Baptism/Christianity in HP: was Looking for God in Harry Potter

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No: HPFGUIDX 153550

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "leslie41" <leslie41 at ...> wrote:
>

> When you add that to the fact that the place on Harry's body that 
> repelled the scar is the very place where he received the waters of 
> baptism, and possibily unction as well, it becomes hard for me to 
> think that (at least subliminally) Rowling was making a point, and 
> tying together his mother's sacrifice with Christ's, and with Harry's 
> acceptance into Christ's kingdom.

Well, that very place was presumably on Cedric's body, and on lots of
other bodies.... So what does that mean? Some people are more baptised
than others? 

> 
> Not the only way to look at things, obviously.  One need not read the 
> Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and see Christ in Aslan, either.  
> But as with Harry's scar, it is more interesting and meaningful for 
> me that way.
>
Lewis was always rather open abput that. And Aslan was someone special
,with special powers instead of an ordinary talking animal. Harry is
an ordinary boy, a normal human being. Not a substitute for Jezus

Gerry