Puzzlement of the day

[Kim Jaudon]

No: HPFGUIDX 166299

Shelley:
> My theory is that a Wizard Godfather is the same as a normal Godfather--someone that
> is supposed to take care of you if your parents can't and there aren't other relatives. 
> Thus, if the Dursleys didn't want Harry, Sirius would have been the next in line to raise 
>Harry. We see Sirius, after he gets out of prison, taking some responsibility for Harry as if 
>he were a legal gaurdian, which the wizarding world considered him to be more than the
> Dursleys.

Except "Godfather" is a Christian designation.  In the mainstream religions with which I am familiar, it is a person who is responsible for continuing a child's spiritual growth.  In that way, it's more than "taking care of."  It's a vow to continue what the parents have begun, and to continue the faith to which they hold.  In that context, I think this is a fascinating question that none of us here will be able to answer.  What is the faith of the wizarding world?  Ah now...that is the question, isn't it?

Kim