God in the WW?
Jim Ferer
jferer at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 5 23:03:27 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 132059
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tania_schr" <tania_schr at h...>
wrote:
> Okay, I have a question about the WW in general. Actually, it is my
> husband who likes to tease me about "problems" he finds with the HP
> series. This is the question: Does the WW believe in God? He asks
> this because they celebrate Christmas with a dinner and exchange
> presents, but nothing is ever heard about going to church or anything
> like that. Any thoughts?
>
> Tania
Tania, we do kind of avoid getting on religion here because it could
start something that could rip this board apart, but I think it's safe
to say that the wizard world seems pretty much like the Muggle one.
How many novels do you read that mention churchgoing? A few, but not
most. The world at large (at least the Western world) is fairly
secular. A lot more people sing Christmas carols than go to church.
Since the wizard world brings in Muggle-borns with the Talent, those
people bring with them the religious attitudes they grew up with, for
good or ill.
When the wizard world sealed itself off from the Muggle world, the
world was much more openly religious than the modern world has become.
What happened in the WW in the meantime?
To compare fantastic literature at two extremes concerning religion,
try Pullman's His Dark Materials series and the late Randall Garrett's
Lord Darcy stories.
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