DH reread CH 8

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 186392

> Alla:
> Oh, I really liked Pascal's quote and if this is what Doge is saying, I understand I think.
> 
> But to me asking to choose to believe in place of non-believing is a little bit different from asking to believe in good things and ignore bad ones, if that makes sense. Or maybe you are right and there is no difference. 

Zara:
It is different, but (in my opinion) the reason Doge would do such a thing (ignore Rita) is that he has faith in Dumbledore. And he is encouraging Harry in this same belief.

It's not so much ignoring the bad ones, as choosing to believe that they do not matter. (In Albus's case, for example - the bad things Rita was writing about are things Albus himself regrets, and happened nearly a century ago. The guy was not about to recereate Grindelwald's regime in Harry's day, whatever Rita might want to suggest).