ghosts, magicians and babies was Re: Questions

[Paula "Elanor Pam"]

No: HPFGUIDX 119052


Potioncat:
> A bigger question I think is why the Fat Friar, of all people, would be afraid to go on to the Hereafter.

Vivamus:
> Think about it this way. If you were a member of a religious order that
believed there was eternal punishment for those that did not fulfill the
larger requirements of the hereafter, and a very long but temporary
punishment for those that fulfilled the larger requirements but had
neglected the required disciplines of daily living, and you had spent a
lifetime indulging rather than abstaining, wouldn't you be hesitant?

Elanor Pam:

Something just came to my mind. The Fat Friar was a friar - but he was also
a wizard (well, he's HufflePuff's ghost, so I assume he was). And you know
the problem the church had with wizards and witches, all that burning thing,
right? So maybe he was afraid of dying because he'd be "punished" for the
"sin" of being a wizard?

Dah... I don't think I'm conveying that well. You understand what I mean,
right?

Elanor Pam