Help! (was: Conspiracy Theory)

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SSSusan wrote: 
> > So, is it the obvious, that Harry has to sacrifice himself?  
> > 
> > I've argued for quite some time that I think Harry's 
> > **willingness** to sacrifice himself out of love for others will 
> > be the key to Voldy's undoing...but I confess I'm holding to a 
> > hope that, while the willingness will be necessary and will be 
> > present, he won't actually have to die.  Sap that I am.
 
 
Potioncat:
> Well, in our culture we use sacrifice differently than in the 
> Bible.  Jesus was an intentional sacrifice.  We speak of 
> firefighters sacrificing their lives.  None of them intended to 
> die, but they were willing to take the risk. I would expect Harry 
> to risk his life, but I'm hoping he doesn't die.


SSSusan:
We're probably arguing semantics here, but I'd say that while I 
understand the difference you're pointing to, there isn't all that 
much difference in the sense of its being a conscious, intensional 
decision in both cases.  What firefighters do is different from what 
Jesus did in making a conscious decision *to* die, but every time 
they go into a burning building to save someone, they are presumably 
making a conscious decision to die *if need be,* to sacrifice 
themselves for another.  It's just that many times they're 
lucky/blessed to not have to follow through with that sacrifice.

So if it comes down to this, then I think it's the same for Harry.  
That is, I think for it to be true sacrificial love, Harry must not 
just think that he's doing something risky but must UNDERSTAND that 
he is risking his life and KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY, choose to enter 
into whatever the situation calls for, including sacrificing his own 
life out of love for others. 

Siriusly Snapey Susan