Question about the prophecy

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 128639

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "wherr009" <wherr009 at u...> wrote:
> According to the prophecy 
> 
> "...AND EITHER MUST DIE AT THE HAND OF THE OTHERFOR NEITHER CAN
> LIVE WHILE THE OTHER SURVIVES..." 
> 
> Does this mean that only Voldemort can kill Harry and if so what 
> were to happen if someone (not Voldemort) where to use Avada 
> Kedavra on Harry?
> 
> "wherr009"

bboyminn;

We've touched on various aspects of this recently, and I think the
answer is, we don't know.

The question is even more complex than you've stated it. First, it
works both ways; Harry and/or Voldemort MUST die at the other's hand.
But, if for example, Harry MUST be killed by Voldemort, does it by
extention imply that Harry can ONLY be killed by Voldemort, and if
ONLY Voldemort can kill him, by reasonable extention NO ONE ELSE CAN
KILL HIM. The same applies to Voldemort, if only Harry can kill him,
then by extention, no one else is capable of killing him.

In a sense, they both have a degree of Immortality, or at least a
qualified invulnerability.

Further complicating the matter is the every so slight difference
between dying and being killed. 

I speculated in another post that Voldemort had guarded himself
against being killed. That means he can't die if you curse, stab,
shoot, or throw him off the roof, but it doesn't prevent him from
having a heart attack and dying. Then again, if Voldemort gets hit by
a bus, is he being killed or is he merely dying? 

The same could be true about Harry. It could be that Harry can't be
killed/murdered by anyone but Voldemort, but he could still die by
accident or illness.

It's a easy question with a very difficult and complex answer.

Steve/bboyminn