Redemption of Anakin and other redemption stories (moved from Main)

[jkoney65]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> Carol responds:
> Redemption stories vary just as any type of story does. And, of course, interpretations vary. IMO only, in a story with the Christian themes of mercy and forgiveness and atonement, Snape qualifies as redeemed. If his major sins are forgiven, why wouldn't the minor ones be forgiven as well? Surely, saving Harry's life and protecting him outweighs sarcasm and unfairness. And, surely, if there's a God in the HP universe, as the Christian themes suggest, God will forgive Snape as Harry does. (Otherwise Harry, who in JKR's words is not a saint, comes off as better than God, which I'm sure was not JKR's intention.)
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jkoney:
I pretty much disagree with most of your points but I couldn't ignore that you think if you are forgiven for one thing you are forgiven for everything. 

The difference is that he doesn't feel any remorse for any of the other things he's done. He doesn't ask for forgiveness for these things.

Whether being an ass in class or his actions as a DE, those failures of his aren't forgiven just because he tried to atone for setting the Potters up to be killed. He needs to feel remorse for those things.

So no, I don't believe if you are remorseful for one item you are automatically given a free pass on whatever else you've done.