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| Tags | harry potter |
| View Poll Results: Who is the best wizard? Harry Potter or Jesus? |
| Harry! He's courageous and modest |
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41 | 57.75% |
| Harry! He's got the best tricks |
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30 | 42.25% |
| Jesus. He did some cheap tricks |
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11 | 15.49% |
| Harry! This was for Jesus but Harry did a spell |
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20 | 28.17% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 71. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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Muse
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Who is going to come out on top, Harry or Jesus?
Two of the most famous wizards go head to head in the Battle of the Books.... When HP first blasted onto the screen He was met by the usual brigands calling for more bible bashing and preaching to teach us morals. They complemented young Harry on fighting evil but denounced His use of magic! And there's the hypocrisy! It's ok for Mr C to walk on water (a cheap conjurers trick, repeated many times since!), but chew gillyweed and go for a swim and your an evil wizarding devil worshipper. So how can these bible bashing faithers proclaim their rhetoric with such straight faces and expect the rest of us to play along? In a word EGO! As Potter himself might say:"RIDICULOUS!" So who's going to win: Harry or Jesus? Who's the best wizard? |
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Muse
Join Date: Dec 2006
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"Today saw Harry Potter surge ahead in the opinion polls well on the way to becoming the world's most famous wizard, out performing the rather long-in-the-wand Jesus!"
Harry was quoted as saying:"It was nothing really. I simply seem to have an affect on people".......
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I wonder if there will be a Potterism religion in 1,000 years.
Hell, I wonder if there is a Potterism religion now. |
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Muse
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Blast-femur! If I die standing on this one good leg of mine for eternity waiting for Lord Potter, it would be worth it! Well Harry has already got more books out than Jesus...FACT! Harry is better looking than Jesus...FACT! I'll stick a golden broom symbol of my faith to Harry Potter on my car. GRIFF |
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Jesus wasn't a wizard! He was a cleric! Probably with an 18 Wisdom.
Harry Potter, probably no more than a 12 or 13 Intelligence. Hermione's the one with the 18 INT. |
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Is this a new record?
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Salted Sith Cynic
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Helicopters don't so much fly as beat the air into submission. "Jesus wept, but did He laugh?"--F.H. Buckley____"There is one thing that was too great for God to show us when He walked upon our earth ... His mirth." --Chesterton__"If the barbarian in us is excised, so is our humanity."--D'rok__ "I only use my gun whenever kindness fails."-- Robert Earl Keen__"Sturgeon spares none.". -- The Marquis |
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Thank you for creating a post without a bunch of wacky stuffs.
See? I do notice these things.
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Hypocrisy Detector
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Dayton, Ohio
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Potter has a 21 luck, though.
Jesus isn't a wizard, he's a lich. How do you think he "came back from the dead"? |
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." - Willy Wonka "Rational arguments don't work on religious people. If they did, there wouldn't be any religious people." - House Additionally to Carlin being funnier than Izzard, I think Dorian is funnier than the Marquis. - Ron Tomkins |
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: May 2007
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Jesus was a Bard with the prestige class "con man".
HP is one of those "peasant 1" char. who stole the gnome´s spell book and tries to make things out. I´m new here but, wasn´t there supposed to be some sort of "planet X" choice in the poll? |
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If man came from dust, why is there still dust? |
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Happy-go-lucky Heretic
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Harry will win because at least his books admit to being fiction.
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Stupidity is a condition. Ignorance is a choice. - Wiley All great truths begin as blasphemies. - George Bernard Shaw God is evil. As soon as you accept that, it all makes sense. - Sledge |
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Official Nemesis
Join Date: Feb 2007
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I voted Jesus for two reasons.
1) I just felt like it. 2) I never knew he was a groupie (did Cheap Trick, get it, get it?). (I should not post after 17 hour plane trips. Grayman, give me a good 'ole dope slap if you catch me at it again.) |
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Yvette: "Blasty! Blasty! Blasty!" Some person: "Why did you shoot that?" Yvette: "Blasty! Blasty! Blasty!" - Tragic Monkey |
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Join Date: May 2005
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These are the poll results as of this post:
Harry! He's courageous and modest 13 56.52% Harry! He's got the best tricks 13 56.52% Jesus. He did some cheap tricks 2 8.70% Harry! This was for Jesus but Harry did a spell 4 17.39% Something is screwy. How did the poll come up with more than 100% |
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Happy-go-lucky Heretic
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Stupidity is a condition. Ignorance is a choice. - Wiley All great truths begin as blasphemies. - George Bernard Shaw God is evil. As soon as you accept that, it all makes sense. - Sledge |
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Helicopters don't so much fly as beat the air into submission. "Jesus wept, but did He laugh?"--F.H. Buckley____"There is one thing that was too great for God to show us when He walked upon our earth ... His mirth." --Chesterton__"If the barbarian in us is excised, so is our humanity."--D'rok__ "I only use my gun whenever kindness fails."-- Robert Earl Keen__"Sturgeon spares none.". -- The Marquis |
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Official Nemesis
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Yvette: "Blasty! Blasty! Blasty!" Some person: "Why did you shoot that?" Yvette: "Blasty! Blasty! Blasty!" - Tragic Monkey |
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Graduate Poster
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Yes, on planet X we have no wizards.
I'm sure there's some spell to make polls total over 100%. We just have to figure out if Jesus did it or HP. |
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"A woman who aborts a baby because she was raped is as bad as the rapist." -bigfig Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see. - Jack Handey |
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Muse
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Cull the delusional. |
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Increasing entropy since 1970
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. I don't appeal to the masses, and they don't appeal to me. - Graham Parker Calling modern day fundamentalists medieval is giving them about a thousand years of philosophical advancement they do not have. - Jorghnassen |
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2006
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I love Harry Potter! He's definately more modest; he's never claimed to be the son of god, just the son of James.
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Paulie?
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Muse
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Critical Thinker
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Without her harry? Her harry what? hehehe
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Muse
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Muse
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Does anyone know if....
Chemical Ali is where Harry Potter buys his potions? Griff...
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Harry mostly stands around being *called* a great wizard while Ron or Hermoine (or the twins or Sirius or Cedric or Et Nauseam) do the heavy lifting.
Jesus, on the other hand, changes water into wine and multiplies loaves and fishes. I know who I'm inviting to my next party: I'll never run out of drinks or salmon spread again! |
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: May 2007
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Dude, I don´t think turning perfectly good water into 0 century kosher wine is such a good idea...
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Caio B. F. W. Abramo Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas - Etica Nicomachea I,4,1096a16 |
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Critical Thinker
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Hypocrisy Detector
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." - Willy Wonka "Rational arguments don't work on religious people. If they did, there wouldn't be any religious people." - House Additionally to Carlin being funnier than Izzard, I think Dorian is funnier than the Marquis. - Ron Tomkins |
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." - Willy Wonka "Rational arguments don't work on religious people. If they did, there wouldn't be any religious people." - House Additionally to Carlin being funnier than Izzard, I think Dorian is funnier than the Marquis. - Ron Tomkins |
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Smelling fishy
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Muse
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Saw the 5 th Potter film yesterday... excellent...
He really is the best wizard around. Griff... |
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The Grave ![]() 'A' is for Atheist - A theist - A believer... Misnomer |
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Salted Sith Cynic
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Helicopters don't so much fly as beat the air into submission. "Jesus wept, but did He laugh?"--F.H. Buckley____"There is one thing that was too great for God to show us when He walked upon our earth ... His mirth." --Chesterton__"If the barbarian in us is excised, so is our humanity."--D'rok__ "I only use my gun whenever kindness fails."-- Robert Earl Keen__"Sturgeon spares none.". -- The Marquis |
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Muse
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I never assume!
Griff... |
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The Grave ![]() 'A' is for Atheist - A theist - A believer... Misnomer |
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Muse
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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
IS MORE POPULAR THAN THE BIBLE In just 2 days it's sold 11 Million to become the world record holder! 5.5 million per day, that's 4,000000,000000 if pro rata over 2000 yrs! Out selling the bible by A LOT! |
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