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When They Part, They Say "The Force Be With You."

I'm not sure how I missed this, but while poking about in the dark corners of Laura Mallory's anti-Harry Potter crusade site, I found this amusingly ignorant gem of a "confession," a screed against Harry potter and Paganism obviously written by someone who imagines he is familiar with both. In addition to the usual assurances that Potter is indeed real witchcraft, and that witches are, of course, really Satanists,* we learn:
  • Hermes, Azkaban, and 'Erised' are the names of real, live demons
  • Witches greet each other with "Blessed Be," but when departing, they say, "The force be with you."
  • Simon and Garfunkel songs paved the way for the anti-christ
  • Children really dig Voldemort

Besides confusing Wiccans with Trekkies Star Wars fans, the article pulls out that ever-present list of quotes supposedly uttered by children who read the Potter books, which of course are nowhere found but on sites denouncing the books as Satanic. Even better, the article appears to be one of a series by the same author, all purporting to be warnings issued from the same "former witch" against not only Harry Potter, but Tolkien, the Da Vinci Code, and the Chronicles of Narnia. With all these satanic books littering school shelves, looks like Laura has a long career of literary censorship ahead of her.

*When pressed by real life Wiccans, they'll tell you only the "high level" witches are Satanic illuminati, the rest just THINK they worship a goddess until they get inducted into the illuminati covens. Or something like that.

Thursday April 17, 2008 | comments (19)

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