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| author | Matěj Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu> | 2020-06-23 11:00:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Matěj Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu> | 2020-06-23 11:02:29 +0200 |
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Add comment on Bible and HP magic.
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diff --git a/faith/another-christianity-HP.rst b/faith/another-christianity-HP.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7608277 --- /dev/null +++ b/faith/another-christianity-HP.rst @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +Ad “My theory on Christianity in the Wizarding World” +##################################################### + +:date: 2020-06-23T10:52:13 +:category: faith +:tags: review, harryPotter, blogComment + +(my comments on “`My theory on Christianity in the Wizarding +World`_” by LordMacragge_) + +I prefer the explanation in chapter 16 of `Thou Shalt Not Suffer +by TheWizardsHarry`_: there are horrible problems with our +translations of the verse, because all Bible translators were +Muggles, and they just couldn’t grasp the subtle differences +between various types of magic described in Ancient Hebrew which +we barely understand (*hapax legomenon* phenomenon). + +Also, alternatively, that verse was more intended towards +Muggles. For us, Muggles (at least, I suppose, only tiny minority +readers of this note are wizards or witches), trying to do magic +is trying to do something which was not given to us, and that is +true occult, which is forbidden to us. Whether it is a pure +swindle and it is just pure waste of time and effort, or whether +occultists somehow gain some unholy power from some demonic +forces, is immaterial, it just shouldn’t be done. The only +example of somebody going against this prohibition in HP canon +would be then Mr Filch with his Kwikspell program. + +So, TL/DR: I don’t think it is necessary for Bible to be changed, +and yet I believe that it is possible to be +a Christian/Jewish/Moslem(?) wizard/witch (I actually don’t know, +what is `the Islamic position`_ on this verse and magic +generally). + +.. _`My theory on Christianity in the Wizarding World`: + https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/hd67xc/my_theory_on_christianity_in_the_wizarding_world/ + +.. _LordMacragge: + https://www.reddit.com/user/LordMacragge/ + +.. _`Thou Shalt Not Suffer by TheWizardsHarry`: + https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5176787 + +.. _`the Islamic position`: + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft#Islam |