why the potters had to die

[swimsalone]

No: HPFGUIDX 43610

Hi all. I'm new to the list, so if someone has posted this opinion, 
please excuse the re-post. I have been reading some of the 
threads related to why Voldemort killed the Potters, and why he 
specifically wanted to kill Harry as a baby and have formulated 
my own humble opinion:

The theme of fortune telling or predicting the future resurfaces in 
almost all the books, either with distain or with an emphasis on 
how malleable the future is and how difficult it is to predict. My 
theory is that Voldemort either read in the stars (Mars is bright 
tonight) or some other means of divination that James' son 
would be his downfall, and therefore had to kill Harry and James. 
Lilly didn't have to die if James was killed, but Harry was the 
threat to his powers.

I think we will continue to see a recurrence of the theme that the 
future is shaped by our actions rather than set in stone, which 
will lead up to Voldemorts critical misreading of the future and 
his ultimate demise.

Just a theory.

"swimsalone"