Alchemy revisited: OOP prediction confirmed

[sleepingblyx]

No: HPFGUIDX 80163


> The Sergeant Majorette says
> 
> If you have been researching the transcripts and have not come 
across 
> any discussion of JKR's religion, then I may be spouting from the 
> wrong bodily orifice, but I could swear I saw her tell a television 
> interviewer that she was a practicing Christian, and that her faith 
> was key to the resolution of the story. 

Maybe you should see a doctor about that bodily orifice 
condition.... :)

Anyhow, the interviews I "quick searched" were more of the basic "how 
did you come up with the story" shorts, and her bio talking about 
being a little girl and writing. As I don't memorize her interviews, 
and I am still getting my favorites in order after being wormed, I 
simply asked. 

<<Bill:

This is from a CBC interview in July 2000; the entire interview can 
be found here (watch the wrap):

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2000/0700-cbc-
solomon.htm

E: When you talk about dealing with death and loss in the books, 
does this come out of your own - you've had loss with the loss of 
your mother - did it come out of a personal spirituality? I mean, 
are you are religious person? Does your spirituality come from a 
certain place? 

JK: I do believe in God. That seems to offend the South Carolinians 
more than almost anything else. I think they would find it...well 
that is my limited experience, that they have more of a problem with 
me believing in God than they would have if I was an unrepentant 
atheist.>>

This is the one I was thinking of, thank you! The thing that hit me 
about the interview was that she was a bit stand-offish about her 
faith. "God" can mean several different religions, and even different 
Christian faiths sometimes interpet the Bible in different ways, so 
if this is the best she has given, then it is still possible to say 
that we don't know from where her themes are sprouting. 

If she is a regular church goer, and did make a clear choice to 
follow the Bible in her books, then I can't presume to know which 
story she is modeling Harry's plight after until we see if he is 
shouting, "Dumbledore, why have you forsaken me?" at the end of the 
books. And even if this has been the path thus far-- what if she 
thows cattion to the wind at the end... I don't need to read every 
J.K.R interview to know she doesn't like doing what is expected of 
her in her writing.

--Blyx