[HPforGrownups] Re: Religion in US, UK, Hogwarts Schools (was I saw (more than) three ships ...

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 128554

Pippin suggests:

>  I've sometimes wondered if religion hasn't  been forced underground
>in the Wizarding World the way magic has in the Muggle world. Maybe
>wizards celebrate Christmas and name godparents the way many people
>celebrate Hallowe'n or choose a May queen, with no idea that it ever
>had any spiritual content whatsoever.  And just as there are a few
>Muggles who are aware of the magical world, perhaps there are a few
>wizards to whom religion is still important. Maybe one of the reasons
>Harry's christening was such a  small affair was that his parents and
>Sirius were among those few.

I do not think this is the case, because in the Wizarding World (unlike, as 
far as I know, the real world) the status of "godfather" has legal standing. 
  A godfather counts as a legal guardian, able to sign a permission form for 
his ward, even though the godfather is a wanted fugitive at the time.  And 
if Sirius hadn't gone to Azkaban, Harry would have been able to live with 
him under wizarding law.


Janet Anderson