I'm still confused about the prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 95416

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rklauss" <rklauss at y...> wrote:
> I joined this group a while ago, but this is my first post.  I'm re-
> reading Oop (again) and I'm still confused about the prophecy.  Why 
> was it that Voldy wanted it?  How could he use that as a weapon?  
> Thanks!
> Robin

Lord Thingy had learned through his as-yet-unidentified spy that 'the one with the power 
to destroy the dark lord will be born at the end of the seventh month' (sorry, I'm doing this 
off the top of my head, again... at Starbucks and no books :-( ) 

When he tried to act on that information and kill toddler Harry, it backfired and he was 
almost obliterated. It became clear to him during his twelve years of bodiless exile that he 
hadn't heard the WHOLE of the prophecy; in order to destroy the ONLY threat to his 
ascendency, he must learn the entire prophecy and then act in accordance with that oracle 
to destroy the threat. Once that threat (Harry, it seems) is gone, LV CANNOT be defeated...

Thus the prophecy can, if carefully used, be an extremely powerful weapon.

Did I miss anything?

Antosha