Is Harry Potter the Son of God?

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 178068

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lizzyben04" <lizzyben04 at ...> wrote:
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> lizzyben:
> 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. 

Montavilla47:
I don't think she did a very good job of hiding the religious
themes.  It seems to me that they stood out a mile, and, 
John Granger was always there to point them out in case
we missed them.

I think from Book 5 on, people had pretty much guessed
that Harry would be called on to make some kind of 
sacrifice in order to defeat Voldemort.  Since his power was
love, and the initial sacrifice that defeated Voldemort was
driven by love.  

Also, it was very odd to me that the wizards had no religion.
I thought it might be because religion is such a taboo 
subject in popular culture.  But it always  stuck me as very
strange for a boarding school to have no chapel--it's
such a staple of the English boarding school depiction.

And Dumbledore was always such a god-like figure.  Even
flawed and human, he just seems to be the embodiment of
the more complex and confusing old Testament God--which
is still God.

If it's veiled Christianity, then I think that's pretty cool.  
Because it's not telling us that God is good, and you'll be
fine if you just accept Jesus as your personal savior.  It's
saying that God messes up, and giving in to his design
is hard, and even if you give in to it, you can't be sure
that it's going to work.

Whether or not it does, might be up to some random
person who helps you out for all the wrong reasons.

Montavilla47