Harsh Morality

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 121139


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" 
<delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
> 
> Renee:

To quote the New 
> Testament (1st Epistle of John, 4:18, King James version): "There 
is 
> no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear." As courage has 
to
> do with overcoming fear - casting it out as opposed to never having 
it
> to begin with - it very much looks like John is making a statement
> about courage as well."
> 
> Del replies:
> I see it differently. I see courage as being able to force ourselves
> to do something we fear. But I understand John 4:18 as saying that
> perfect love eliminates fear (casteth out), which in turn renders
> courage useless. Someone who doesn't fear anything has no need for
> courage IMO.
> 
> Renee:
Well, I see it like this: Someone must make a sacrifice, but is 
afraid to do so. But love for the person the sacrifice must be made 
for eliminates the fear, and what's left is the courage to make the 
sacrifice. (If you want, you can read "Lily" instead of someone, 
etc.)  
> 
> Del:
> An interesting question for me is then : what does this mean
> concerning LV? As I said in another post, LV fears only 3 things as
> far as we know: death, DD, and now Harry too.

Renee:
But isn't LV's fear of death the basic motivation for everything he 
feels and does? The other two are derivative, I think: he fears DD 
and Harry because they may eliminate him.