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This has got to be a hoax - nobody outside of Westboro Baptist church could really be this stupid - could they?

http://www.exposingsatanism.org/harrypotter2.htm

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jamesq

We don't hear about it much anymore because I think the media is a little embarrassed by the fact that they were taken in by the tin foil hat brigade on that one. Nobody except "the bible is all anyone needs" crew still believes it, and even in that bunch it's a minority opinion.

Another reason is that Patricia Pulling (the woman who founded Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons) has been thoroughly discredited. Plus she's dead, which shuts people up like nothing else can.

The link is still relevant for what it says about the "Magical World View" which is shared by numerous critics of secular entertainment.

We can thank the Internet I think - crackpots don't give talks to police conventions and the media anymore. Now they seem satisfied to make web sites.

From: (Anonymous)

While the Internet - and other factors (such as death) - have ultimately discredited Pat Pulling, there are a lot of organizations who are utilizing the Internet to spew their own uniquely bent view of the world.

Like Television and Print media, the Internet demands of its consumers a degree of critical thought - one which far to few people seem willing to actually exercise these days.

- Grog
http://www.crystalgaze2.blogspot.com/