That Whole Christian Thing (plus assorted others)

[bdclark0423]

No: HPFGUIDX 181564

> "jmgarciaiii" wrote:
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> I agree with the Christian elements you pointed out 

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> 
My own take is "all of the above." As a Christian the Christian 
> elements resonated, but as someone who put in a LOT of time with 
> Latin and Greco-Roman mythology, those references popped out as 
> well. If I could ever be bothered to read LOTR -- sorry, just not 
> my thing -- I'm sure I'd pick up on even more.
> 
> By all this I mean that I doubt JKR meant this *exclusively* as a 
> Christian work. (I really dislike the word "allegory" as being too 
> simplistic.)
> 
> Hope I made more sense of my opinion this time...
> 
> -Joe


bdlark0423:

Although growing up in a heavily Christian sedated environment, the 
parallels could be considered undeniable:  

1.	Harry's entire fate comes down to not only destroying all 
those places in which evils still resides, but also to make the self 
sacrifice, to allow the evil which still resides within himself to 
die
2.	It was ability to love that conquers all (john 3:16:  For 
God so loved the world
.
3.	Search for truth no matter what the costs
4.	Respect for life, all life (i.e. Nobby, Kreacher, Griphook, 
etc.)

But these ideals are not just a part of Christianity, but most major 
religions, and JKR in an interview never says Hogwarts is primarily 
made of Christians, but is open to all religions


Once again, I'm getting on my soapbox, here, but no matter what 
religion, golden rule is love one another see the following site 
which is excellent example:

http://biblia.com/theology/religions.htm 

DD states in the very first book, SS, that Voldy does not take into 
consideration a more deeper, older, powerful magic:  Love.  To me 
God is Love, and to give/have love, is to know  God's prescence.

bdclark0423