Dumbledore's Love ( a rather lengthy post, warning for those faint of heart)

[Randy]

No: HPFGUIDX 147827

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "johnbowman19" <jhnbwmn at ...> 
wrote:
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> > If John wants to know what sort of love Dumbledore meant when he 
> said 
> > that love was the greatest magic, I suggest he take out is Bible-
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--and read I Cor. 13.
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> > BAW
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> Hello BAW
> In response to what BAW posted, 

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>In fact the better quote, in my eyes, 
> to have cited is "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, 
> it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-
> seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 
> Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth". 

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Randy says:

I don't wish to join in the battle here, but I like the quoted 
passages for Harry Potter's themes....

Love is Harry's most powerful weapon according to some...

Versus PRIDE..."it is not proud"
Versus ENVY..."it does not envy"
Versus GREED..."it is not self-seeking"
Versus ANGER..."it is patient and it is not easily angered"


I really think this is JKR's theme.  Love concurs all.  If you fell 
asleep in church, she'll give you a path of M&Ms to follow. She is 
not telling you to follow "FILL IN THE BLANK". She is showing you 
the results of not having any spiritual basis in your life.  She is 
pointing out some of the bad behaviors that have become accepted in 
the 21st Century.  In essence, I think she is teaching the largest 
class of students ever assembled in the modern age!

Randy