{"id":19302,"date":"2009-10-26T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/10\/harry-potter\/"},"modified":"2009-10-26T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T22:30:00","slug":"harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/10\/harry-potter.html","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div>I finished reading the last of the Harry Potter books with my son this evening. He\u2019d read them all before at some point, although he was younger then and so I\u2019m not sure he got or remembered everything. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>I\u2019d already heard about some of the religious themes \u2013 a quote from the Bible, self-sacrifice and the like \u2013 and so I had some idea of what was coming, but it was good to finally reach the end. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>I enjoyed reading them, and now that I no longer fear spoilers, I hereby dedicate this thread to anything and everything readers want to talk about regarding Harry Potter and related matters.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviewallpapers.net\/images\/wallpapers\/2007\/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix\/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-11-1280.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moviewallpapers.net\/images\/wallpapers\/2007\/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix\/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-11-1280.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8033918563406720864?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finished reading the last of the Harry Potter books with my son this evening. 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