Harry Potter promotes sorcery!

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The Guardian said:
Catholic priests in Poland have burned books that they say promote sorcery, including one of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter novels, in a ceremony they photographed and posted on Facebook.

Three priests in the northern city of Koszalin were pictured carrying the books in a large basket from inside a church to a stone area outside. The books were set alight as prayers were said and a small group of people watched on. A mask, various trinkets and a Hello Kitty umbrella were also visible in the pictures of the makeshift bonfire.

The Catholic evangelical foundation SMS from Heaven posted the photographs to its Facebook page, which has 22,000 followers, accompanied by fiery emojis and Old Testament quotes decrying sorcery and idolatry. (LINK)
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Polish Catholic priests don't seem to have learned anything from history.
Burning books has a pretty poor reputation - I very much doubt that even the Vatican would approve.

Poland's conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government espouses traditional Catholic values and the Church has huge influence in Polish society. However, last month the Church released a report documenting sexual abuse of children by nearly 400 Polish Catholic priests between 1990 and 2018.

One critic says: "I have not met anyone yet who would rape, murder and steal in the name of Harry Potter. In the name of the Bible, yes. Bad news, gentlemen!"

Another quotes the German poet Heinrich Heine, who wrote in 1823: "Where books are burned, in the end, people will also be burned."

The Heine quote is seen as prophetic, because the Nazis made a great show of burning so-called "decadent" books in the 1930s. They included works by Jewish writers - and soon the Nazis did indeed burn Jewish victims of their racist ideology.
 
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"last month the Church released a report documenting sexual abuse of children by nearly 400 Polish Catholic priests between 1990 and 2018."

now burning Hello Kitty and Harry Potter....hmmm, destroying their grooming kit, it would appear!
 
Poland isn't a friendly place if your not Christian and white (nowhere in that part of the world is really). Yet we never hear "activists" having a go at them about it?
 
Probably because the few activists that have tried were quickly encouraged to shut up or get first hand experience of the polish healthcare system.
 
Nasher said:
Poland isn't a friendly place if your not Christian and white (nowhere in that part of the world is really). Yet we never hear "activists" having a go at them about it?
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I'm not saying it would be a cakewalk to be black in Poland, but here's some studies from 5-10 years ago according to Wikipedia.

Possibly due to Poland's entry into the European Union, increased travel abroad and more frequent encounters with people of other races. By 2008, the EVS showed Poland as one of the least xenophobic countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The negative attitudes towards Jews have likewise returned to their lower 1990s level, although they do remain somewhat above the European average.[29] During the same time period, ethnic tolerance and political tolerance increased in Southern Europe (Spain, Greece) and decreased in other parts of Northern Europe (Netherlands).[29]

While the Roma group was listed as most rejected, the level of exclusion was still lower than elsewhere in Europe, most likely due the long history of Roma (see Polska Roma) and their relatively low numbers in the country.[29]

According to the European Jewish Congress, as of 2012, the number of antisemitic attacks and incidents of vandalism in Western Europe has increased; however, there has been a dramatic decrease in Poland.[30]
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What about Darwinism: Sorcery in the Classroom? an intellectual cancer infecting virtually every phase of the public education system?
 
Nasher said:
Poland isn't a friendly place if your not Christian and white (nowhere in that part of the world is really). Yet we never hear "activists" having a go at them about it?
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That does seem to be an Eastern European staple. I went to Brno in the Czech Republic and our guide took great delight in telling us how she and the rest of the Country hated black people, that was an awkward few hours.
 
VincentHanna said:
I assume you are trying to make some hilarious point (though I'm not getting it)

Story is also reported on the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47771706
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I'm just confused by the fact that it's seemingly okay to mock and deride Christians openly for upholding their religious beliefs, I thought religion was a protected class. I feel like people just hate White Poles and are using this criticism of their religion to hide their racist views
 
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