Potter’s magic prevails?
I refer to an article “Potter’s magic prevails “, published in
The argument of the article goes like this. The last installment of Harry Potter (“Goblet of Fire”) has earned twice as much money as the “Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” so far. Despite the latter being Christian, it appears that God couldn’t help it earn more money. So that probably means that God doesn’t exist. And the Harry Potter success is based on the appeal to wider demographics, which Narnia failed to do.
I don’t know what made the author conduct such an analysis in the first place, it really looks quite childish. I personally didn’t like the latest Harry Potter (although I liked the previous ones), and I loved the Chronicles. But what does it have to do with God? Does he really believe that the main purpose of God is to make supposedly His movies make money? It requires a lot of faith to reach such a conclusion.
But what struck me the most about the article is the quote that was mentioned, due to a fantasy writer Philip Pullman, an avowed atheist: ”The highest virtue we have, on the authority
I am not familiar with Mr. Pullman’s own fantasy writings, often referred to as atheistic and “Anti-Narnian”. To be fair, I actually have deep respect for people who so strongly believe in something that it starts to show up in everything they create. However, bitter criticism of an established (and much more famous) work of art, in order to advance your own, is a sign of insecurity.