Why is everyone so convinced the prophecy is correct?

[kneazle255]

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Kneasy:

You may be right, but I read it a different way.I don't think the MoM 
scene was about prophecies; yes, there was an indication that Neville 
is about to find his feet; but mostly I think it was about Harry and 
Sirius. About loss and it's effect. With the added frisson that 
Sirius may have been zapped by his own side. Plus a chance for 
Dumbledore to put on his caring face, beat his breast, cry "Mea 
culpa!" and give an exposition and justification of his actions 
to date. The effect that this has on Harry is the key to the next 
book, if  my hunches are accurate. Oh, there'll have been clues in 
there that I've missed, but you have to go with your own reading of 
it, don't you?

Kneazle responds:

I wholly agree that everything you mention is the primary focus of 
the scene. But I also think JKR is fully capable of making the scene 
do extra work regarding Neville (and about 20 other things I daresay).