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Originally Posted by Kath
This made me think that perhaps the fear in these circles about HP may be due to the internal message of the book. Voldemort is this charismatic leader who makes promises to his followers that they will be richly rewarded, and anyone who stands against him does so in fear. Possibly Fundamentalists fear that people will draw parallels between the way of life that they follow and the occurrences in the book. There have been some posts on this thread that say Fundamentalists are, if not stupid then at least unable to see that there is a distinction here, maybe they cannot see this distinction as it is similar to their religion.
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Well, my sense is that Fundamentalists would be scandalized by the association you have made, and say something like, "But we're nothing like them! We're doing God's will, not Satan's!" Of course, if you tried to explain to them that breeding hate and fear are an evil that they are guilty of, they would then answer that it is right to hate and fear evil, and it's only the power of Jesus that can overcome it (that last part is something I do not deny, but there is much that I understand differently than my fundamentalist <ahem> brethren such that my belief in that final phrase leads me toward attempts at reconciliation and justice rather than censorship).