Comments on: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) comes out as an atheist http://IAMTHEBLOG.COM/wordpress2/2009/07/08/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-comes-out-as-an-atheist/ Atheist blog and news Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: admin http://IAMTHEBLOG.COM/wordpress2/2009/07/08/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-comes-out-as-an-atheist/comment-page-1/#comment-15 admin Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:39:34 +0000 http://IAMTHEBLOG.COM/wordpress2/?p=299#comment-15 Sorry for the delayed reply. I don't know of any films boycotted for the religious beliefs of the actors. It is rather rare for an American actor to come out and openly admit he or she is an atheist. Generally, it seems that actors or projects related to other major religions (Islam, Judaism, even Scientology seems included in this) aren't promoted, but are left alone: no prominent figure calls for a ban or boycott. But it isn't unheard of for books to be banned from libraries, films to be boycotted, etc. in the U.S. if it is seen as promoting either witchcraft or atheism. There were calls to <a href=http://www.christianpost.com/article/20071211/boycott-credited-for-145-golden-compass-146-lackluster-opening/index.html rel="nofollow">boycott the movie "The Golden Compass"</a>, since its author is an atheist and the books can be seen to promote anti-Catholic views. Related to the news of Daniel Radcliffe, there were <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_debates_over_the_Harry_Potter_series rel="nofollow">repeated calls from Christian groups</a> around the country for "Harry Potter" to be removed from school libraries since it allegedly promotes witchcraft. It will be interesting to see if this news on Daniel Radcliffe becomes public knowledge in the US, and if it will renew calls for Christians to boycott or at least avoid Harry Potter. Sorry for the delayed reply. I don’t know of any films boycotted for the religious beliefs of the actors. It is rather rare for an American actor to come out and openly admit he or she is an atheist.

Generally, it seems that actors or projects related to other major religions (Islam, Judaism, even Scientology seems included in this) aren’t promoted, but are left alone: no prominent figure calls for a ban or boycott. But it isn’t unheard of for books to be banned from libraries, films to be boycotted, etc. in the U.S. if it is seen as promoting either witchcraft or atheism.

There were calls to boycott the movie “The Golden Compass”, since its author is an atheist and the books can be seen to promote anti-Catholic views. Related to the news of Daniel Radcliffe, there were repeated calls from Christian groups around the country for “Harry Potter” to be removed from school libraries since it allegedly promotes witchcraft. It will be interesting to see if this news on Daniel Radcliffe becomes public knowledge in the US, and if it will renew calls for Christians to boycott or at least avoid Harry Potter.

]]> By: Andy Geers http://IAMTHEBLOG.COM/wordpress2/2009/07/08/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-comes-out-as-an-atheist/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Andy Geers Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:02:42 +0000 http://IAMTHEBLOG.COM/wordpress2/?p=299#comment-14 Is this quite a cultural thing in the States for Christians, that somebody's religious beliefs would affect whether you went to see their film or not? Somehow I can't quite imagine this changing my mind over whether I'd be willing to see Harry Potter or not... Interested to find out about that. Is this quite a cultural thing in the States for Christians, that somebody’s religious beliefs would affect whether you went to see their film or not? Somehow I can’t quite imagine this changing my mind over whether I’d be willing to see Harry Potter or not… Interested to find out about that.

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