Is Harry Potter the Son of God?

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 178064

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abbey" <winston at ...> wrote:

> According to a MuggleNet article today, Rowling says,
> regarding "Deathly Hallows," that "Some people will loathe it, they
> will absolutely loathe it."  Could this mean that Harry really is a
> Christ character?  Some people would certainly loathe that - some 
have
> already said so in response to my article.
> 
> Abbey
>

lizzyben:

Just wanted to resurrect this thread to congratulate Abbey on 
predicting the essential themes of Deathly Hallows. Yesterday, JKR 
revealed in an interview that the series does have an explicitly 
Christian theme.

"'Harry Potter' Author J.K. Rowling Opens Up About Books' Christian 
Imagery
   'They almost epitomize the whole series,' she says of the 
scripture Harry reads in Godric's Hollow.

"... Harry Potter is followed by house-elves and goblins — not 
disciples — but for the sharp-eyed reader, the biblical parallels 
are striking. Author J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books have 
always, in fact, dealt explicitly with religious themes and 
questions, but until "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," they 
had never quoted any specific religion. 

That was the plan from the start, Rowling told reporters during a 
press conference at the beginning of her Open Book Tour on Monday. 
It wasn't because she was afraid of inserting religion into a 
children's story. Rather, she was afraid that introducing religion 
(specifically Christianity) would give too much away to fans who 
might then see the parallels. 

"To me [the religious parallels have] always been obvious," she 
said. "But I never wanted to talk too openly about it because I 
thought it might show people who just wanted the story where we were 
going." 

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572107/20071017/index.jhtml

So, looks like Deathly Hallows, and indeed the entire series, has an 
explicity Christian message. That lends some support to the 
Calvinist interpretation... But I was wondering what people thought 
about JKR's statement that she tried to hide the religious themes 
until the last novel. Was that fair to readers? Did she mislead 
about the large role religion would end up playing in the series? Or 
was it a good idea for her to keep the religious themes hidden in 
order to avoid spoiling the ending? Also, it puts new light on JKR's 
statements about how the last novel will reveal the secret at the 
heart of the series - people thought the secret involved some 
intricate puzzle ending, when in fact it seems like the secret was 
the revelation of the Christian theme of the series. 


lizzyben