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> Neri wrote:
> "As I say, it is not 100% certain, but I'd say it is at least 95%
> certain that they know that there's a prophecy in the DoM, that only
> Harry and Voldy can retrieve it, and that it says only Harry can
> vanquish Voldy. It is also obvious DD told them very specifically 
not
> to tell Harry. And it would be very strange if Sirius, Lupin, Arthur
> and Molly know this, but Snape doesn't."
> 
> Del replies:
> But it's those 5% that bother me, because they leave too much wiggle
> room for DD to have played another one of his tricks.
> 
> Even if DD told the Order about the existence of the Prophecy, I
> really don't think he told all the members of the Order what the
> Prophecy says, because of one obvious reason : it's way too 
dangerous.
> If LV gets a hold of one of the members, he could get the answer to
> his quest without having to reveal himself.
> 
> So I'm pretty sure that DD must have ommitted some part of the 
truth.
> But just how much, we don't know. 
> 

Neri:
OK, I should have been more precise: I think DD only told them the 
FIRST part of the prophecy. LV already knows about it, so there's no 
danger at all.

This means they know that Harry "has the power to vanquish the Dark 
Lord" but not any details. But this would be enough for them to 
understand that Harry is not merely a boy that Voldy somehow didn't 
manage to kill and now bears him a grudge. Harry is a key for winning 
the war, and guarding him is a major objective of the Order. And the 
Order members should better know what are their objectives (or at 
least those that LV already know).

So I agree that DD has omitted some of the truth. Probably very few 
people (perhaps only himself and now Harry) know the second part of 
the prophecy.

If you suspect the Order members didn't know that Harry is an anti-
Voldemort weapon, then how do you explain the strange behavior of 
Molly, Sirius and Lupin? And what was it that DD has forbidden them, 
by Molly's explicit and "heavily emphasized" words, to tell Harry? 

Neri