Will Harry die?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 156873

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scarah <scarah at ...> wrote:

> Wow.  I get that you personally happen to believe in Jesus, and so
> does JKR.  

Geoff:
Precisely. If that is the case, then for Hans to impose his own views on 
JKR's writings and state that she is conforming to his views is perhaps 
rather dogmatic. I would be a little happier if he said that he "thought" 
that was her aim rather than declaring it to be so.

Sarah:
> However, millions of people have believed in the Greek and
> Egyptian gods, just as you do in yours.  I'm not sure what "other
> liberators" Hans is referring to, but its entirely possible there are
> still millions of people with faith in them.  Proclaiming that one's
> own gods are real while all others are fictional, is a bit intolerant
> and religiocentric in my personal opinion.

Geoff:
I don't proclaim that my "gods" are real; I believe that my God - 
singular - is real. If nothing else, the historical evidence for Jesus 
being a real person is available. The Greek and Egyptian gods were 
not that.

My usual stance is that I am not religious. I am a Christian and 
millions of Christians will tell you that they have a personal experience 
of meeting with Christ which is why they are what they are. I believe 
that I enjoy a personal relationship with God through Christ and am not 
just going through a series of routines and rituals laid down by tradition 
or history.

Going back to the basic point of this latest series of message, the 
fact is that, after a long gap, Hans has brought up again is whether JKR 
would have introduced a long and complex belief structure into her books 
which I think are intended to be read for pleasure and satisfaction rather 
than as philosophical and religious treatises.