[IMAGES.DAWN] Catholic priests in Poland burned books they say are sacrilegious this weekend, including tomes from British author J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series of fantasy novels.Shame. Simply shame. On Poland, on the Church.
"We obey the Word," priests said in a Facebook post showing photographs of the public book burning and quoting Biblical passages from the book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament.
Having read all the Harry Potter books and seen all the movies, I saw the triumph of Good over Evil. What'd they see?
One passage exhorting believers to destroy the enemies of God includes the command to "burn their idols in the fire".
Books are not "idols." Novels are "entertainment." "Idols" are the things the Paleostinians of those days (called Philistines) sacrificed their firstborn children to.
The post, on a page run by the Catholic "SMS from Heaven" evangelical group, stirred controversy and has gone viral.
Since they deserve the condemnation and mockery of the civilized world, I'd say that's a good thing.
Photographs show three priests carrying a basket of books and other items, including an African-styled face mask through a church to an outside fire pit.
An African styled face mask? Like witch doctors use? Did they check and see if it works first?
Priests are seen saying prayers over the fire pit where other items, including a book from the Twilight vampire-themed fantasy romance series, a ’Hello Kitty’ umbrella and a Hindu religious figurine, are also burning.
Even "Hello, Kitty?" I'm surprised they weren't all turned into pillars of salt on the spot. That's some dangerous juju they're messing with!
Father Jan Kucharski, the priest in the Gdansk parish where the book burning took place, told the natemat.pl news website on Monday that they had burned items "linked to the occult and magic." "Aside from the books, there were talismans and amulets. Parishioners brought them to put things in order" as part of spring cleaning, added the priest, who is also listed as an exorcist on the Gdansk diocese official website.
"Honey, why don't you take this Hindoo idol we've had on the mantel all these years down to the church so they can burn it?"
"No! You take it!"
"Not me! I ain't touching it!"
"Oh, all right!"
[ZAP!]
The burning took place in front of his church after Sunday mass.
Having it right after mass somehow makes it even worse.
Kucharczyk dismissed comparisons to the cultural censorship of totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany.
"I reject your comparisons!"
"How're they different?"
"I reject your comparisons!"
