[HPforGrownups] Re: Christianity in HP? (WAS: Dumbledore's Death)

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No: HPFGUIDX 151104


Rachel
> It seems to me that JKR wouldn't use witches and wizards  (often associated 
> with being in cohorts with the devil, see the Salem  Witchcraft Trials, the 
> term "witchhunts" which refer to looking for the  bad people, and many 
other 
> negative associations) to express  Christianity.  <snip>
 
Nikkalmati:
As we who have read the book know, the witches and wizards in PV are a far  
cry from the witches and wizards in European folklore or who were hunted and  
hated and killed in earlier days.  Those witches and wizards were seen as  
solitary power hungry beings who used their powers to hurt others.  They  also 
were thought to be in league with the Devil.  In PV the witches and  wizards are 
very much like anyone else - just with magic.  Some are good,  some are bad, 
most are trying to get along.  There is no Devil, no black  Mass, no calling up 
of spirits in PV.  There is no real reference to  religion or religious 
worship either.  I see no problem with using witches  and wizards to demonstrate 
Christian themes and I don't believe anyone who read  the books would either.  
There may be a different POV, however, from  someone who comes from a culture 
where witches and wizards are still part of  their traditional culture.    
Nikkalmati
 


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