Harry Potter and Religion

[expellarimus]

No: HPFGUIDX 40553

I know religion is a universal theme in literature. So is mythology, 
so is magic. Why do any of them have to connected. So what if JKR 
talks about Christmas and Easter. Christmas and Easter are 
universally celebrated in most countries, not always religiously. 
Many people who celebrate these holidays really have no idea what is 
really behind them. Post Offices take the holiday off in the U.S. In 
fact nearly everything comes to a screeching halt. 
It seems perfectly natural to mention these things in the books. Also 
as I was reading some of the postings I feel to say that the scene in 
a churchyard or graveyard and the rebirth of Voldermort are being 
carried a little too far. I don't believe JKR had any specific 
purpose in using a graveyard except that it is supposed to scary. For 
me it really adds to the flavor of the story. It is also fitting that 
those who come out of the wand do so in a graveyard and that 
Voldermort, who is so nearly dead (in a way0, should be found there.
As for the "rebirth", similar themes are found in myth as well.  In 
the books a pheonix is reborn from the ashes of it's former self. I 
think in the case of Voldermort it is necessary for him to be reborn 
as a new threat, a bigger or perhaps more fearsome threat. 

Expellarimus