LV & the Avada Kedavra

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 159275

--- , "esmith222002" <c.john at ...> wrote:
>
> I am a little confused about something. The Avada 
> Kedavra is the killing curse. Therefore, that would 
> suggest that it targets and destroys the soul - Yes or
> no? To me it seems that the answer should be yes. 

bboyminn:

Here is the first flaw in your theory. Ask yourself 'What
is death to you and me?'. Mortal death is the death of the
body which is the vehicle that defines our earthly 
existance and provides our sense of indentity. The Soul
in most religious is generally thought to be eternal.

Voldemort's remote soul-bits still have functioning bodies
so they are not going to pass on to the afterlife if some
other part of the soul loses its body. As long as those
soul-bits have functioning bodies, Voldemort's core soul
will not pass over into the afterlife. It remains earth-
bound.

When Harry has destroyed the bodies of the soul-bits, then
there is nothing to hold Voldemort's soul to the earth.
In the final event, when Voldemort's body is destroyed,
his soul will cross over into the afterlife and that will
be the end of the identity know as Tom Riddle/Voldemort.

For the record, it is my belief that it is the Horcruxes,
teh /bodies/, that Harry has to destroy, not the soul-bits
contained within. Those soul-bits are eternal, when 
released they are free of their physical body but unable 
to cross over without the other soul-bit; they are /free/ 
but still earth-bound. They are what I refer to a 
free-roaming souls. They are still on earth but in no way 
provide Voldemort with any protection from death. As soon 
as Voldemort's body can be effectively destroyed, all the
soul-bit cross over into the afterlife at once.

Sorry to shoot down your theory. 

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn