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The owner of the British Entertainer chain of toy stores tells the London Daily Mail he has banished Harry Potter and his ilk from all his shops because they reference the occult, witchcraft and sorcery.
"I am ultimately responsible and accountable for all that goes on within the business," he tells the newspaper. "I have to oversee the products and make sure I feel happy with the items we are selling."
Grant, a devout Christian, tells the Daily Mail he also refuses to stock trolls.
"I don't stock Halloween products at all," he tells the newspaper. "I don't want to encourage children to be dabbling with anything at all that might be to do with the occult. It (Halloween) might be good fun for children, but it's not the sort of good fun I would choose to promote."
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
5-20-2011 @ 8:14PM
Fran said...This is such rubbish. The great irony of these protests by Christians is that if any group ought to find the Harry Potter books "offensive" on religious grounds, it's Wiccans. After all, they purport to depict "witches" and "magic" without any reference whatsoever to even the most basic religious underpinnings of Wiccan practice. To give an obvious example, the kids at Hogwarts get school holidays at Christmas and Easter, not Beltane or Imbolc or Lammas, and their Halloween feast is a commercialized pop-culture version that bears no relation to the solemnities of Samhain as celebrated by real Pagans. At Hogwarts the suits of armor sing Christian carols at Christmas. People occasionally say things like "Thank God," but nobody ever once mentions the Goddess, even in the watered-down form of Mother Nature. The books' characters are the most Anglican gaggle of "witches" ever scribed down on paper.
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5-20-2011 @ 10:36PM
Maria said...God Bless this shop owner !! He is obviously courageous and enlightened to the occult truths of Harry Potter and halloween. His desire to protect the children and families is to be commended. I pray that everyone is given the grace to see through this veil of deception, and how evil is working in the world through all forms of media. The owner of any business is responsible for the safety of the community.
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5-26-2011 @ 10:50PM
Ruth said...horse pucky! stop being such a weak willed ninny! If you had any REAL faith you wouldn't be the least bit worried about what happens here on this earth or silly little fiction books. Those who like to call themselves christians but are full of fear are faux.
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5-22-2011 @ 1:57AM
LCason6880 said...It is a STORY!!! I know a lot of people who have read these books and allowed their kids to read them and have not cast even one spell or tried to! Remember Make Believe??
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5-22-2011 @ 11:47PM
R said...There have been witches who have cautioned kids who were reading harry potter that they are getting over their head's when they read this material. This witch said she wouldn't even let her teen aged daughter read this before she was old enough to respect it's power.
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5-24-2011 @ 7:41PM
Alicia said...I know quite a few Wiccans (witches, in other words) and have read quite a few books on the belief system myself. There is no relation between Harry Potter and Wicca or any other form of paganism, heathenism, or witchcraft. To suggest otherwise is ridiculous. It's a story, a classic depiction of the struggle between good and evil, very similar to the fairy tales that everyone grew up with and have had absolutely no ill effects on anyone.
5-26-2011 @ 10:54PM
Ruth said...Rubbish
5-26-2011 @ 10:51PM
Ruth said...I can hardly believe that there is so much hoop la la over fiction! good grief people, fear mongering much? get a grip. I've read all the books and seen all the movies with my grandsons, and we went to orlando to the Harry Potter theme park. Now you want to dispel any possible belief in witchcraft/wizardry as depicted in the books, buy one of the "plastic" wands and let the kids flick and swich to their hearts content. It is purely idiotic to fear the contents of these books. Anyone who actually believes that there is any correlation between what is in these books and what is actually believed and/or practices as witchcraft in our real world, is clearly demented and obviously does not know what they are complaining about.
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5-27-2011 @ 12:15PM
Maria said...Ruth - you're in need of correction - remember that Christians are not fearful, but the opposite, as Christians live with joy and hope because of Truth. Christians are given the grace to understand that life on this earth is a short journey, to love and know God, to serve Him, to grow in holiness, with the hope that when that time comes, we may merit eternity with God in the splendor of Heaven. On Earth, we must try our very best to avoid the pagan worldly messages which opposes God and Truth, to avoid sin, for Our Lord is so MUCH offended. If you think that the story of Potter is about good vs evil, you have fallen for a great deception!! Little Harry is not good, but is an evil. Witchcraft is NEVER good, but comes from Evil. Parents must be responsible to truly make this distinction and draw the line between good & evil. Sitting through the movie or reading the book, hearing the words taken from a witches bible, is opposed to all that is good - and is the work of the enemy.
5-30-2011 @ 3:52AM
Alicia said...You can't expect much common sense out of anyone who fears a book and would seek to censor what other people read out of misplaced concern. Generally, anyone willing to stick their noses far enough up someone else's arse to care what their reading is, as you said earlier, a ninny and there's no reasoning with them.