The book review

[elfs]

Consider for a moment the fact that no sane parents would give their children books which portrayed a set of "good" pimps and prostitutes valiantly fighting a set of "bad" pimps and prostitutes, and using the sexual acts of prostitution as the thrilling dynamic of the story.

While amythis wins the award for the coffee-through-the-nose response, the real answer is, of course, the Harry Potter series.

And I can't see any problem with the writer's logic. The Biblical injunctions against sorcery and witchcraft are much more serious and dire than the ones against sexual immorality; you can occasionally get away with the latter. Nothing Jesus said invalidates those injunctions: they remain in play. The only difference is that when Jesus spoke them the Jewish nation was under Roman occupation, so his words are tempered the knowledge of what his followers actually have the means to accomplish.

[Edit: Found Harry Potter and the Death of God. Warning: It's the Freepers. "Expect sickness."]

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A Quibble

[abostick59.livejournal.com]

The Biblical injunctions against sorcery and witchcraft are much more serious and dire than the ones against sexual immorality; you can occasionally get away with the latter. Nothing Jesus said invalidates those injunctions: they remain in play.

Not necessarily. The Council of Jerusalem (see Acts) trimmed away almost all of the Levitical edicts and prohibitions for non-Jewish Christians, including the prohibitions of sorcery, except the Ten Commandments. The Commandments address sexual immorality ("Thou shalt not commit adultery") and say nothing of sorcery.

So Christians are free to light their own fires on the Sabbath, eat shellfish, wear cotton-polyester blends, trick in airport or highway rest-stop men's rooms, and practice necromancy.