"HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAIN OF FOOLS" > Page 1, 2, 3
The quotations you have just read were invented. The charges of blasphemy and satanism are groundless. All of the information contained in the email came from a tongue-in-cheek article published by the satirical Website, The Onion. It was a spoof, not meant to be taken seriously.
In light of that, what's odd about the chain email is that it contains a link to that very article in The Onion – purportedly for corroboration – which raises questions as to the motive(s) of the person(s) who authored the message. Did they get the joke and compose the message as a prank, or were they gullible enough to really believe what they had read in the pages of The Onion? We may never know, but, chances are, some of the people now forwarding the message have bought it hook, line and sinker, especially if they didn't take time to research the matter.
If someone forwards the message to you, I advise suggesting — politely or unpolitely as you wish — that they get themselves a clue.
Fear of Fantasy
Larded though it may be with bogus quotes and outlandish exaggerations, the basic sentiment the Onion article lampoons is all too real and all too common. Some Christians really believe that reading Harry Potter will turn their kids into satan-worshipping heathens (see "Harry Potter Lures Kids to Witchcraft"). Others complain that elements of the stories are too "harsh" or gruesome for children; still others rail at what they call a "disturbing moral world" in which "the kids lie, they steal, they take revenge" (see "Latest Harry Potter Book Meets Cautionary Response from Christians").
These folks would do well to reread Grimm's Fairy Tales.
"Some parents fear that their children may get carried away by their fantasies; that when exposed to fairy tales, they will come to believe in magic. But every child believes in magic, and he stops doing so when he grows up (with the exception of those who have been too disappointed in reality to be able to trust its rewards)."
Children's sense of the dividing line between fantasy and reality is fluid, Bettelheim argues. One of the ways they learn to resolve conflicting feelings about themselves and their relationships – feelings they inevitably have but aren't quite capable of analyzing rationally – is by identifying with characters and situations in the stories they read or hear. Since they already partially perceive the world in magical and animistic terms, fantastic stories can be more instructive than logic.
"As the child spins fantasies around the story – and unless he does, the fairy tale loses most of its impact – he slowly becomes familiar with how the [fictional character] responds to frustration and incarceration, an important step toward becoming acquainted with parallel reactions in himself. Since it is a fairy tale out of never-never land which presents the child with these images of behaving, he can swing back and forth in his own mind between 'It's true, that's how one acts and reacts' and 'It's all untrue, it's just a story,' depending on how ready he is to recognize those processes in himself."
On one anti-Potter Website there is a quote from a 10-year-old who says that reading Harry Potter made her want to be a witch. This is supposed to horrify Christian parents. Thoughtful ones, however, will recognize it for what it is: an act of fantasizing and an opening for fruitful discussion.
When I was 10 years old I was enamored of Superman comic books. I wanted to be Superman. I sometimes imagined I could fly and walk through brick walls. I even told people I could! But I never actually tried it – because, I suppose, on some self-preserving level I was aware that these were only fantasies.
Did it do me any harm in later life? No. As an adult, my grip on reality is secure.
True, I sometimes feel an inexplicable urge to parade around in blue tights and a big, red cape.
But at least I don't believe what I read in chain letters. 
