Some right wing nutjob in Georgia (imagine that) has a problem with Harry Potter because it teaches childen "witchcraft" is it totally "evil."
Harry Potter has a new foe -- a Gwinnett County parent who wants the popular boy wizard books banned from Gwinnett County books.
On Thursday afternoon, parents and students spoke at a hearing that will ultimately decide whether the books will stay or go.
People who love the books say they are happy that kids are reading the books as much as they are. They say that the books are ultimately about good versus evil. But opponents say that the books with their magic wands and spells are all about evil.
“I’m a true example of how Harry Potter books can open your life to witchcraft,” said Jordan Susch.
Susch says she read the first Harry Potter novel when she was in the fourth grade. Two years later, she says, she and her friends were practicing witchcraft.
“We wanted to know if spells, potions and curses worked. By the seventh grade, I was so depressed, I set a date to kill myself,” Susch said.
Susch has joined Laura Mallory’s fight to get the novels removed from the Gwinnett County Schools’ shelves.
“I want to protect my kids, children and others from evil,” Mallory said. “Not fill their minds with it.”
Other students spoke in favor of the books, saying that it is a fictional book, and that they don’t confuse fiction with reality.
Fifth grader Jessica Grimes says the Harry Potter books are the very reason she enjoys reading.
“The Harry Potter books have helped me and other kids with our accelerated reading goals. So, really, the books help us rather than hurt us in school,” said Grimes.
Throughout the district, the Harry Potter books are the most popular books in the system. Some fear that if the books are taken away, younger kids could lose interest in reading altogether.
“Did you ever see kids get excited over the opening of a book before Harry Potter?” asked seventh grader Baillie Hill.
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Friday, April 21, 2006
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Because of this the reality of the readers are now distorted because it is not about truth anymore. It is about what I think the reuth is. There is an open-scaled attack on Christianity in the public square and cencorship is the sword. They do it all in the name of tolerance while silencing opponents like Hitler and Stalin did to their opponents who challenged them. Witchraft is how Satan accomplises his goals on earth and the porpose is to manipulate the circumstances and change the outcome. Translation, it is used to control other people for the purpose of domination.
We as a nation are becoming bombarded by the occult phenomenon by way of movies, books, physic networks, astrology( not a science), etc. This is leading to a more godless society that is icreasing rebellious towards the God of Heaven who is the creator of Heaven and Earth. We had better wake up because if we don't we will be marching towards our grave. The Bible says that the nation that forgets Jehovah God is turned to hell and that nation is us. For our own good we had better WAKE UP!