Looking for God in Harry Potter

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 153451

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "leslie41" <leslie41 at ...> wrote:
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>  
> > Beyond that, there is so much Christian symbolism in HP that one 
> > would have to be blind not to notice it.  The gryphon and the 
> > phoenix, for example, are both Christ symbols.
> > 
> > BAW
> 
> Leslie41:
> Interesting, but the phoenix as a symbol/mythical being predates 
> Christianity, as does the Griffin.

Geoff:
This whole topic is one which has been covered in great detail in the past.

Might I refer members to one of the longer and more interesting threads?

This was "Christianity and HP" , which began back in September 2004 at 
message 112202 and is well worth reading through if you're following the 
current postings...

...assuming you can cope with !Yahoo playing the fool - with the message 
windows again!