Comments on: Vatican does a U-turn on Harry Potter

By: William Harwood

William Harwood — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:11:22 +0000

"God"? But isn't that the name of Harry Potter's imaginary playmate?

By: valdemar

valdemar — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:28:09 +0000

If the College of Cardinals could play a game of Quidditch above St Peter's Square it would be very entertaining, and no more ludicrously unbelievable than all that levitation, bilocation and recovering from terminal illness that they profess to believe in.

By: Robert Stovold

Robert Stovold — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:46:50 +0000

"making clear that good is right"
Well, duh! It's a good job Catholics are here to provide us all with this kind of moral compass.

By: MelM

MelM — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:38:30 +0000

But, the Cracker Cult is just magic and wizardry. Perhaps the nutters fear that kids will come to the conclusion that all magic and wizardry is fictional.

By: William Harwood

William Harwood — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:51:19 +0000

I knew there was a shortage of choirboys. But THAT much of a shortage?

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:53:13 +0000

You mean to say that Harry Potter isn`t true then, Stonyground? I`m gutted: I`m sick as a parrot; in fact I`m quite devastated….

By: Landis

Landis — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:41:49 +0000

I agree with you Stonyground. I love Harry Potter and I don't think that it in anyway is against God.

By: Broga

Broga — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:10:04 +0000

I always thought he was a wanker.

By: Stonyground

Stonyground — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:59:44 +0000

How interesting that whenever Catholic commentators give out their reasons for not liking Harry Potter they end up describing their own beliefs down to a t. They are so lacking in self awareness that they cannot see the blatantly obvious parrallels and miss the very important point that J.K. Rowling never went around claiming that her stories were true.

By: barry_duke

barry_duke — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:58:04 +0000

So much for the Pope's inFALLability, eh?