Why is everyone so convinced the prophecy is correct?

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No: HPFGUIDX 82351

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tim" <tmarends at y...> wrote:
> 
> I think you're missing something.  Harry picked the orb up off the 
> shelf.  If the prophecy had really been about Neville and not about 
> Harry, then Harry would have ended up in St Mungo's like Bode (I 
> think it was Bode who tried to get it under Voldy's command) did.  It 
> was made clear that the prophesy orb could only be taken by the person
> (s) the phophesy was about... then, and only then, could someone else 
> touch it.
> 
> Tim

I think you're  missing an important point.

Who englobes and puts the protective spells on the prophecies?

The Ministry.

Who has to interpret and decide who the prophecy is about?

The  Ministry.

The protective spells are  placed according to the perception
of the DoM. When the prophecy arrived, they didn't know who
it applied to. They're still not certain -  they think it's *probably*
Harry. And  that's the way they've gone with the spells.

The protective spells are not a  property of the prophesy itself.
As I stated in 79180, a prophesy doesn't  care who reads it.
That's a decision made by the Ministry who may, or  may not,
be right.

Kneasy