Posted by
Mike Bennion on Thursday, August 02, 2007 1:10:00 PM
I ran across an interesting article today in Townhall.com.
http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/JerryBowyer/2007/08/02/harry_potter_and_the_fire_breathing_fundamentalists?page=full&comments=true#4ae9f2aa-e131-467c-8bb5-3bd8c2b0fc49
I quote from the article:
"Seven years ago, Joanne Rowling was asked whether she is a Christian. Her answer:"
"'YES I AM. WHICH SEEMS TO OFFEND THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT FAR WORSE THAN IF I SAID I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO GOD. Every time I’ve been asked if I believe in God, I’ve said yes, because I do, but no one ever really has gone any more deeply into it than that, and I have to say that does suit me, because if I talk too freely about that I think the intelligent reader, whether 10 or 60, will be able to guess what’s coming in the books.'"
We Mormons know exactly what JK Rowlings is talking about. Sometimes we feel as if the term "Christian" has been hijacked by one minority group (fundmentalists) who espouse a particular brand of Western European creedal orthodox religion which they jealously regard as Christian. They seem to not want to let anyone else into the "Club".