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It's the promotion of witchcraft.

Actually, I don't think that's it. Or, not it alone. One of the defining characteristics of a devout christians worldwiew (In an idealized sense; I don't know any christians who actually think the world is like this, but I know a fair number who thinks it's like this it ought to be...) is the pre-determination of it. If you're a good boy/girl you'll be all right and go to heaven and all that, the answers are all given to you, right and wrong is a clear choice of morality, and so on. The world of HP isn't like that at all, it's all layers and questions, and is frequently a dark and scary place, where right and wrong isn't always at all clear, but HP is still required to make decisions his life and the lives of others depend on. And he doesn't always make the moral (right by definition) choice. Sometimes he does what he thinks is right, not what he's told is right. Sometimes he's just daft and does the wrong thing.

This is in addition to the prmotion of witchcraft, of course. And strong women, adults being cruel to children, opposition to authority...

This is just a rant, of course, and you might think "I'm a Christian, and I don't think garbage like that." Well, you're quite right, but I was with a religious girl for two years, and I have spoken with representatives of the vocal minority of people protesting HP for silly reasons.


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