HP and Biblical parallels

[Melody]

No: HPFGUIDX 46365

I find it slightly amusing that a week ago I was flamed for be "too
Christian" and now I am being flamed for not being Christian enough.


Caius Marcius wrote:
> BTW, as a long time Adult Bible Study teacher, I have been somewhat
> distressed over the somewhat flaky Biblical exegesis that has been
> posted on HP4GU of late.  Revelations is a book that one must
> approach on one's knees with both Fear and Trembling but also with
> Skepticism and Critical Analysis.

Caius, please understand.  I hold The Bible with the utmost respect
and awe.  It is my faith and I deeply believe it.  I really do not
know life any other way.  If my "flaky exegesis" of late has been
disrespectful, please know I in *no means* meant for it to be.

In a group as this one, it is hard to know just how much everyone else
knows.  I am *painfully* aware not everyone has the same faith, views,
and opinions as I do about religion, so when I wrote the biblical
passages earlier, I greatly simplified the scripture for the best of
the group.  Without going into great details, I was attempting to give
a basic main points reading of the anti-christ's purpose and compare
them to Voldemort's.  After all, this is a *Harry Potter* post site.
I only wanted to say that Voldemort does not compare to the
anti-christ.  And say it quickly and precisely.

When Dave first posted about the tribulation and the seven years, he
did not know, nor did I think he intended, a biblical breakdown of how
the number seven is symbolic.  All he wanted to know is whether the
seven years of the tribulation somehow mirrors the seven years of
school at Hogwarts.  I could of gone into the seven seals and seven
bowls of God, but they had no parallel to Harry Potter's world.  There
was no reason to post that information.

And from my reading for the Harry Potter text and Revelations, the
seven years of school and years of the tribulation do not parallel.
It is just a numerical coincidence.  Just as the seven years of the
British school system and the seven years of the tribulation are a
coincidence.  After all, when does the number seven come up in the
books really?  Ok so there is seven members of a Quidditch team.  But
when else?  Ok so there is seven obstacles to the mirror room.
Fluffy, devil's snare, winged keys, chess set, troll, potion logic,
and finally the mirror.  Still, is this a conscious doing on JKR's
part?  I do not see the biblical parallel for it which is what Dave
was asking.

I can read Greek and can translate the New Testament, so please do not
say I am a "flaky exegesis."  My favorite religious subject is
apologetics, and I have studied it since I was a girl.  I am sorry if
my faith is different from yours, but Dave asked for a Biblical
viewpoint and that is mine.  Yes, the events of Revelations can be
interpreted many ways.  The book *is* rather encrytic.  I have heard
many, many different interpretations, but the basic view of the
anti-Christ character follows what I wrote.


Caius also wrote:
> The rapturing nonsense which many so-called "Fundamentalists" excite
> themselves is a recent innovation,

If you disagree with my view of The Bible, then that is perfectly
fine.  Post a post comparing your views of Revelations to the Harry
Potter World.  Do not degrade my faith directly.  That is unnecessary
and rude.


Melody