HBP chapters 24-26 Post DH look

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 184442

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> Alla:
> 
> I find that Dumbledore's attitude about Divination in general and 
> Prophecy in particular still confuses me. I mean for someone who 
> finds Divination to be such an unreliable branch of magic, he sure 
> seemed to be awfully convinced about Prophecy coming true. Oh sure
he  gave all that speeech about prophecy only coming true, because 
> Voldemort believed it, but then though he demonstrated that he 
> believed it a lot plenty of times and in book 7 too.
> 
> So what does he really think about Divination?

Pippin:
LOL! We thought Dumbledore didn't believe Trelawney -- turns out he
already knew full well that calamity and disaster were coming nearer
all the time, and he was already doing what he could about it.  

I think Dumbledore believes divination, whether it is authentically
magical or not, comes down to guesswork and only those who fear the
unknown rely on it. I'm not sure what you mean by Dumbledore
demonstrating that he believed in the prophecy: could you be more
specific?

I think he believed in *Harry*. He believed that Harry had the
courage, resilience, resourcefulness, determination, and most of all
the moral strength to withstand the temptations of the horcruxes and
defeat Voldemort, not because the prophecy said so but because Harry
had amply demonstrated all those qualities as he was growing up.
Dumbledore also included Ron and Hermione in his plans, and they
weren't predicted by the prophecy at all -- but they did have many of
the same qualities as Harry.

In the event, bits of Voldemort were destroyed by Harry, Dumbledore,
Ron, Hermione, Crabbe, Neville and Voldemort himself -- there was no
single "one" who could vanquish the Dark Lord.

Pippin