Many Harry Potter fans would love to cast real-life versions of the spells we all know and love, but a catholic school in Tennessee fears that the spells might be real and doesn’t want any part of J.K Rowling’s Wizarding World.
Nashville’s St. Edwards School has banned the popular children’s series from its libraries at the request of its pastor, Rev. Dan Rehill. The reason being that Rehill believes that the spells and curses within the story are real and pose a threat to children worldwide:
These books present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception. The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells; which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text.
-Reverend Dan Rehill to CBS
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Rehill made the decision after receiving an inquiry from a parent regarding the series and consulting with several exorcists who recommended banning the series.
This isn’t the first time that the Harry Potter series has been banned for religious reasons and it won’t be the last. Evangelicals have accused the series of promoting satanism and witchcraft for years and its one of the most challenged book series of the 21st century according to the American Library Association.
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