Thanks InklingElf. I completely agree with you. Although the Bible does say that we should bring others to Christ, we are not trying to force anything down your throats. IT'S YOUR CHOICE! Speaking for all true Christians, it clearly states in the Bible that witchcraft IS a sin and that all it's practices and rituals are of Satan. But, lets stay on the subject. Harry Potter does slightly offend me, being a Christian myself and all, but that's because those kids just annoy me off the woo-ha. J.K. Rowling did take stuff from Tolkein,(living trees, giant spiders, and since that one guy from the HP movie died, Ian McKellan I guess is taking his place.) but what good fantasy writer since 1937 hasn't? I personally don't care if Rowling uses some ideas from Tolkien, just as long as she doesn't plagerise. I'm not going to read HP anyway, so why should it matter to me? Tolkein set the standards for all fantasy writing in the 20th and 21st centuries, and I'm sure he wouldn't care too much if writers used some of his ideas in their own ways.
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