Pullman is Lockhart was Re: The Hidden Key to Harry Pott

joanne0012 Joanne0012 at aol.com
Sat Jun 14 21:44:31 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 60436

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kia" <kiatrier at y...> wrote:
>  Penny wrote:
> 
> >He believes that indomitable hope is perhaps the strongest
> >message of the Harry Potter novels 
> 
> Hope is older than Christianity and I suspect it's even older 
> than religion itself. Claiming it as exclusively Christian theme 
> has me in a disagreeable mood.

IIRC, Hope was the last michievous sprite to emerge from Pandora's box 
when it was opened.  Which says a lot about the ancients' opinion of it; 
itdoesn't look like they considered it a strength or virtue, but rather focused on 
its power to enable people to deceive themselves endlessly in the face of the 
facts.





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