Funerals are for the living

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 128291

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kempermentor" 
> <kempermentor at y...> wrote:
> 
> Ah, but there is the rub. What kind of rites of passage are there 
in 
> the WW? Do they have priests? Is there any such thing as religion 
at 
> all for wizards? If yes, do they have the same religions and 
> denominations as Muggles? And how does all this witchcraft 
busyness come into this? If not, what do they have instead? I 
believe that JKR has purposely sidestepped the issue so far in order 
to avoid possible controversy with the Church. 


Tonks:
I think that religion is very quitely in the background. They 
observe Christmas and Easter. Pagan wizards would not do that. And 
JKR is not afraid of the Church. She has smuggled religion into the 
US schools!!  But not many people know it because they do not 
understand the symbols that they are reading. JKR has the Hogwarts 
motto "never tickle a sleeping dragon" for a reason. And I for one 
just love it!!!  Right under the noses of all the "keep religion out 
of the schools" people. And it help that the Religous Right are 
opposed to it. I just chuckle.  JKR is smuggling God folks!!  She is 
teaching the children basic Christian truths, and most don't even 
know it.

Tonks_op