Christianity in HP (WAS: Religion & Law in HP and Smelting Sticks)

[nerdie55]

No: HPFGUIDX 168969

> > Geoff:

> > Returning to the books and looking at the question of
> > where JKR is coming from, she has indicated that she is
> > a Christian and we know that she worships in the Church
> > of Scotland, where she now lives.

> Katie:

> I resent wholeheartedly your insinuation that sacrificial
> love, redemption, CHOICE, and other so-called "Christian"
> themes in Harry Potter are Christian at all.

> Harry Potter is not about religion. It is about a boy who
> is on a journey of self-discovery, and he happens to have
> a wonderful cast of characters to help him through.

Nerdie55:

If I may add my 2c: I have never connected HP with religious
values and I don't think that JKR wrote HP with Christianity
in mind. However, our western civilization and our societies
are permeated by Christian values without people realising it.
Redemption is present in our judicial systems and in our schools,
"love thy neighbour" is part of the campaigns against bullying
in schools and the campaigns for equal rights etcetera. And as
JKR's private Potter society is a reflection of the one we all
live in, it is inevitable that one finds these values in the
Potter books as well.