OOP: Voldemort as Herod/student numbers

[Brooke]

No: HPFGUIDX 63766

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kirstini" <kirst_inn at y...> 
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> Errol wrote: <Ah, you see, I think Voldemort intended to go after 
> every child born 
>  within that time range, making him the wizarding equivalent to 
> Herod. Only perhaps he wanted to do it personally – afterall, it's 
a 
> narrow field after the `thrice defied' parameter for the
> parents.Maybe he already killed a girl (the entire Bones family was 
> killed right? Susan Bones cousins included? One of those cousins 
> could have been a wee baby.) In fact, I find it strange that he got 
> to Harry more than a year after the prophecy – I'll lay my money on
> him having tracked down and killed quite a few families with babies 
> by then. And all those babies died. None of them were `the
> one'.> 
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> Yes. This would explain rather neatly the pupil-numbering 
> inconsistencies, wouldn't it? If there are supposed to be "about a 
> thousand" students in Hogwarts, but Harry's Gryffindor year has 
only 
> eight(/ten if you count the two missing Gryff girls). Eight out of 
> 45 (projected students in HRH's year) isn't much either, but if we 
> assume that there's a larger proportion of Slytherins than any 
other 
> house in this figure (less likely to go for Slyths?)then this  
makes 
> sense too. 
> However, the prophecy itself still doesn't ring quite true to me. 
> Why on earth did he have to kill James but not Lily? My mind is a 
> mass of loose ends tonight.
> Kirstini


In keeping with the Voldemort=Herod thoughts... Kristini says above, 
why did V have to kill James but not Lily?  
This could not possibly be true (unless James had an identical twin 
that we don't know about), but I thought I would throw it out 
anyway... If Harry=Jesus, Lily=Mary, James=Joseph... then James would 
not be the genetic father of Harry.  Okay, now that I've written it 
down, it sounds utterly ridiculous as I feel quite sure that Harry is 
indeed James' son...  although he doesn't seem to have the same 
disposition as the young James did, does he?  Ba - I am talking 
nonsense!

Brooke