very basic confusion

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 163663

---  Akash aki <akash2006k at ...> wrote:
>
> hi
> ...
> I was thinking ... how it all got started, that Potters
> realised that Tom Riddle is behind their son. Prophecy 
> was something 'he will mark other to his equal' but why
> he chosen Potters' son.  Also how DD and others so 
> convinced that it is going to be HP whom Tom is going to
> mark and which led to all this FC, SK etc, and how Tom 
> decided about Potters's son. 
>    
>   aki
>

bboyminn:

The problem is, we don't have all the information, so we
can only take the information we do have, and use that to
lead us to limited understanding of events.

We don't know that Dumbledore or the Potter's decided IN
ADVANCE that Harry definitely was the main target. They
concluded it with certainty after Voldemort attacked 
Harry.

Now it is entirely possible, based on our limited 
information, that Voldemort really didn't choose Harry.
Perhaps he was going to kill both Neville and Harry, 
and just, by chance, got the information on the location
of Harry first. So, it may not have been Voldemort's
first choice, merely his first chance. Now, I'm not
saying this is true. I'm just saying that based on the
actual information we have, it is possible.

It seemed certain that both Harry and Neville were at
risk; both fit the requirements of the Prophecy. We
don't know that Dumbledore did not give equal protection
to Neville. So, again, before the event, they really 
didn't know who Voldemort would attack. After the event,
it doesn't matter if Voldemort got it right or wrong,
the 'fate' was cast. By attacking Harry, Voldemort
made Harry the Chosen One. 

Before the attack, they are just taking reasonable 
precautions; after the attack, they are acting with
reasonable certainty. It is only after Harry comes to
Hogwarts and then Voldemort returns, that it become
absolutely crystal clear that Harry is indeed 'The One'.


Just a few thoughts.
Steve/bboyminn