OoP: Questions, Ideas and my own Prophecy

[Martin]

No: HPFGUIDX 65814

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tamara" <buffyeton at y...> wrote:
> Fifth: God and Wizards.  I've noticed that they don't take the 
Lords 
> name in vain, as most normal people would.
> 
> Tamara

I am struggling through a veritable sea of back posts (over 4,000 to 
get through at last count which is why, only now, I'm responding to 
number 61800 or thereabouts) so forgive me if this has since been 
covered. I was glad you brought this up since Ron utters the Lord's 
name in vain in OoP and so far as I have got in this forum (ref above 
backlog) no-one else has mentioned it. Chapter 4, page 73 (UK 
edition) we have: "Snape never eats here," Ron told Harry 
quietly. "Thank God." As soon as I read this it leapt off the page at 
me since I have never before heard any WW person refer to any god 
with either a big G or a little g. I can only assume this is:

1) Something Ron has picked up from a muggle-born classmate like Dean 
or 2) an error by JKR.

Other than that, no, no religious figures mentioned in the WW to my 
recollection.

Cheers
Martin (with both buttocks still on)