Why I blaspheme
Imagine a popular fictional novel series came out, lets say The Harry
Potter Series.
Now imagine that people everywhere started talking about said series
and started forming organizations about discussing it. The
organizations declare that Magic and Hogwarts really exist. Everywhere
you go there are people handing out flyers about "defence from the dark
arts." They even wake you up Saturday morning to try to convince you to
join house Hufflepuff.
These organizations lobby for tax free status, and insist that schools
acknowlege the existence of magic...and politicians who are part of the
organizations grant it to them. Magic is added to school textbooks. In
order for anyone to be taken seriously in polotics they have to declare
there allegience to Hogwart's. Now when things happen, said politicians
say "Its Dumbledore's will." Wars are fought over the followers of
House Gryffindore versus the followers of House Slytherin. People die
for their faith in the books.
People regularly forsake medicine for magic. And whomever declares
themselves a wizard and gets a wizard liscence is granted societal
respect. They ask for donations for the further promotion of magic and
get them. Billions of dollars worth.
When you tell them "it is just well written fiction" people snort about
you being just a muggle, and some even declare you a dark wizard posing
as a muggle. You even get slightly discriminated against, and find it
hard to find a mate who doesn't think the books are real.
Now...imagine this going on for decades.
Would you hate the followers of the Harry Potter books? Make fun of
them?
Of course you would.
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