Why theists really hate Harry Potter

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Also, it's hilarious how little people would think about the more ridiculous nature of the way they portrayed the Church of Satan. The obvious irony of the head of the Church of Satan calling something a "Godsend" being the most blatant example, but about five seconds of research shows how everything is wrong: first of all, there is no High Priest Egan of the First Church of Satan. There are two Churches of Satan, and their heads are Peter Gilmore and Karla LaVey, and both are based in San Francisco. The former has a strict policy of not accepting converts under the age of majority, even if they're 14-year-olds who figured out it's just Nietzsche with a goat mask and Ayn Rand with a strictly apolitical orientation. I know this from firsthand experience. The latter strictly vets any potential members before they join.

It's like that scene from Brüno where the title character goes on a talk show to show off this photoshoot with ridiculously offensive photos of him with his black baby, but because the audience is so offended by his homosexuality, it makes no difference that the photos look blatantly fake:





Then again, that's the movie's big strength: showing how some people can be so committed to these stereotypes that they don't even bother to think that maybe this person might be exaggerating it. I highly recommend that someone who wants to watch the film listen to the commentary before the movie. Or at least this video.