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It's a shame that given all the good that the catholic church could (and in a large number of cases does) do that the pope has to waste his time making statements about Harry Potter.
Posted: 18:16 Jul 15 2005
Catholic Church - back to its old tricks?
After Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone in March blasted Dan Brown's Catholic conspiracy bestseller "The Da Vinci Code" as an absurd distortion of history, saying it was full of cheap lies and Catholic bookstores should take it off their shelves, Harry Potter seems next on their list.
Although under old management the Vatican appeared to approve of the Harry Potter books, saying they helped children to understand the difference between good and evil, everything might now change.
As apparently the new CEO of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, believes the Harry Potter books subtly seduce young readers and "distort Christianity in the soul" before it can develop properly. (Or at least according to comments attributed to him by a German writer)
Well if your faith can't stand up against a book like The Da Vinci Code or Harry Potter you should seriously start to wonder why.....
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Although under old management the Vatican appeared to approve of the Harry Potter books, saying they helped children to understand the difference between good and evil, everything might now change.
As apparently the new CEO of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, believes the Harry Potter books subtly seduce young readers and "distort Christianity in the soul" before it can develop properly. (Or at least according to comments attributed to him by a German writer)
Well if your faith can't stand up against a book like The Da Vinci Code or Harry Potter you should seriously start to wonder why.....
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Posted: 18:16 Jul 15 2005 
Don't know what else he said in his condemnation but he is pretty much spot on on those two points!
by Chambler
After Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone in March blasted Dan Brown's Catholic conspiracy bestseller "The Da Vinci Code" as an absurd distortion of history, saying it was full of cheap lies
Posted: 07:40 Jul 16 2005 
Well that the book isn't the full truth and nothing but the truth doesn't make it any less interesting to read
by Ming
Don't know what else he said in his condemnation but he is pretty much spot on on those two points!
The problem I have with it is the "and Catholic bookstores should take it off their shelves" part. Because if the criteria for not stocking a book are "absurd distortion of history and full of cheap lies" I know some other books that the Catholic bookstores should take off their shelves which I'm pretty much sure every one of them stocks and they certainly won't take of their shelves.(Edited by Chambler 16/07/2005 08:28)
Posted: 08:27 Jul 16 2005
Agreed about that not being sufficient grounds for destocking a book but I have to say, I found Da Vinci Code to be utterly predictable, derivative trash, like the author had read Holy Blood And Holy Grail and combined it with a Scooby Doo script!
The subject of Harry Potter, Da Vinci Code and the Vatican came up on a friend's LiveJournal. Our conclusion is that DVC's sole redeeming feature is that it's got right up the nose of the ultra conservatives at the Vatican. And possibly that the paperback edition is probably sufficiently soft, strong and absorbent for use in dire emergencies...
The subject of Harry Potter, Da Vinci Code and the Vatican came up on a friend's LiveJournal. Our conclusion is that DVC's sole redeeming feature is that it's got right up the nose of the ultra conservatives at the Vatican. And possibly that the paperback edition is probably sufficiently soft, strong and absorbent for use in dire emergencies...
Posted: 09:45 Jul 16 2005 Yeah but I havent seen anyone basing a religion round Dan Browns book of lies and distortion.
by Ming
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Don't know what else he said in his condemnation but he is pretty much spot on on those two points!
The same cant be said about the bible.
Posted: 09:45 Jul 16 2005 