Help me understand the importance of the prophecy, please

[leb2323]

No: HPFGUIDX 82122

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan"
<tim_regan82 at h...> 
wrote:
> > > 7) neither can live while the other survives . . . 

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

> A while back I speculated that this one stretches a bit further
> than you've cast your net.
> 
> The two of 'neither' could be James and Lily, the 'other', Harry.
> 
> So it would be foretold that if Harry is to survive, James and Lily 
> must die. Helps with the elimination of Neville, too. His parents
> survived.
> 
> The rest of the posters were overwhelmed - by apathy!
> If you're interested it was 'That Damn Prophecy - an alternative
> take.' (75081)
> 
> Kneasy

Wow!  When I read this post the fireworks and allelluiah chorus went 
off in my head.  I must have missed it the first time around because
I reached a point where I was so burnt out on trying to figure out
the prophecy that I just began ignoring it and skipping those posts.  

This makes perfect sense.  Neither can live while the other survives. 
They died to protect Harry and had they handed him over presumably LV 
would have let them live.  Don't we hear him tell Lily in one of 
Harry's dementor flashbacks that he doesn't want to kill her and just 
hand him the child?

I hope you get feedback this time because I would love to read 
response to this!

leb