Why is everyone so convinced the prophecy is correct?

[kneazle255]

No: HPFGUIDX 82305


Kneasy wrote:
If he knew that the prophecy had been partly overheard, he must
do something to protect them. If he read the prophecy the way I 
have he would not be so punctilious. He couldn't even fulfill that 
role; in his wisdom he passed it over to an agent of the enemy. If 
DD had been serious about the Potters having protection, the 
secret keeper would have been a trusted Auror or even himself.
And what protection did they have?  A renowned hot-head, 
unreliable and of no real use if Voldy turned up, except as a 
pointless sacrifice. 

Robyn:
But we learn in PoA that Dumbledore wanted the Potters to use 
him as their secret keeper, as he was worried that information 
about them was being leaked to LV.  The Potters refused, 
preferring to use Sirius, on the grounds that Sirius would rather 
die than betray them.  That does beg the question, however, why 
the Potters would refuse the services of DD: did they have some 
reason to suspect his intentions, or, maybe they didn't take the 
threats seriously enough?

Kneazle writes:

The Potters may have felt DD was already in more danger than Sirius. 
Lupin says in the Molly's boggart scene that things were bad for the 
Order the first time around. They were outnumberd 20 to 1 and were 
being picked off one at a time.

Lily and James may have felt like DD was too high profile a target to 
be their secret keeper. He had to have been high of the list of 
wizards Voldemort would like to see picked off.

As Michael Corleone says, "If history has taught us anything, it's 
that anybody can be killed...anybody."

The Potters must have known the prophecy. A child, maybe Harry, was 
going to be born who had the power to defeat the Dark Lord. I am sure 
the Potters didn't think that a toddler was going to stop Voldemort.

So Lily and James were looking at a LONG time in hiding. Did they 
think DD might die of causes natural or unnatural before they were 
ready to resuface?

Kneazle