Heh

[aesmael]

    Reportedly J. K. Rowling thinks she kept Christian references in her story hidden and saved more explicit ones until the end, yet the only holiday anyone ever celebrated or attached strong importance to was Christmas. Always amused I was by Christians complaining her books were a weapon wielded against her faith when for me they contained an irritating implicit claim of Christianity as truth.

    Still have not read the last, mind.

    Link via SFSignal and contains spoilers. Tried to skip my eyes over those as much as possible.

Comments

[aesmael.livejournal.com]

Yup. I did not think it relevant though, since origins are not always the most important part of beliefs. That is why I do not tease Christians and tell them they are worshipping a pagan holiday - right now, for them, it is a Christian holiday.

[aesmael.livejournal.com]

Er, celebrating, not worshipping. I doubt many people, Christian or otherwise, worship Christmas.

[whimsical-esper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's why I stated that specifically rather than "zomg christmas is really pagan!" - cuz yeah, who's to say what Christmas is anyway? Ahh, there goes my subjectivism again

~S

[aesmael.livejournal.com]

Heh. You crazy subjectivists. *shakes what may or may not be a fist at you*