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

[Owen]

No: HPFGUIDX 153571

Leslie41 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.

Owen:

A couple of other things to think about:

Harry's scar is on his forehead, where the sella tursica is found in
the skull.  It was the location of what people used to call
the "Third Eye" and was responsible for intuition, or clairvoyance
in the gifted. The forehead is a powerful location on the human body
and has been illustrated as such long before Christianity.

Also, are we discounting that JK simply put a scar on her reluctant
hero in a place where it would be seen the most?  Harry was marked
for a reason.