Free will/Calvinism in a nutshell

[Melanie]

No: HPFGUIDX 78673

Barb wrote:
> In fact, one might even look on her choice of time travel styles as 
> illustrative of her philosophy concerning this issue.  Perhaps PoA 
> gave us all of the information we needed about it.  
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> In some other people's time travel stories alternate universes 
> can be spawned; not so in hers ...
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> I think a good Calvinist would heartily approve of her 
> time-travel sequence in PoA. <g>

Wow Barb, gmta. :) I remember remarking to a friend of mine years ago 
that I thought POA's timeline was very predestination-friendly. (And 
incidentally, I find it more pleasing than the Back to the Future-
type plots where alternate timelines are spawned. They're so much 
more messy and confusing.) 

Plus, there's an element of "providence" associated with the POA 
plot ... I mean, Harry only survives because he conjured the 
Patronus, but he wouldn't have been able to conjure the Patronus if 
he hadn't survive the Dementor attack. So basically ... he survives 
because he survives. :) 

Melanie (who's doing a very bad job of lurking)