Religion in the wizarding world

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 23642

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Sofie " <sofie_elisabeth at y...> wrote:
> Has anyone got any ideas about what sort of religion wizards and 
> witches may have, if they have one? Are they pagan or wiccan? I'd 
> discount Christianity because of the whole witch-burning thing. But 
> then Seamus is Irish, now even if his mum is a witch his dad isn't. 
> Could his father be Protestant or Catholic? If his mother was 
muggle-
> born was she from a religious background? What about muggle-borns in 
> general? Would coming from a Catholic background interfere with 
being 
> a witch or wizard? So many questions, no answers. Any ideas or am I 
> over nit-picking?

I like to think that in the Potterverse, wizards and witches differ 
from Muggles only in their magical powers and not some sort of 
spiritual belief system. Sort of like how left-handed people differ 
from right-handed people in the real world.

Milz