The religious content of Harry Potter

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 128691

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Hans Andréa <ibotsjfvxfst at y...> 
wrote:

Hans:
> Just a short response to something Geoff Bannister said ages ago to 
my
> statement that "The Alchemical Wedding of Christian Rosycross" was a
> Christian story because of the first name of the main character. 
Geoff said
> that first names didn't necessarily mean anything about the 
character of the
> person. Well, if we use that as a measuring stick, we would have to 
conclude
> that the main character in "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyon was 
named
> "Christian" by coincidence. 
> 
> That, of course, is totally unreasonable. We all know 
that "Pilgrim's
> Progress" is an allegory of the journey of a Christian, and the 
name is 100%
> relevant and used deliberately. It is obviously the same with "The
> Alchemical Wedding". The hero is called Christian because that name 
was
> chosen deliberately to illustrate the point that "The Alchemical 
Wedding" is
> a Christian story. 

Geoff:
Just to set my mind at rest, I do not recall making a statement such 
as the one you quote above and I cannot find it in the archive of my 
messages.

To set my mind at rest, can you quote the post number? I wonder if I 
have been credited with a pearl of wisdom which is not mine to 
claim....