Voldie Immortal?? -Speculation (was- Dumbledore the General)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 124268


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03"
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:
>
> 
> >>Alla: 
> >By the way, how do we know that Voldemort is no longer immortal? 
> ...<
 
> Betsy:
> "But my plan failed.  I did not manage to steal the Sorcerer's 
> Stone.  I was not to be assured immortal life.  I was thwarted..." 
> (GoF Scholastic Hardback p. 654)
> 
> "...I was willing to embrace mortal life again, before chasing 
> immortality.  I set my sights lower... I would settle for my old 
> body back again, and my old strength.
> (ibid p. 656) 
> 
> Betsy

bboyminn:

Filled with speculation, as I always am, this is my take on
Voldemort's current status.

I believe that Voldemort (generally speaking) can't be killed, but he
is not immortal.

That my seem like a contradiction, so let me explain.

Voldemort has guarded himself against external death. That is, he
can't be killed by an external causes like a Death Curse, or most
accidents. 

However, he is not protected from internal causes of death. He has not
stopped the ravages of time, as an example. At some point, his time
will run out and he will die a natural death. 

So, while he is protected from being killed, he is not protected from
death by natual causes. 

Restated, he can't be killed, but he can die, and therefore, he is not
immortal.

This does leave some gray area. If he is shot by a muggle bullet in
the liver, kidney, or heart, is that death by external causes (a
bullet) or is it death by internal cause (damaged organ), and further,
would he actually die or just revert back to Vapormort? 

Anybody buying this?

Steve/bboyminn