Religion in the Wizarding World. (Was: Re: Halloween Toasts)

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 191409

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "peter kersbergen" <kersberg at ...> wrote:

kamion:
> there is no baptism mentioned at any page of HP, so there isn't any.... just the vague relation of godfather-godchild

Geoff:
That is a logical non-sequitur.

You might just as well say that because we never hear of Harry or 
any of the others going to the toilet, they are all constipated or 
because they never apparently eat carrots, there aren't any.
:-(

Baptism isn't specific to the story line but, as a UK reader, I am 
inclined to believe by the mention of a godfather that there has 
been one and judging by the inscription on the Potter's gravestone, 
which is a very profound expression of Christian teaching, it 
intimates a deeper belief than the rather bland "In Loving Memory" 
or "Never Forgotten" type of epitaph that  you see in many UK 
graveyards.