Super Harry and Christ (Re: Super Harry?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 11620

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Kathleen Kelly MacMillan <kathleen at c...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ebony Elizabeth Thomas" <ebonyink at h...> 
> wrote:
> > Would someone who does not subscribe to the "There's Something 
> Special About
> > Harry" theories please explain away PS/SS Ch. 1?  Even the 
opening 
> seems to
> > foreshadow his unique status.
> 
> Several people have responded to this already, but as usual I'll 
throw in my 2 
> knuts too.  I don't think anyone has ever argued that Harry isn't 
unique-of 
> course he is!  He's the only person to survive the Avada Kedavra 
curse!  Of 
> course there's something special about him-the very fact that he 
survived.  
> But that doesn't mean he has superpowers either.  Anyway, a lot of 
other 
> people have argued this more eloquently than I, so I'll leave it 
there.
> 
> Kimberly wrote:
> >He's "The Boy Who Lived", but I don't think he's The Boy
> >Who Singlehandedly Defeated Evil Because He's Something Different
> >From All The Other Wizards.  The fact that he lived makes him 
clearly
> >different, but it doesn't necessarily follow that he belongs in a
> >Marvel Comic ;).  At least I hope not.
> 
> That's exactly how I feel, Kimberly!  And I really hope it doesn't 
turn out 
> that way as well.  It just wouldn't fit, IMHO.
> 
> 
> Kathy
> AKA Elanor Gamgee

I was reading this post and was suddenly reminded of the early 
theological arguments about Christ - human? divine? a bit both? fully 
both? (The argument ended, more or less, with the Nicea credo that 
asserted that Christ is fully human and fully divine.)
I'm thinking that the Super Harry debate could be viewed as 
an expression of a continous theme of western-Christian thought - the 
tension between the human and the divine. Supposedly joined and 
reconciled in one enigmatic person, but still pulling in different 
directions.

Naama