Harry must be the one WAS Re: Neville and the Prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 108317

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "inkling108" <inkling108 at y...> wrote:
> The prophecy states very clearly that the one (not two) with the 
> power approaches, etc. etc.  
> 
> At the end of OOtP Dumbledore also states very clearly, when it comes 
> to prophecies,"*only* (my emphasis) the people to whom they refer can 
> lift them off the shelf without suffering madness." US version, p.829.
> 
> Harry lifted it off the shelf and did not go mad.  There is only one 
> child referred to in the prophecy.  Therefore, Harry must be the one.
> 
> I don't see any wiggle room here, guys.


Sorry, but there's plenty.

Prophecies don't come wrapped in a glass orb.
Prophecies don't come with protective spells.
Prophecies don't care  who hears them.
But the Ministry obviously does.

It's the Ministry that englobes them, puts them on the shelf and sets the
protective spell. And it's the Ministry that decides who the spell is about.

Harry's name wasn't on the label originally, it was added later when
somebody decided Harry was the one Sybil had been burbling about, 
probably though not  certainly with DD's input. So  the protective spells
have been changed at least once already. They  could be changed again
if fresh information came to light.

Kneasy