Why should Harry be expected to listen to anyone at Hogwarts?

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 122775


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> 
> Neri:
> 
> My apologies for quoting from the Eschatological Laundry List again,
> but it does seem to provide an answer to any the-world-isn't-fair
> post. The Eternal Truth that comes to mind this time is #30 in the list:
> 
> "We have only ourselves, and one another. That may not be much, but
> that's all there is".
> 


No apology is necessary!  Unfortunately, the quote does not go one
single iota in the direction of answering the problem.  Of course, the
reply may be there are no answers.  But, I don't believe that, so I
repeat, the quote is absolutely no help whatsoever.


Lupinlore


P.S.  Shouldn't the set of quotes really be called "the EXISTENTIAL
laundry list?"  They are certainly very existential.  They are not,
however, the least little bit eschatological.



Existential = the belief that what is given in experience is all there
is in reality, and that such things as "truth," "justice," etc., arise
from human striving and decisions.


Eschatological = theories about the end of time.  The word is most
often used in the context of Christian Theology concerning the coming
of the Kingdom of Heaven when all suffering and injustice will end and
the flaws in the world will be healed.  The separation of the saved
and the damned will take place, with the saved experiencing eternal
joy in the presence of God and the damned being cast into the outer
dark (or the eternal flame, depending on your system of Biblical
Theology)  Eschatology can be either Millenial (characterized by a
belief that human action will bring about the Kingdom of Heaven) or
Apocalyptic (characterized by the belief that the Kingdom of Heaven
will be instituted by God).