[HPforGrownups] Christianity and HP

[K G]

No: HPFGUIDX 112348




Personally I hope there's NOT gonna be a religious/Christian theme/explanation of everything, because I'm agnostic/atheist myself, and that would ruin the whole experience of the books for me. Besides, it would feel really strange if JKR threw in some Christian values somewhere because a lot of the books are built upon the difference of the Wizard World vs Muggle World. There are lots of people who celebrate Christmas of other reasons than it being a big Christian holiday. Maybe that's the case here too?

--Karyn...

I cannot speak for JKR, true many do celebrate "Xmas" for other than christian beliefs.  However, has it occured to anyone that the whole basis of HP Books is in that "prophecy" and the fact that "the boy who lived", lived because of "Sacrificial Love" the same "Sacrificial Love" that Jesus gave us on the cross!  So much for hoping that JKR isn't going to "throw in some Christian Values"!

Michelle




christians are not the only ones with Values or who Love or who Sacrifice.  The point of the thread is to say that there are some holidays that are pretty much universal because many belief systems lump them at the same time and we may call them by the christian name that calander and card publishers force on us.  Harry Potter, as I said before, is not a retelling of the bible, as some on this and other sites seem to believe.  (see - he sneezed - that is proof of ..... out of the bible)  Yes, there are a lot of people on this list and others that are christians and like to see affirmations (sorry - can't spell until I have my coffee) of their faith everywhere, but I also believe that JKR has kept this series as fill-in-the-blank about religion as possible.  She is not writing a series of christian books about "christian values".  She is writing a series about "human values".  christians do not have the market on good, love, sacrafice, values, etc.  I live by a standard of values that
 would make most christians go screaming for the hills.  There are many others on this and other lists of other faiths that do also.  All I am simply saying is that just because of certain virtues in the books, do not mean one belief over the other unless cannon or interviews have said otherwise and the fact of the belief JKR personally holds does not mean that it transfers to her books.  

moonmyyst (who usually just hits delete on anything to do with HP and christianity and is now remembering why)


		
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