[HPforGrownups] God in the WW

[Metylda]

No: HPFGUIDX 132137



--- manawydan <manawydan at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Tania 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?


I guess my response is this: Does it matter? It is a
fictional world. Does a work of fiction HAVE to have
religion or a religous bend to it to make it valid or
worth reading?  (If it does, I'm not sure we'd have as
many romance novels as we do, or science fiction for
that matter.) 

My other response is this: There are plenty of
atheists and other people in the world that celebrate
Christmas as a time of gift giving and peace, and do
it in a matter that has nothing to do with Christ. To
those people, Christmas is much less a religious
holiday, and more a 'state' holiday, or rather a civic
holiday.  Everyone pretty much has grown up with it,
knows what it is, and MOST people have the day off.
(Unless of course, you were like me and were the only
kid that celebrated XMas in your kindergarten.) I have
several pagan friends that celebrate Christmas, as it
does fall in the middle of all mid-winter
celebrations. To them, it's not the name, but the
intent behind the celebration.

The flip side of that is that there are many people
who say they are Christian that only go to
mass/church/house of worship during a holiday season.
There are plenty of Christians who do not go to church
on Sundays. 

So, to sum, it's a work of fiction.  Does it really
matter?

bamf, battling a migraine and a sinus infection...

Me t wyrd gewf


		
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