Prophecy Problems (WAS: why are prophecies stored in glass orbs??)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 94125

Kathleen:
> My biggest problem about the prophecy is this:
> 
> If the motive of the Order of the Phoenix was to keep the record of 
> the prophecy away from Voldemort, and Dumbledore already knew what
it said, why didn't the Order of the Pheonix just destroy it? Instead
of  risking their lives protecting it, why didn't they just destroy it 
> the same way Harry and company smashed all the other prophecies on 
> that row?

Carol:
I don't have an answer to that question unless it's that the Order
members have moral and legal reservations about breaking and entering.
I personally think it's a shame the other prophecies were destroyed,
so my concerns are from the opposite perspective: 

How can a prophecy be placed in an orb in the first place? 

Can a duplicate of the Harry/LV prophecy be created from Dumbledore's
Pensieve? 

What about all the other shattered prophecies? How can they ever be
replaced or restored? Are there no parchment records of what was said? 

Surely the prophecies are regarded as important or they wouldn't have
a room to themselves in the Department of Mysteries. Why weren't they
better guarded? IMO Eric Munch, the security wizard, is about as
useful as Stan Shunpike. To be captured by him, Sturgis Podmore must
have been *trying* to be caught.

Carol