KittyWampus
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:53 PM
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So Obama HAS read Harry Potter. |
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there goes the extreme Fundie vote.
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:53 PM
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:55 PM
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9. The fundies hate Harry Potter because MAGIC is used in the story... never mind that |
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it's FICTION! I think a lot of fundies can barely discern the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Like when they watch Fox News. :^)
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:57 PM
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13. bah-they're just a bunch of MUGGLES! |
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:01 PM
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21. I thought they hate Harry Potter because of a lack of mentions of God |
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I've read a news story a few years ago about priests and other super religious people who wanted Harry Potter books banned in schools and libraries that they believed the book taught a Wiccan religious point of view, with some saying it taught a godless view.
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Wed Oct-29-08 09:27 PM
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26. Actually there is quite a bit of Christian symbolism in HP, particularly Book 7 |
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Thu Oct-30-08 11:37 AM
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34. They object because they really believe in magic |
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To them its not fiction. Haven't you heard the way they pray? Its like they are invoking the name of god for their own desires. Like they believe there is some 'godforce' power that they can tap into like its a magical force; like they are casting an actual spell.
My immediate family are fundies and while we have a no-god-talk policy, sometimes they get off a story or two before I hit my limit. My parents actually believe my dad gets good parking spots because he prayed for it and that my sister had a headache go away due to a "healing wind" (their words) from the tv when a fundie program was on.
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:58 PM
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14. In the infomercial, Michelle Obama says her husband and daughter read... |
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...Harry Potter books as a shared activity.
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:59 PM
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17. Ohhh, that was the part I missed. |
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:54 PM
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2. Sarah Palin is probally praying for him now...nt |
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:59 PM
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18. yea, didn't she try to take Potter books off the shelves. |
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:54 PM
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3. Because they were right there with us up until now... |
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:54 PM
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4. Like it was ever an option |
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:rofl:
He's just scaring them now!
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:54 PM
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5. Oh yeah... they hate Harry Potter, don't they? |
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Just one more sign that they are the ones who are the radicals and the fringe, rather than the mainstream. The fundies have been pushing a tyranny of the minority while Obama is going for the plurality that the Founding Fathers wanted rather than a simple tyranny of the majority.
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:55 PM
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7. Oooohhhh!! The 700 Club is gonna be all over this one!! |
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:55 PM
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8. Send them to Azkaban! I love Harry Potter! My daughters love Harry Potter! |
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So f*ck off fundies! Magic is cool.
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:56 PM
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10. Now I wish I could vote for him twice. |
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Bwaaahahahahahaha! :rofl:
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:56 PM
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12. It might get my RW mom's vote... |
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:58 PM
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15. I thought of that when Michelle told |
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us that..we've had evidence of that kind of thinking around here when there were objections to our co-op selling Harry Potter.
Not only that..he remembers everything!
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:58 PM
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16. Obama is Gryffindor material! |
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It goes without saying who the Slytherins are...
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:19 PM
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22. And smart enough to be a Ravenclaw, too! |
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Endeared him to me even more - I'm a huge Potter fan. :)
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Thu Oct-30-08 11:34 AM
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30. Hey! I like Slytherines! I'm so in love with Draco Malfoy... and so NOT in love with McCain |
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Wed Oct-29-08 07:59 PM
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19. I guess the rumors about him being a wiccan are true |
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:00 PM
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20. LOL... he never had the extreme Fundie vote to start with! |
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:26 PM
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23. He'll make a wonderful Minister of Magic. n/t |
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:36 PM
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24. McCain is Voldemort... |
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Wed Oct-29-08 09:29 PM
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27. No, McCain is Malfoy... |
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CHENEY is He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
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Thu Oct-30-08 11:36 AM
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33. McCain is no Malfoy. Malfoy is HOT! |
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And deep down, in the end, Malfoy had a good speck hiding somewhere in his heart.
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Thu Oct-30-08 11:35 AM
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31. Palin most certainly is Umbridge but I don't consider McCain Voldemort |
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I don't think McCain is evil at heart... just awfully misguided. Palin on the other hand... there is something really unsettling inside of her... and it is NOT something Christian.
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Wed Oct-29-08 08:39 PM
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25. why is it that they (fundies) all seem to think HP is satanic, and yet, |
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Edited on Wed Oct-29-08 08:39 PM by DisgustipatedinCA
The Lord of the Rings books are infallible? I've seen this from more than one fundagelical, and I don't get it. Of course, I live in a semi-rational world and I don't know that these types can be measured on the same scale.
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Thu Oct-30-08 11:25 AM
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Thu Oct-30-08 11:32 AM
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29. My neighbor told her kids I was a bad mother for allowing my kids to read Harry Potter. |
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They've had a McCain sign in their yard for quite a while. They also supported Man-on-Dog Santorum. Those folks have been wandering in the desert for many years.
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Thu Oct-30-08 11:46 AM
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35. What utter idiots. If I could cast a spell on people like that I would. |
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Although the crutacious curse might be a bit too much.
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Thu Oct-30-08 11:36 AM
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32. People who hate Harry Potter books wasn't going to vote for OBAMA anyway |
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