Harry Potter could lead to Satanism

**BlueBimmer** · March 2nd, 2006 06:33 PM

THE Vatican's chief exorcist yesterday claimed the Harry Potter stories could lead children into Satanism.

Father Gabriele Amorth said: "You start off with Harry Potter, who comes across as a likeable wizard, but you end up with the Devil.

"There is no doubt that the signature of the Prince of Darkness is clearly within these books."

Father Amorth, 80, who has carried out more than 3000 exorcisms since 1986, said: "By reading Harry Potter a young child will be drawn into magic and from there it is a simple step to Satanism and the Devil."

The series of books, whose popularity with children has made millions for author JK Rowling, has already been criticised by Pope Benedict XVI.

Three years ago, before becoming Pope, he said the character was a bad influence because the stories contained "seductions which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly".

**Chip** · March 2nd, 2006 06:37 PM

BB... should i break out the popcorn? :D i feel this will escalate into another religious thread heehee

**kyle618** · March 2nd, 2006 06:38 PM

haha it would be funnier if JK Rowling is a follower of satanism or something like that.

**CoDer** · March 2nd, 2006 06:40 PM

Sigh... Popcorn nanaman? :worried:

**BlueBimmer** · March 2nd, 2006 06:43 PM

may stock pa pala popcorn? hehe bad JK Rowling?

**66bunny** · March 2nd, 2006 06:45 PM

Why does creativity be it in music, movies, arts, literature is always associated with satanism?

Are we really that dumb nowadays?

What's next?

**Bogeyman** · March 2nd, 2006 06:47 PM

How ironic, considering that the late Pope John Paul II honored Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling by describing her as "Christian by conviction... Christian in her mode of living, even in her way of writing". A Vatican spokesman even said Pope John Paul II approved of the Harry Potter books, saying, "They help children to tell the difference between good and evil."

The John Paul-era Vatican clearly saw the Harry Potter books as nothing more than children's fiction. The current leadership is, sad to say, not as enlightened.

**pajerokid** · March 2nd, 2006 06:50 PM

pero mga chong, if you think of this meron talagang possibility

Just a thought.

For those of you old enough, do you remember D&D?

**Chip** · March 2nd, 2006 06:55 PM

* PK
i used to play D&D
even as an adult, my last game was 4 years ago with my then-bosses lol :D

i think that the vatican is ....*roll dice*... overreacting to jk rowling :D

**pajerokid** · March 2nd, 2006 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by Chip

* PK
i used to play D&D
even as an adult, my last game was 4 years ago with my then-bosses lol :D

i think that the vatican is ....*roll dice*... overreacting to jk rowling :D

Hehe. Fun talaga ang real RPG. anyways, the reason i brought this up was because may incident ata before na may naglalaro ng D&D and they took it too seriously. Naging pseudo-satanist yung barkada and if i recall correctly someone got killed.

oh well...