Posted on 10/27/2007 7:55:45 AM PDT by Zender500
What a difference a day makes. Jo Rowling came out of the closet this week—or at least her creation, Albus Dumbledore, did. Take note, Potter fans everywhere, that Rowling—in her great wisdom—has revealed to the world that the wisest, kindest, most powerful (and famous) senior wizard in literary history is gay. The Headmaster of Hogwarts prefers men. According to Rowling, “I always thought of Dumbledore as gay. . . . Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald [a bad wizard he defeated long ago], and that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was.” [1] Exactly why homosexuality is vital to her story, Rowling never reveals. She never explains her need to address sexual preference in a book aimed at children.
So what was the purpose of the bombshell Rowling dropped during her interview at Carnegie Hall? Why did she out the beloved Dumbledore? The single answer is that Harry Potter and the Gay Wizard publicly throws all the weight of Rowling’s influence (not to mention her millions) behind the cause of Gay Rights . . . a cause we now know she proudly champions.
What a stand for diversity! What a triumph for gay people everywhere!
What egg on the face of “Christian” supporters like Christianity Today, a publisher of feel-good articles like, “Why We Like Harry Potter” (2000). Christianity Today recommended Potter because “Rowling’s series is a Book of Virtues with a preadolescent funny bone. Amid the laugh-out-loud scenes are wonderful examples of compassion, loyalty, courage, friendship, and even self-sacrifice. No wonder young readers want to be like these believable characters. That is a Christmas present we can be grateful for.” [2]
Harry Potter as a “Book of Virtues?” In what reality?
Rowling’s agenda has always been clear: she sees nothing wrong with Witchcraft; in fact, she glorifies all of its dark details by wrapping them up in the shiny tissue paper of fantasy. The occult is a lucrative business, and Rowling knows this better than anyone else. She’s made hundreds of millions of dollars working and playing in the wonderful world of the occult.
Here’s my take on Harry Potter: Over the years I read the books to see what all the fuss was about, and at first I thought they were entertaining. Offensive in nature, yes (and I said so publicly) but I had to give Rowling her due when it came to storytelling.
Today, after intense research into the world of the occult, I would never read another Potter book or waste my time on a Potter movie again. Sure, the adventure part is great, and it’s true that you can teach your kids what not to believe, simply by analyzing a Rowling book, but God hates evil, right? He hates it no matter how fun, exciting or educational it is, and if we love Him, shouldn’t we hate it, too?
“There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. You shall be blameless before the LORD your God” (Deuteronomy 18: 10-13). God takes a very dim view of all forms of Witchcraft, including the entertainment kind. Witchcraft is not cute, funny or inspiring. It is not virtuous, although it often wears the mask of virtue. God calls it an abomination, and I don’t know about you, but that’s enough for me.
As for Potter’s Evangelical supporters like Christianity Today, I can only say what I said to myself, “Shame on you.” Whenever we assess a threat to the Church, compromise is never an option; nothing should outweigh God’s opinion.
I’d be willing to bet a giant box of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans that Jo Rowling planned this Dumbledore announcement a very long time ago. I personally think that one of the reasons she did it was to keep Christianity from staking even the tiniest claim on Harry Potter . . . ever. It’s interesting how she conveniently revealed this final, explosive detail long after everyone bought her last book, which proves that even Rowling, a woman richer than the Queen of England, can’t bear to lose a buck (or a pound). Just wait until the Harry Potter theme park opens in Florida . . . the money she makes will be mindboggling. Evil, like crime, pays well.
Albus Dumbledore is gay, and he has been and will continue to be a tremendous influence on millions of children. “One blogger wrote on a fansite: ‘My head is spinning. Wow. One more reason to love gay men.’” [3] Strange logic, but all too true on an international scale. Now more than ever, the Church must confront the specter of Potter and take a stand for biblical truth.
Witchcraft is the heart and soul of Harry Potter; it always has been and it always will be. But like any other deception fostered by Satan, it is beautifully dressed in the biblical virtues admired by so many.
At long last, Rowling revealed a bit of the truth behind her billion dollar creation, and surprisingly, she did the Christian world an enormous favor by her perverse revelation: she settled the Harry Potter debate once and for all.
Sigh. More Khristian Kooks heard from. Forty years ago, the spiritual forebears of these people were insisting Jesus had a crewcut.
First, a fake character isn’t sexual at all. So this is stupid right from the start. This is about Rowling, her own depraved mind, and revenge....oh, and maybe a lesson on the cost of compromise.
We’ll thats the end of Harry Potter as a “good read.” Now it’s just pure propaganda
“I have no idea why this woman thought it necessary to let every one know the head master is queer”
She is probably looking for an invite to be on The View. Now she will get it...
“I have no idea why this woman thought it necessary to let every one know the head master is queer”
She is probably looking for an invite to be on The View. Now she will get it...
“I have no idea why this woman thought it necessary to let every one know the head master is queer.”
We’ll she is either a naive idiot, or she was pushing an agenda all along, fact is these books will become required reading in all the public schools, it will become a modern “classic,” because it is now our modern day “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
More Gay rights issues will be pushed into legislation worldwide in the future because of these books than anything else.
I am sure you are right if they haven’t already..I know my nephew ask me for a copy of the this book and I like and idiot bought him one without readying it myself.Now I have written to his mother and sent this article along so what she does is up to her..I did recommend she burn all the ones he has or let him and let him know why..We don’t push this kind of sickness in our family..
Sigh. More disdainful hauteur from the let's-not-take-any-Bible-admonition-seriously-lest-worldly-sophisticates-deride-us crowd. Their credo: "The Bible's OK, but only if you regard it as slightly less authoritative than Heloise's Helpful Hints."
The “Khristian Kooks” are the lnly ones standing against the onslaught of homosexualization that is targeting our children.
One day you may appreciate that when the homos come looking for your kids or grand kids.
So, it doesn't occur to you that your kids or grandkids may be the homos in question? I've heard about 'hating the sin but loving the sinner' but I suspect a lot of Christians get off on the hating part more.
Homosexuality and lesbianism play a significant part in the rituals of witchcraft and cults of magicians. Harry Potter books have opened the door to more than just a little abracadabra.
“One day you may appreciate that when the homos come looking for your kids or grand kids.
So, it doesn’t occur to you that your kids or grandkids may be the homos in question? I’ve heard about ‘hating the sin but loving the sinner’ but I suspect a lot of Christians get off on the hating part more.”
I am tired of the word “hate” being thrown around in connection with those of us who do not support the gay rights movement. In “The Overhauling of Straight America,” available on the web, gay rights supporters are advised to make the “victimizers” look bad and to portray GLBTs as victims. In order to accomplish this, gay rights proponents use names to describe the rest of us. We’re hateful, racist, bigot, uneducated, unethical, neo-Nazi, intolerant, homophobic. The tactic of name-calling in order to dehumanize your opponent is an old one and not unique to the gay rights movement Those of us who do not support the gay rights movement, however, are no more hateful than those who do. I certainly don’t think that we employ name-calling any more than those who do.
The anus is an exit hole. It exists so that the body can eliminate waste products. I feel sorry for people who insist on using various parts of the body for sexual stimulation when those parts are meant for something other than sexual sensation. A homosexual can transfer tiny bits of fecal material to a man’s mouth by shifting locations, as it were. I could go on, but these sexual practices are not healthy and need to be discouraged. This is what traditional society did. It may have done so crudely at times, but limits need to be set for the good of all.
The consequences of labelling anything anti-gay as hateful are not going to be good, IMO.
I think she'll eventually recant what she said about Dumbledore. Just wait till good ol' grandfatherly Dumbledore becomes the #1 gay icon in the world. Thousands of weird gay guys will dress like Dumbledore at every Gay Pride parade in the world. There won't be any Dumbledore the all-knowing and powerful wizard any more. The kindly old wizard will forever be remembered as Dumbledore the Gay Guy in Wizard Robes. The gay movement will make sure of that; they're their own worst enemy when it comes to public relations.
Book/DVD/merchandise sales will plummet.
I loved the books and so did my kids. There isn’t anything to pick out DD as being gay. I think she was answering a question about why she created the character without a love interest, and she was divulging a little of her thought process in why she created him the way she did. As long as the gay part doesn’t enter the books or the movies, I don’t think it is a big deal.
“...I don’t think it is a big deal.”
It’s a big deal because she reached huge numbers of children through her books. It’s a big deal because so much pro-GLBT propaganda is shoved at children and they end up thinking that these people are heroic rather than a public health threat. It’s the steady drum beat of dumbing down morality. We become accustomed to more and more of what is destructive and crass. Things that used to be a big deal no longer are. This is not a sign of progress. Plenty of civilizations have collapsed from internal decay and we need to be concerned about all of it.
It really is evil that she won over so many children and parents and then introduces this propaganda.
Boo hoo. More self-absorbed self-justification from the strident apostles of gayness. In the rules of their game, all it takes, really, is one Fred Phelps, and presto, all of the Bible's clear injunctions against homosexual sex are invalidated because of unsportsmanlike conduct by a bogus Christian. Must be wonderful to be wiser than God.
There is nothing about him being gay in the books. It wasn’t presented to the children who read them, and there was nothing in the books that would even lead one to think that he was gay. This is just the author’s personal reason for the character as she developed him. As long as it stays that way, I don’t see it as a problem. Once it is included in the books or the movies, then it becomes a big problem.
“There is nothing about him being gay in the books. It wasn’t presented to the children who read them, and there was nothing in the books that would even lead one to think that he was gay. This is just the author’s personal reason for the character as she developed him. As long as it stays that way, I don’t see it as a problem. Once it is included in the books or the movies, then it becomes a big problem.”
It wasn’t presented to the children who read the books in the past, but it has been presented now. If JK Rowling had kept it to herself, then there would be no problem, but she chose to make a public statement. I did a Google search for “Dumbledore is gay”. This topic came up in the “New York Times”, “Newsweek”, “Time”, other publications, and there is a site selling tee shirts that say Dumbledore is gay and wizards are gay. You think the kids don’t know?
Most kids don’t read the NYT or Time. I would have bigger problems with that than if my kids read Harry Potter. If the books don’t mention the gay issue, then they are acceptable in my opinion. I hope the movies don’t mention it either.
To evaluate books on anything more than their content doesn’t make sense. The author’s ideas and views which are not expressed in the books are irrelevant. It is important to me that my children learn to enjoy reading and literature. Harry Potter has been a great experience for them. To me that is far more important than how Rowling feels about gays.
It’s also more propaganda to show that it’s fine to have adult homosexuals in charge of children of an impressionable age.
Having ones work burned/bulldozed by small minds is a mark of honor!
Without evoking Godwin’s Law, didn’t a certain maniacal and tyrannical regime do the same thing in the middle of the twentieth century?
I feel sick. I just heard about this "outing" today. All my son's friends were reading Potter. Before I'd let my son read the books, I read the first one, and it seemed to be clearcut good vs. evil told in a story about magic. I let him continue reading each book as it was released. The last book, he purchased with his own money. :-( If I had known Rowling would pull this stunt, none of the books would've been an option. Rowling deserves a slap in the face. I wouldn't trust the Potter movies now, either.
Actually, it kinda sounded to me like he was 'turned gay' by the evil wizard, but whatever.
Well, since you seem to think it okay to judge people's hearts, I'm sure you don't mind that I've judged yours. ;)
And once again, here we have an atheist who is explaining Christian doctrine and their subsequent hate. Oh, not an atheist grut? Do tell.
“As long as the gay part doesn’t enter the books or the movies, I don’t think it is a big deal.”
Does everyone see this? This is why we’ve lost. Too many people can’t see the enemies of decent culture as, in fact, enemies. They’re too eager to feast on their fun little propaganda. I suspect the vast majority of “conservatives” think this way. I pray God delivers us.
Did your son hear about this?
Not yet. And he won't, if I can help it. He's our eldest at 11, and he's still innocent (like an 11yo should be). He knows nothing about these kinds of things. He's homeschooled, so we have some control over what he's exposed to. But there's still a chance he could end up hearing it from his friends, on TV, etc.
The other day, I overheard his younger brother talking to him about two TV show characters and mistakenly say something like, "I think Mike likes Joe. I mean, Joanne!" I heard my 11yo say, "Mike likes Joe? That's actually kinda creepy."
Wait 'til he finds out what's really going on in the world. It will be a shocker. :-0
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