011 9:41:00 PM
#1325300
Watergirl909
I think I can speak as a voice of authority on this and tell you that this bitch is lying. My mother's a Wiccan, and I can tell you, magic is nothing like Harry Potter.
8/26/2011 4:28:59 AM
#1325314
Darlene
To steal a phrase from Family Guy- Are you sure it was an article? Are you sure it wasn't -nothing-?
8/26/2011 5:18:59 AM
#1461694
VioletBeauregarde
When I see Harry Potter and "former witch" in the same sentence, my BS detector goes berserk!
10/22/2012 5:34:44 PM
#1498451
konatacrax
Well, let me tell you, Mary Sue-wannabe, most Harry Potter spells are based on Latin words, if not from Latinized English words. I would put Harry Potter wayyyyy down at the bottom of the list of influences.
1/25/2013 5:30:24 AM
#1498493
" many of the spells and the wording contained in the books are in fact based in reality"
Faciem palma!
Holy crap! It works!
1/25/2013 6:20:05 AM
#1498502
Dr.Shrinker
"I read an article written by a former witch..."
- Fundamentalist scare literature is rife with "former" witches, satanaists and cult high priests. The devotees of this stuff never seem to catch on that they are being had.
1/25/2013 6:36:14 AM
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