Wizard religion (was Excusssse me.)

[leopardskinqueen <klc3@st-andrews.ac.uk>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48108

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Darla
<Talkative_alien_4000 at y...>" <Talkative_alien_4000 at y...> wrote:
> Janet:"So, is there no religion in the WW?  
> > 
> > Just to echo the point already raised. I should have thought that 
> > Hogwarts was probably simply nominally C of E or C of Scotland but 
> > tolerant and making allowances for other religious beliefs. This 
> > would be the same as the majority of other educational 
> establishments 
> > in the UK.  

Does it have to be even nominally Christian?

I have always seen Hogwarts as a state school, rather than a private
one. AFAIK, most state schools in England, Wales and Scotland (I'm
form NI, so I'm not completley familiar with the system- I'm going on
what I've been told by friends here at uni). I have always assumed
Hogwarts to be a secular school, but which celebrates Christmas in the
same way many secular schools do; as an event which is part of British
culture, rather than a religious event.

-leopardskinqueen, tentatively making her first post.