Voldemort and the Prophesy --OOP

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 107237

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> wrote:

> I guess I'm dense, but I don't see how gaining access to the prophesy 
> would help Voldemort.  How would it be a weapon?
> 
> Angie

Asian_lovr2:

Ahhh... but you only say that because you know what the Prophecy says,
Voldemort does not. Since the Prophecy is the foundation of the whole
conflict between himself and Harry, since it states that (he presumes)
Harry will have the power to defeat him, he has by extention assumed
that they may also be a clue to what Harry's power is, or how Harry
will be able to defeat him, and may even go so far as to directly or
indirectly indicate what Harry's weakness is. 

Without information, Voldemort is free to speculate all kind of
possibilities, and that's what the Order wants. They want to keep
Voldemort pre-occupied with the Prophecy, because that creates a
distraction and keeps Voldemort underground. Once he finds out the
Prophecy is useless, he can come out in full force. So, best not to
let him know what it says. 

Now Voldemort assumes the Prophecy is destroy and therefore lost, so
he's given up on that and is moving on. However, Dumbledore was able
to keep Voldemort restrained for nearly a year using the Prophecy as bait.

Just a thought.

Steve/asian_lovr2