Of Souls and Death - Dumbledore's Intent

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 148922

> > PJ:
> > A lie by omission is still a lie.  Sorry but if I were Harry I 
would
> > definitely say I'd been lied to.
> 
> Miles:
> What was the alternative? If he told Harry the truth (I'm still 
assuming the
> theory above) he could as well cast an Avada Kedavra at Snape. 
Harry is
> unable to keep any secret from a Legilimens, it is still possible 
for
> Voldemort to intrude Harry's mind at distance, and it will be easy 
for him
> to read Harry's mind in their showdown. Snape's cover would be 
blown up if
> DD told Harry the reason for trusting Snape. If you really would 
call this a
> "lie by omission", I'd call it a white lie.

zgirnius:
I happen to think that Snape only heard part of the prophecy. I see 
no reason to suppose otherwise, I find the backstory hangs together 
just fine as Dumbledore tells it.

However, if Snape did hear the whole thing and Dumbledore knows it, 
there is no question he lied to Harry about it. He brought up the 
subject a different time which neither of you is addressing in this 
exchange, in Ch.4, HBP, where he told Harry:
"There are only two people in the whole world who know the full 
contents of the prophecy, ".

Which, of course, would still perhaps be a necessary lie, as Miles 
says.