Whose prophecy? (was Re: Why Harry?)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 54653

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Troels Forchhammer
<t.forch at m...> wrote:
> At 06:10 31-03-03 +0000, Steve wrote:
> > 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.
>

bboy_mn:

The PoA/Dementor memories say nothing other than 'stand aside' and
'kill me (Lily) instead of Harry'.

As far as Harry meeting Voldemort, the point I made is that Voldemort
made self-serivng statements at those time. To say Lily didn't have to
 die served the moment and wasn't necessearily a reflection of the
original event.

 
> 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

bboy_mn:

See my response to this same statement made by someone else.

See post-
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/54609


Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn