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".
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March 2nd, 2006 06:37 PM #2BB... should i break out the popcorn? :D i feel this will escalate into another religious thread heehee
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March 2nd, 2006 06:38 PM #3
haha it would be funnier if JK Rowling is a follower of satanism or something like that. 
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March 2nd, 2006 06:45 PM #6Why does creativity be it in music, movies, arts, literature is always associated with satanism?
Are we really that dumb nowadays?
What's next?
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March 2nd, 2006 06:47 PM #7How 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.
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March 2nd, 2006 06:50 PM #8pero mga chong, if you think of this meron talagang possibility
Just a thought.
For those of you old enough, do you remember D&D?
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March 2nd, 2006 06:55 PM #9* 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
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March 2nd, 2006 08:08 PM #10Hehe. 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.
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March 2nd, 2006 07:26 PM #11Yeah, and you could hear the devil speak when you play records backwards. Sheesh!
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March 2nd, 2006 07:32 PM #13They might as well claim that the show MacGyver gave rise to terrorism, because it teaches people how to improvise explosives from simple household chemicals.
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March 2nd, 2006 08:45 PM #16 Originally Posted by theveed
Age of consent in canada is 14.
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March 2nd, 2006 09:12 PM #1712 lang pala yun? Ang ganda ng development nya a, 6 more years 6 more yrs 6 more yrs 6 more yrs Originally Posted by GasJunkie
Age of consent in canada is 14.
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March 3rd, 2006 02:09 AM #18the best way to prove that Harry Potter series is satanic is to watch all movies from end to beginning
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March 5th, 2006 04:58 PM #19Buti na lang hindi ako isa sa mga fans ng harry pudding este harry potter..
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March 2nd, 2006 07:46 PM #20Does anyone notice na medyo kakatakot mukha ni Pope Benedict? Baka sya Satanist?
Btw, di po me nagbabasa H. Potter. I also heard 'special' daw si JK Rowling... shame on them if that's true. Picking on someone 'special'
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