{"id":2498,"date":"2010-06-18T11:51:33","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T16:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2010-06-18T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T16:51:33","slug":"so-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/06\/so-harry-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"So Harry Potter, again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/priests-will-soon-be-inundated-with-exorcism-requests-asserts-author\"><b>Priests will soon be &#8216;inundated&#8217; with exorcism requests, asserts author<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSoft forms of occultism are like Wicca and New Age,\u201d he explained, adding that \u201cHarry Potter contributes to that with over 400 million books being sold.\u201d The popular book series, he claimed, has helped educate \u201cyounger generations in the language and the symbolism of the occult.\u201d<br \/>\nAlthough many young people have treated the books merely as \u201centertainment,\u201d he observed, \u201cit actually leads them more deeply into occult practices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have a lot of respect for Fr. Euteneuer, so I don&#8217;t want to undermine anything he has to say, but I can honestly say that I have sadly, known many people who have opened the door free and clear for Satan in their lives, and I can&#8217;t think of one who did so via Harry Potter. Sometimes I wonder if people get so caught up in issues like Harry Potter and dress wearing because they are easy roads to take in our spiritual lives. Or maybe I&#8217;m not that wary of Harry Potter because even though I enjoyed it, I thought it very silly and the people I associate with find it equally silly.<br \/>\n<b>HT:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmadrid.blogspot.com\/\">Patrick Madrid via Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Priests will soon be &#8216;inundated&#8217; with exorcism requests, asserts author \u201cSoft forms of occultism are like Wicca and New Age,\u201d he explained, adding that \u201cHarry Potter contributes to that with over 400 million books being sold.\u201d The popular book series, he claimed, has helped educate \u201cyounger generations in the language and the symbolism of the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/06\/so-harry-potter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">So Harry Potter, again.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17,5],"tags":[208,209,210,211],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-st-blogs","category-books","category-parenting-and-family-life","tag-evil","tag-fr-euteneuer","tag-harry-potter","tag-occult","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}