The most fundamental question

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 47804

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., PAGAN  MICHELLE I <michelle.pagan at c...> wrote:
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> Why the heck is Harry Potter so darn important?
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> Let me know your thoughts,
> Polaris


bboy_mn commeents:

I don't think they are protecting Harry because of who he is or what
he has done, but because of who he will become and what he will do. 

Harry clearly had a destiny to fulfill. A destiny that is known by
many powerful and infulential people in the wizarding world and the
wizarding government, but at the same time is not necessarily general
knowledge. 

Prof.Trelawney foresaw Harry's destiny, Dumbledore knows, the Centaurs
have read the stars and they know, I believe Mr. Weasley knows, Fudge
knows, as do many other people. The psychics have predicted it, the
oracles have prophesied it, the soothsayers foretold it, all the signs
have pointed to Harry having a very important destiny. A vital and
critical destiny to the wizard world. 

While one may have a absolute destiny, that doesn't not guarantee that
one will fulfill their destiny. I think what Dumbledore is doing is
giving Harry the knowledge, wisdon, and experience he will need to
realise that destiny, but only Harry through his skill, his magic, his
character and his choices can control whether that destiny will truly
be fulfilled. 

I also think it is very wise of them to let Harry discover this
destiny on his own. 

People have wondered before why Harry never askes more questions. I
think it is because deep down inside he realizes that there is more to
his life than he is being told. That there is MUCH more to his life
than he is being told, and while he would desperately like to hear
what those things are, he is, at the same time, afraid to know what
they are. He is afraid of having to live with that knowledge.

That's just my intuitive sense of what is happening.

bboy_mn