Dementor's Kiss v. Death (was Re: Chapter 12 Summary)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> wrote:
> It depends - whatever her religious beliefs may be, JKR clearly 
> shows - via the ghosts - that there is some kind of an afterlife in 
> her magical universe.  So how does having one's soul sucked out by 
a 
> Dementor affect one's afterlife spiritual status?  My guess is that 
> the Kiss has a most unfavorable effect on same.  I'll stick with 
> Death.
> 
>    - CMC
> 
> 
> The dementors kiss takes away your soul, and you are left with 
merely a body.  If you don't have a soul it can not ressurect.  Did 
that make sense?  

I just imagine someone's soul being eternally digested.  It would be 
a sort of Do-Not-Pass-Go-Do-Not-Collect-$200 way of sending someone 
to Hell.  Yeah, give me death too.

Lisa I.