NOTE: I AM NOT ABOUT TO GIVE AWAY ANYTHING FROM BOOK 7. HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BOOK 6, DON'T READ THIS. AND IF YOU ARE A FRIEND OF MINE AND HAVEN'T FINISHED BOOK 7, HURRY THE HECK UP SO I CAN TALK TO SOMEBODY.
When I finished book 6 of Harry Potter, I thought, "Oh please let Dumbledore be a Christ figure". And then recently a friend told me that J.K. Rowling (the author for those few of you who don't know) was a Christian. And so as I read book 7, I looked and hoped and searched for signs of Jesus. I won't tell you if I was saw those signs, but I can tell you, without giving away anything, that I was not satisfied in my search. Why? Dumbledore is not Jesus. And neither is anything else that I vainly look to for distraction and comfort. If I really wanted to find Jesus, I was looking in the wrong book. Why do I do that? Why do I look everywhere else for salvation?
Friday, July 27, 2007
Dumbledore is not Jesus
Posted by amanda at 1:11 PM
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No Dumbledore was not Jesus - but I loved the Christian undertones in Book 7 (I finished it too). I love the idea of sacrifice as the only way to conquer death. I thought Dumbledore was closer to representing God. And I love that power (albeit magical) is contingent on motivations.
At the end, in King's Cross, what do you think the crying thing was?
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