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Is Harry Potter Wiccan?

Dancing David

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Just after the holiday, I am eading this newstory of yahoo about how some kid one the right to distribute candy canes in his grade school, and give a brief explanation about thier religous meaning!

Yahoo story

But as a justification for the decision it states

As an example, he points to a suit last year that accused the school district of promoting the Wicca religion by offering a Harry Potter themed party as an auction fundraiser item.
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Harry Potter is a Wiccan, does he worship the Goddess and dance naked?
Since when did anyone who can do magic become a witch?
 
Actually, Hogwarts celebrates Christmas, so I don't think it could be a Wiccan school.
 
With all respect, your poll stinks:) . You need an option for, "Harry Potter is not a Wiccan".

Wiccan is just a modern, fadish term for teenagers and wanna be hippies, virtually all female, who fancy themselves witches.

Harry Potter is much too cool to hang with those types :p
 
username said:
With all respect, your poll stinks:) . You need an option for, "Harry Potter is not a Wiccan".

Wiccan is just a modern, fadish term for teenagers and wanna be hippies, virtually all female, who fancy themselves witches.

Harry Potter is much too cool to hang with those types :p
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Actually, option 2 covers that. Harry Potter is fictional. Wicca is fictional. Do the math.

Although I must admit, by this formula The Cure are also fictional.
 
Harry's spells actually work (usually) so clearly he's not Wiccan. This guy is just displaying his ignorance. One might as well say that Buffy the Vampire Slayer promotes Christianity, what with the heavy prominence of crosses, holy water, and souls. "Things that my preacher says are bad" is not a religion. Does Aladdin promote Islam?

Jocko said:
Actually, option 2 covers that. Harry Potter is fictional. Wicca is fictional. Do the math.

Although I must admit, by this formula The Cure are also fictional.
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Really? I thought they're Geffen now.
 
Dancing David said:
Harry Potter is a Wiccan, does he worship the Goddess and dance naked?
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Well, Professor Snape did catch Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy stark naked together in the woods, and they claimed to be celebrating the Earth Mother with an Esbat rite....the faculty decided to overlook the incident, although they did fence off the woods and give a special lecture on touching other people's wands.
 
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TragicMonkey said:
Well, Professor Snape did catch Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy stark naked together in the woods, and they claimed to be celebrating the Earth Mother with an Esbat rite....the faculty decided to overlook the incident, although they did fence off the woods and give a special lecture on touching other people's wands.
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I sometimes read slash fiction too, but I don't confuse it with the real thing. :)
 
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Mycroft said:
I sometimes read slash fiction too, but I don't confuse it with the real thing. :)
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I don't know what that is, of course. I use the Internet for work, or buying prayer books.
 
I voted no, but being a fictional character is not relevant.

One could have a fictional Wiccan.

Harry is a fictional Christian in a world where magic really works.
 
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Abdul Alhazred said:
Harry is a fictional Christian in a world where magic really works.
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What evidence is there that Harry's not an atheist? He participates in the non-religious aspects of Xmas, but then so do many atheists. It's never mentioned that he attends church or receives sacraments.

In any event, his religion, if any, isn't very important to him, otherwise he would surely think something religious during at least one passage in four thick books. I forget the term for it, but they're written from what looks like a third person point of view, but mostly from Harry's mental perspective. If religion never crosses his mind, even during crises when one might be expected to find solace in religion....well, I'd say it's a safe bet that Harry's not religious at all.
 
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TragicMonkey said:
What evidence is there that Harry's not an atheist? He participates in the non-religious aspects of Xmas, but then so do many atheists. It's never mentioned that he attends church or receives sacraments.

In any event, his religion, if any, isn't very important to him, otherwise he would surely think something religious during at least one passage in four thick books. I forget the term for it, but they're written from what looks like a third person point of view, but mostly from Harry's mental perspective. If religion never crosses his mind, even during crises when one might be expected to find solace in religion....well, I'd say it's a safe bet that Harry's not religious at all.
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I met a guy on a plane once, many years ago, who was reading a book called "The Religion of Harry Potter." I hadn't read the books yet, so I couldn't discuss the topic with him.

But the short answer is, there has been at least one book written on the religious aspects of Harry Potter.

On a slight derail, let me contrast that with the book I am currently reading, "Wicked" by Maquire. Talk about a book that can mess up your head. I'm having a little trouble keeping the religions straight. The Unionists worship the Unnamed God, whereas the Pagans are Lurlinists who worshp Ozma? Or is that a separate issue? What is the Wizard? He allows the celebration of Lurlinemas, but then his anti-Animal proclamations are Unionist. At least I know Elphaba is an atheist, and her father was a Unionist Minister.
 
Harry Potter is not:
A. female
B. 15-23 year old female
C. 30-45 year old female
D. Fat
E. Ugly
F. divorced

Those are the traits I see in most wiccans and he doesn't resemble any of them. Also remember, in Harry Potter's world, the magick actually _works_.
 
You forgot lesbian, weaves own clothing, goes to Rennaissance Faires, corp.
 
corplinx said:
Harry Potter is not:
A. female
B. 15-23 year old female
C. 30-45 year old female
D. Fat
E. Ugly
F. divorced

Those are the traits I see in most wiccans and he doesn't resemble any of them. Also remember, in Harry Potter's world, the magick actually _works_.
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Moreover, Harry Potter is not a female of any age, which means he is not a lesbian.

Of course, there are two good reasons we know that the moron who made the claim has never read any Harry Potter:

1) There is always the fact that anyone who read the books would realize they are not in the least Wiccan, but also
2) He is a fundy christian and therefore is forbidden from reading about such things in the first place.
 
Of course, being a fundy xtian, he won't have the slightest idea what wiccan beliefs are, or how the religion is practiced, so he won't have any reference to know that wand-waving and saying "Alohomora" to open a locked door isn't what the large, cloth-weaving, rennassance-faire denizens practice.
 
- The irony, of course, is that rational people understand that Potter is fiction... magic doesn't exist. The xians waving their hands and getting all upset? They believe in magic! It's just white magic caused by their deity. Water-walking, fishes and loaves, miracles every day according to the pop xiantiy you see and hear all over the media and on judge's robes these days.

- That irony is curiously lost on most people. Unfortunately, I don't know any people personally who rant about Potter anymore. Maybe I should start attending services?
 
AtheistArchon said:
- The irony, of course, is that rational people understand that Potter is fiction... magic doesn't exist. The xians waving their hands and getting all upset? They believe in magic! It's just white magic caused by their deity. Water-walking, fishes and loaves, miracles every day according to the pop xiantiy you see and hear all over the media and on judge's robes these days.

- That irony is curiously lost on most people. Unfortunately, I don't know any people personally who rant about Potter anymore. Maybe I should start attending services?
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I went to see the first movie in Macon, Georgia, and there was a local church picketing the theater with signs of "Witchcraft is Satan!" and such.

And the irony of fundies freaking out about a fictional character's magic isn't anything near as funny as the fuss they made about Bert and Ernie's alleged homosexual relationship. Opponents kept exclaming "But they're puppets!" to no avail.

Also see Tinky Winky and his purse, all four Teletubbies and that giant "H" for heroin, Gargamel from The Smurfs for holding a Black Mass, and even, in a fit of ironical ignorance that amazes even me, objections to the Narnia books for being anti-Christian!

While the same people completely miss that the central message of The Rainbow Fish is one of conformity and the promotion of communism!
 
You forget the Disney films which have subliminal messages, like the word "sex" written in clouds of dust.
 
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