Dumbledore's Drunken Dream

[zgirnius]

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> Jen:
> I disagree.  Why would Dumbledore even be paralled to Christ?  It 
> simply makes no sense.  If *anybody* were meant to be a 
> representation of Jesus (which I also seriously doubt, as last I 
> heard JKR is an athiest), I imagine it would be Harry.  Like you 
> said, he is described as "everyboy" and Christ was supposedly 100% 
> man and 100% god.  He was also supposedly sent to save humanity 
from 
> evil, which *could* be paralleled in that Harry will have to defeat 
> Voldemort or be killed himself...does that make sense?  I am 
> interested to see just *why* you would think Dumbledore would 
> represent Christ?

zgirnius: 
Hi Jen, welcome to the group!

I also don't see the Dumbledore/Jesus parallel. (Well, I do see that 
his death may have been a sacrifice, but that does not even make him 
unique, in the series. There's Lily...)

But Rowling is not an atheist, she has stated in an interview that 
she is a Christian. I am including a link to the page where I found 
it, and her comment on her faith and her writing.

>From: http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/1000-
>vancouversun-wyman.htm

>Is she a Christian?

>''Yes, I am,'' she says. ''Which seems to offend the religious right 
> far worse than if I said I thought there was no God. Every time 
> I've been asked if I believe in God, I've said yes, because I do, 
> but no one ever really has gone any more deeply into it than that,
> and I have to say that does suit me, because if I talk too freely
> about that I think the intelligent reader, whether 10 or 60, will 
> be able to guess what's coming in the books.''