[HPforGrownups] Voldemort as Christ figure

[Ms Lizard Gizzard]

No: HPFGUIDX 37089


--- davewitley wrote:

> >And what about Voldemort--is *he* a Christ figure? 
> He has the resurrection if not the self-sacrifice.
> To be fair, most of this could also be used to make
> him out as an 
> anti-Christ, too, who is depicted in Revelation as
> having a fake 
> resurrection.  Voldemort was not strictly dead and,
> indeed, refers to 
> rebirthing rather than resurrection.  The DEs have
> their version of 
> the mark of the beast.
> 
Yeah, I think anti-christ is the right answer here (if
we must get into biblical metaphors.)  A messiah comes
to save the people, to free them from bondage, whether
sin or opression.

Voldemort comes with promises of power and
immortality, but with loyalty comes pain and
sacrifice. 

LizGiz
A member of the Religious Right who does not seek to
ban HP
(And I saw your apology, Dave.  Thanks for the
clarification.) 



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