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Jesus Potter Harry Christ identifies the similarities between Jesus and Harry, to demonstrate that both J.K. Rowling's magical series and the biblical gospels are literary fictionbased ancient mythology and astrological symbolism. "For those whose minds can ask questions freely withoutthe enforcement of dogma, Derek Murphy raises a genuine argument whichChristian apologists have no answers to besides merely repeating their dogmaticconvictions in the hope that re-asserting the dogma will confirm it as truth."--John Thomas Didymus, Goddiscussion.com"Whether or not one agrees with Murphy's ultimate position,and whether or not one agrees with his arguments that Jesus was entirely(rather than mostly) mythic, Jesus Potter Harry Christ is well worth wadingthrough, and wade through it one must, simply because of the sheer mass andvolume of evidence the author provides. Make this a book whose pages youdog-ear for further reference and second readings." --Tim Callahan, Skepticmagazine's religion editor and author of the books "Bible Prophecy" and "TheSecret Origins of the Bible""Murphy sifts through various mystery religions and mythsof a dying and resurrecting god, and their possible influence upon the Gospelstory. For once, it's done tastefully and without sensationalism. Maybe you'veread works by Freke, Doherty, and Harpur. Without trying tofoist a Gnostic version of Christianity on me, and without succumbing tooverzealous scholarship, Murphy gently yet forcefully introduces the strongsimilarities between Christianity and other first-century religiousphilosophies and mystery cults, concluding in the strong likelihood that Jesuswas a mythical savior." --Lee Harmon, author of "Revelation: The Way itHappened""In the newly-released (and blasphemously-titled) JesusPotter Harry Christ, Derek Murphy makes the case that J. K. Rowling -- theauthor of the Harry Potter series -- achieved her success by tapping into someof the deepest and most ancient longings of the human heart. These samelongings, Murphy argues, compelled first-century pagans to construct what hecalls "the Jesus myth." Murphy points to similarities between the Gospelaccounts of Jesus' virgin birth, His passion and His return from the grave withthe myths of pagan idols like Isis, Sarapis, Horus and Apollo, Murphy hopes toconvince his readers that Jesus -- just like the gods of mythology -- is fiction.In fact, he believes that Jesus is just an amalgam of history's best myths." --ChuckColson, Christian leader and cultural commentator