Snape, Voldemort, the prophecy (Re: VA/H=Mx13+RP? Snape's Culpability?)

[fuzz876i]

No: HPFGUIDX 147312


> Alla:
> > Do you think Snape thought prophecy had ANY meaning? 
> 
> Amiable Dorsai:
>   Gee, what a silly thought--imagine going around
> and killing all the babies born at the end of July.  

fuzz876i:
Snape knew perfectly well what the prophecy meant even if he did 
only hear half of it.  As Dumbledore stated that it could have been 
one of  two, Harry or Neville.  If Snape had heard the rest of the 
prophecy then he would have known that Voldemort would Mark one 
child as his equal.  

Why is it a silly thought killing all babies born in July?  Herod 
the king at the time of Christ's birth killed children 2 and under.  
So why couldn't Voldemort kill all children and their families born 
in July?  IMO he needed the rest of the prophecy to tell him what 
would happen by trying to kill the child.