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   From: DONTvictordix@imapmail.orgSPAMME   
      
   On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:48:36 -0500, Draco Malfoy wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:39:51 -0500, VD wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:28:57 -0500, Draco Malfoy wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> Here is where I wonder if Rowling gave up on the death and   
   >>>>> resurrection of Harry/Jesus. To this point, Harry's life was very much   
   >>>>> inline with Jesus. Jesus died. Harry did not and could not.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Think about that. The life of Christ is the acceptance of the history   
   >>>> of death and resurrection and return of Christ. Rowling won't go there   
   >>>> with Harry. Why not?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Maybe she never anticipated writing that kind of death/bodily   
   >>>>> resurrection kind of thing. Imagine trying to seell that to readers   
   >>>>> and movie-goers.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Hm.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> It's too Christlike. The death, resurrection and promised 2nd Coming   
   >>>>> are the extreme of the surreal.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yet millions believe it so.   
   >>>   
   >>> Which empowers the Bible. Powerful, enchanting and believable although   
   >>> ancient, hotly debated as to its authenticity and relevance.   
   >>>   
   >>> Rowling and Harry Potter - powerful, enchanting but always wrapped in   
   >>> fiction and...allegory.   
   >>   
   >> Here enters Rowlings Christianity at play. She understands that the   
   >> life of Christ is so remarkable that allegory is fine but to follow   
   >> the path of Christ to its remarkable conclusions is infertile   
   >> territory.   
   >>   
   >> One may believe in Christ but to append the resurrection and 2nd   
   >> coming to a mortal (wizards are still mortal) requires more than   
   >> imagination, an acute interest in Potter, fandom...   
   >>   
   >> Belief in Christ requires faith. Faith is not for allegorical   
   >> characters, it is reserved for Christ.   
   >   
   > Well said.   
   >   
   >>> Millions believe in Christ as the Redeemer, as an historical and   
   >>> spiritual fact/person/Deity.   
   >>>   
   >>> Rowling may have seen Harry Potter as a true parallel to Christ, death   
   >>> and resurrection et al. If that was ever the case, that concept had to   
   >>> die when the series went from a nice idea to the Potter series we   
   >>> know.   
   >>   
   >> Funny this. Warner Brothers aligned with Christian faith.   
   >   
   > I will guarantee you that WB never considered that in their decisions,   
   > influences and production of the Harry Potter series.   
      
   No more than J. K. Rowling ever imagined that her reinvention and   
   plagiarisation of a glass spectacled cartoon character would   
   sensationalize her subtle but undeniable Christian message.   
      
   Luck? Timing?   
      
   Or the hand of Christ inside an Invisibility Cloak? :)   
      
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