Harry Potter character is "gay"

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Margies3

when I read this today I wondered if JKRowlings found herself "on the spot" and just blurted something out. But then I read further. I enjoyed the books, but I am seriously disgusted with her and the things she has said in the interviews quoted in this article.

In fact, as much as I enjoyed the Harry Potter series, I don't know that I will read much more of her stuff.

On the other hand, we all (or most of anyway) read fictional books all the time by authors that we would never agree with on most of what they believe. We enjoy their stories, but don't agree with their life-style. I just call that "life".

I stopped reading fictional books of that genre when I came to the Lord. Seriously. Maybe it's my background. Most of that stuff is not purely fictional. The lands and names are fictional but many of the concepts and terms are every day paganism and even witchcraft and demonism.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Thad

And to think, these are the things that people on this board are supporting even if unconsiencely

no, these are the things that SOME people on this board support and in some cases consciously.

I never needed to know this character was a homo in order to question the HP book series...the problem is when you do that you get marginalized by not only pagans, atheists and others, but even people claiming to be Christians will marginalize you

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

I stopped reading fictional books of that genre when I came to the Lord. Seriously. Maybe it's my background. Most of that stuff is not purely fictional. The lands and names are fictional but many of the concepts and terms are every day paganism and even witchcraft and demonism.

Do you have a background in witchcraft and demonism?

[Truly Blessed]

There are so many families today who have someone in the family or extended family who are gay, that it's only to be expected that when books are being written there's going to be a gay character included in the storyline. It's life, whether we agree with it or not.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by mizpeh

Do you have a background in witchcraft and demonism?

No, but I came close. I have a background in understanding because of friends that dabbled in it. I also have a back ground in reading fantasy books that were based on magical arts and terms, but packaged in something that was billed as just a fantasy book.

I was a hard core D&D player before it became a video game. In and of itself it was just a role playing game, but some of the things contained in them were taken from real paganistic religions. For example the monster manual, a book containing all the possible monsters contained names of Demons found in real mythology and paganism.

One possible "spell" is "Gate", in which you "gate in" a demon to do your bidding.

Some spell casters were "necromancers"...you can see a real necromancer almost 3 times a week on the Montel Willions show....she talks to the dead...or claims she does (or thinks she does)

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by philjones

Can you spell A G E N D A ,RENDA?

I agree, Phil. And I'm not a big critic of the writer either. I really admire what she's done, just from a business perspective it's amazing.

But now that she's done with the story it seems that she may follow in the steps of so many who allowed success to get the best of them. She will now want to tweak noses and insult anyone who she perceived as having "got in her way" over the years. Now that she's top dog it's payback time.

I think she does her characters a disservice. If you have a character, like Tolkien's Gandalf, who transcends the temporal world you often will want to keep them from having "earthly ties" like marriage and etc. Their "family" is the world and they have greater things on their minds than sex. Such characters are useful to young readers whose raging hormones may seem to dominate their thoughts at all times. The asexual character tells us that there are more important things than whatever makes your heart flutter.

Rowling appear to have robbed us of just such a thing.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Truly Blessed

There are so many families today who have someone in the family or extended family who are gay, that it's only to be expected that when books are being written there's going to be a gay character included in the storyline. It's life, whether we agree with it or not.

It's not life. It's politics and social engineering.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by pelathais

I agree, Phil. And I'm not a big critic of the writer either. I really admire what she's done, just from a business perspective it's amazing.

But now that she's done with the story it seems that she may follow in the steps of so many who allowed success to get the best of them. She will now want to tweak noses and insult anyone who she perceived as having "got in her way" over the years. Now that she's top dog it's payback time.

I think she does her characters a disservice. If you have a character, like Tolkien's Gandalf, who transcends the temporal world you often will want to keep them from having "earthly ties" like marriage and etc. Their "family" is the world and they have greater things on their minds than sex. Such characters are useful to young readers who raging hormones may seem to dominate their thoughts at all times. The asexual character tells us that there are more important things than what makes your heart flutter.

Rowling appear to have robbed us of just such a thing.

Exactly describes Wicca and Druidism to a T and other earthly religions the opposite of Tolkien

And in TLOR marriage and family were central. Homosexuals were not portrayed. Children and having children is central.

[CC1]

I always had a feeling about that Dumbledore! That poster of Marilon Monroe in his bedroom and the Judy Garland records should have been a clue........

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by CC1

I always had a feeling about that Dumbledore! That poster of Marilon Monroe in his bedroom and the Judy Garland records should have been a clue........

LOL!!!!

Now that, my friend, was funny!!!!