Horcrux: was Baptism/Christianity in HP

[leslie41]

No: HPFGUIDX 153784

> a_svirn:
> Funnily enough I didn't "misread" your post at all. You proposed a 
> highly questionable etymology of horcruxes deriving their meaning  
> from *whore*. Said it makes sense. Obviously you have changed your 
> mind since – now you say you defer to Mugglenet interpretation –
>  "outside the cross". I saw your initial interpretation as 
> nonsensical from the start and said so. Because whores have nothing 
> to do with immortality (which is what horcruxes are about) 
> whichever way you look at.

Leslie41:  

Hrm.  I see how we both got confused!  

So I will backtrack a bit.  The "immortality" part with regard to 
Horcruxes isn't the "whore" part of the word, but rather the "cross" 
part.  Whores don't have anything to do with immortality.  The cross, 
however, does.  

As for my deference to Mugglenet, I haven't changed my mind at all. 
The Mugglenet definition is complementary to mine.  The word means 
both "whorecross" and "outside of Christ" (or against Christ).  

It's not either/or.  It's both/and.