[HPforGrownups] Whose prophecy? (was Re: Why Harry?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 54637

At 06:10 31-03-03 +0000, Steve wrote:
>True, Voldemort said at other times and in other places that Lily
>didn't have to die but those word suited his needs at the moment. I
>see nothing in the event or in my analysis of Voldemort's character
>that makes me believe that his words can be trusted. They are without
>exception self-serving, and never sincere.

It is more than that.
It is repeatedly emphasised that Lily did /not/ have to die,
both by the memories awakened by the Dementors in PoA, and
when Harry meets Voldemort.

It is also a necessity for the protection Harry enjoys. It
is fuelled by his mother dying because she protected him -
by her sacrificing herself. If Voldemort were going to kill
her anyway, there would be no sacrifice, and she would be
dying because he had decided so - that would have rendered
the protection inoperable.

Troels