The Prophecy -- SPOILERS!!

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Hello all!
 New poster here so I apologize if this is redundant at all. 
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 Regarding the prophecy, there seems to be a lot of discussion here 
and in other groups about Voldemort messing up the prophecy so 
here's my take on it. I believe that Voldemort was MEANT to find out 
about the prophecy and therefore fulfill the first part of it. By 
attacking Harry, Voldemort "marked" him as the one he most feared 
would rise to his level of power. It's entirely possible that 
Neville Longbottom would have been in Harry's place if Voldemort had 
chosen to go after him that Halloween night instead of Harry. 
Without that mark, and Voldie's subsequent downfall, that first part 
of the prophecy would not have come to pass.
 Secondly, there's confusion about what was meant by the 
phrase "either must die at the hand of the other for neither can 
live while the other survives." I think that this is being taken 
much too literally. Harry must kill Voldemort or vice versa but can 
either of them truly be considered as "living"? Voldie was a spirit 
in the forest for years before Wormtail returned to him and 
Harry's "life" has been full of nothing but misery from his parents' 
deaths to Sirius's more recent one. Just as Voldemort is a threat to 
Harry, so too is Harry a threat to him and that threat is what 
prevents them from living as they mean to.
 On another note, I think it's interesting that Neville was 
mentioned in connection to the prophecy. We've learned that nothing 
in HP is mentioned without good reason and so I think this will be 
significant in the next two books.
 Any thoughts?

-Sara