Outrage?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by davem

Her greatest 'sin' in this regard has been in not placing her 'magic-users' within a philosophical/religious tradition.

If that is a 'sin', then it is one which Rowling shares with countless others. From Hans Christian Anderson and the Brothers Grimm down to L Frank Baum, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and whoever created Chorlton and the Wheelies. Children's tales throughout the ages have included 'magic-users' without feeling the need to place them within any philosophical or religious tradition. I fail to see why Rowling should be singled out by Christian fundamentalists, Wiccans or anyone else for writing the same sort of tales that have been fascinating children throughout the ages.