Christianity in HP / Snape-like teachers

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 128424

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

a_svirn:
 
> Although I don't think myself that HP is any kind of a "Christian 
> story", I can't agree with your reasoning. A story doesn't have to 
> be ABOUT Christians to be considered "Christian". Take the Holy 
> Bible for instance: true, the Gospels tell us story about Christ, 
> but not necessarily about Christians. And the rest of it concerns 
> Jews and their affairs.   

Geoff:
Hopefully not appearing rude, I would suggest that your coment is a 
contradiction in terms.

I think that for a story to be (overtly) Christian, it has got to 
include Christians. It can, of course, as in the case of HP and LOTR, 
be based on Christian foundations which would fit your pattern.

Your Bible illustration is not quite accurate. The Gospels tell us 
the history of Christ's life in human form on Earth while the rest of 
the New Testament tells of his followers who took up the job of 
disseminating the teaching he had given to them to the rest of their 
world. Most disciples were, I agree, Jewish right at the beginning 
but Messianic Jews taking the new ideas to others.

The section conerning "Jews and their affairs" is really the Old 
Testament.